Norman Selwyn 'Sel' Murray (23 November 1917 – 29 May 1992) 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 the

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or colloquially the Roos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AF ...

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) from 1937 to 1944 and then for the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or colloquially the Tiges, is a professional Australian rules football team competing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Founded in 1885 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Ric ...

in 1945 and 1946. Mainly used as a full forward, he played the 1947 season for North Melbourne seconds, leading the competition goalkicking with 123 for the season and playing in the seconds' premiership side. He ended his career back in the North Melbourne senior side for much of the 1948 season. His 88 goals in 1941 was the most in the League and he took just 73 games to reach 300 career goals which is equal third fastest of all time. Murray also served in the Australian Army for two months in 1940 during World War II.

1937 Best First-Year Players

In September 1937, ''The Argus'' selected Murray in its team of 1937's first-year players.Football Season's Many Good Recruits, ''The Argus'', (Tuesday, 7 September 1937), p.14.
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References

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

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* 1917 births Australian rules footballers from Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club players Richmond Football Club players 1992 deaths VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal winners People from Carlton, Victoria Australian Army personnel of World War II Military personnel from Melbourne 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1917-stub