Patrick Clarence Murphy (31 August 1906 – 11 August 1973) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with Hawthorn in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Murphy was captain-coach of Bacchus Marsh in 1932.

Military service

Murphy later served in the Australian Army during World War II.

Death

He died at his residence in Blackburn, Victoria on 11 August 1973.Deaths: Murphy, 'The Age', (Monday, 13 August 1973), p.23.
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* * 1906 births 1973 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Hawthorn Football Club players Australian Army personnel of World War II Military personnel from Melbourne People from Malvern, Victoria 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1906-stub