Position Tackle Class Graduate | Place of birth Detroit, Michigan Name Fred Murphy | |
College Yale University (1893–1896) Date of birth (1872-10-23)October 23, 1872 Date of death January 10, 1948(1948-01-10) (aged 75) | ||
Fred Towsley Murphy (October 23, 1872 – January 10, 1948) was an American football and baseball player and physician. He played college football at Yale University from 1893 to 1896. He was named to the 1895 College Football All-America Team and the 1896 College Football All-America Team as a tackle.
Playing career
Murphy attended Yale University where he played tackle for the school's football team. He was selected as an All-American at that position in 1895. In 1894, Murphy was injured in the Harvard–Yale football game that became known as the "Hampden Park Blood Bath." The game had become increasingly brutal with the introduction of mass formation. In the 1894 game, four players on each team suffered serious injuries, resulting in the cancellation of the football rivalry between the two schools. Murphy was left unconscious for five hours in a hospital as a result of the beating he took in the game.
In addition to football, he also played on the Yale baseball team during his junior year. He graduated from Yale with a Bachelor of Arts in 1897.