Patrick J. Murphy (born January 2, 1857, in

Auburn, Massachusetts Auburn is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,889 at the 2020 census. History The Auburn area was first settled in 1714. On April 10, 1778, parts of Worcester, Sutton, Leicester and Oxford, Massac ...

– May 16, 1927, in

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), was a

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from –. He played for the

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