Players - David Murray

David Murray
Birthdate: 4 December 1882
Birthplace: Busby, Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death: 10 December 1915
Other clubs: Busby Rosemount (1898-1900), Leven Victoria (1900-03), Everton (1903-04), Leeds City (1905-09), Mexborough (1909-10), Burslem Port Vale (1910)
Signed from: Everton
Signed for LFC: Free, 29.08.1904
Liverpool debut: 01.09.1904
Last appearance: 30.09.1905
Contract expiry: 07.12.1905
Win ratio: 60% W:9 D:2 L:4
Honours: Second Division 1904/05
League games / goals: 15 / 0
Total games / goals: 15 / 0

Player Profile

Left-back Murray arrived from Everton for free after failing to impress in his one year at the Blues, making only two appearances. Twelve of his 15 League appearances for Liverpool came in the 1904/05 season, the year in which the Reds claimed the second division title after being relegated the year before. But Murray only played three more times the following season when Liverpool stormed to the title in the First Division. Murray joined Leeds City for £130 in December 1905, serving them with distinction for four years, having been made captain of the second division side in the 1906/07 campaign. Murray enlisted for the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders after the onset of World War I and died, aged just 32, in Loos, France, on 10 December 1915.
Appearances per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 15 0 0 0 0 15
1904-1905 12 0 0 0 0 12
1905-1906 3 0 0 0 0 3
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps Minutes Opponent
1 90 Bristol City
1 90 Aston Villa
1 90 Lincoln City
1 90 Blackpool
1 90 Blackburn Rovers
1 90 Everton
1 90 Bolton Wanderers
1 90 Leicester City
1 90 Port Vale
1 90 Bradford City
1 90 Barnsley
1 90 Chesterfield
1 90 Burton United
1 90 Glossop North End
1 90 Gainsborough Trinity
Total Venue
8 Away
7 Home
Total Competition
15 League
Total W D L Win % Manager
15 9 2 4 60% Tom Watson
Milestone Appearances
# Date Against Stadium Competition
1 01.09.1904 Burton United Anfield League
Related Articles
Murray killed in action

Newcastle Journal on 21 December, 1915.

Murray heads for Leeds

The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer on 8 December 1905.

Murray leaves Liverpool

Liverpool Daily Post on 8 December 1905.

Other Clubs
Club Season Club rank League apps League goals Total apps Total goals
Busby Rosemount 1898-1900 Scotland N/A N/A N/A N/A
Leven Victoria 1900-1903 Scotland N/A N/A N/A N/A
Everton 1903-1904 England First Division 2 0 2 0
Leeds City 1905-1906 England Second Division 23 3 23 3
Leeds City 1906-1907 England Second Division 23 2 24 2
Leeds City 1907-1908 England Second Division 34 2 35 2
Leeds City 1908-1909 England Second Division 3 0 3 0
Mexborough 1909-1910 Midland League N/A N/A N/A N/A
Port Vale 1910 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total 85 7 87 7