Name Jimmy Murray Playing position Role Footballer | Years Team Position Inside forward 1951–1953 Heart of Midlothian | |
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Date of birth (1933-02-04)4 February 1933 Date of death 10 July 2015(2015-07-10) (aged 82) Died July 10, 2015, Edinburgh, United Kingdom | ||
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Jimmy Murray (4 February 1933 – 10 July 2015) was a Scottish footballer. He played as an inside right for Heart of Midlothian and Scotland in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Murray made his first Scotland appearance in a 4–0 defeat to England at Hampden on 19 April 1958. He scored Scotland's first-ever goal in a World Cup finals match, in a 1–1 draw against Yugoslavia in 1958. He is also to this day the only Heart of Midlothian player to score a goal in the World Cup finals.
He won a total of five caps for Scotland. He also played for Reading, Falkirk, Clyde and Raith Rovers.
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