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Coventry City in May 1946 at the age of 24, making over 100 appearances and scoring at a rate of a goal every three games.
391:. He retired from playing in 1959 to coach Birmingham's youth team, but was called out of retirement for the last seven games of the season and scored four goals which contributed to the club avoiding relegation to the
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Over his professional career he scored 158 goals in nearly 400 League appearances. For
Birmingham his record was 127 goals in 277 games in all competitions, which ranks him third as of 2024, behind
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was injured when he dived at Murphy's feet to collect the ball, but played on in considerable pain for the last 15 minutes of the match without realising he had broken one of the
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Birmingham's FA Cup run, which ended this time in semifinal defeat to
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broke a bone in his neck when diving at Murphy's feet.
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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Murphy scored five goals in
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1401:Rota, Davide; Owsianski, Jarek (2 April 2006).
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1282:Birmingham City: The Complete Record
455:, in their all-time scoring charts.
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1535:Men's association football forwards
18:Peter Murphy (footballer born 1922)
1480:Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78
1429:"Player search: Murphy, P (Peter)"
1263:Birmingham City: A Complete Record
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438:1960 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final
402:, in which they lost 3–1 to the
339:in August 1950. He played as an
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1545:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
1187:Football League First Division
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343:, deputising for the injured
1550:Birmingham City F.C. players
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1167:Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1242:Goodwin, Bob (2011).
351:" side that won the
45:Personal information
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1272:978-1-85983-010-9
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389:1957–58 seasons
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303:, and moved to
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291:Life and career
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273:Birmingham City
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415:Bert Trautmann
341:inside forward
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285:Bert Trautmann
283:'s goalkeeper
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87:7 April 1975
68:7 March 1922
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1525:1975 deaths
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1223:runner-up:
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345:Les Bennett
325:Arthur Rowe
261:inside left
253:Spud Murphy
111:Inside left
107:Position(s)
1504:Categories
1231:References
412:goalkeeper
406:-inspired
363:, so when
317:Birmingham
257:footballer
134:Birmingham
64:1922-03-07
1412:14 August
1386:14 August
442:Barcelona
419:vertebrae
404:Don Revie
361:left wing
208:1952–1960
190:1950–1952
172:1946–1950
102:, England
79:, England
50:Full name
1328:17 April
1300:Specific
494:Division
347:in the "
323:Manager
305:Coventry
100:Coventry
1439:8 April
1236:General
1225:1958–60
1216:1955–56
1207:1954–55
1191:1950–51
1176:Honours
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1010:1958–59
976:1957–58
942:1956–57
908:1955–56
877:1954–55
846:1953–54
815:1952–53
784:1951–52
719:1951–52
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478:League
475:Season
385:1954–55
381:1952–53
357:1950–51
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518:Goals
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486:Other
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512:Goals
506:Goals
500:Goals
472:Club
374:When
279:when
236:(157)
225:Total
220:(106)
145:Years
1484:ISBN
1441:2024
1414:2007
1388:2007
1330:2018
1286:ISBN
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515:Apps
509:Apps
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451:and
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315:and
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155:Apps
149:Team
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181:115
163:Gls
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