William Ervin "Cap" Murrah (September 5, 1900 – June 1, 1956) was a professional
football player who spent two years of the
National Football League
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(NFL) with the
Canton Bulldogs and the
St. Louis All-Stars. Murrah was a part of the Bulldogs'
1922 NFL championship team. In
1923
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, he played for the All-Stars. He played
college football at
Texas A&M University
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. Cap later was inducted into the Texas A&M Hall of Fame.
While at A&M, Murrah helped the Aggies win the
1922 Dixie Classic, when he recovered the football at the
Centre College Praying Colonels' thirty-three yard line, setting up a
touchdown
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on the possession.
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1900 births
Players of American football from Texas
Canton Bulldogs players
St. Louis All-Stars players
Texas A&M Aggies football players
1956 deaths
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