Cammy Murray
{{Short description|Scottish footballer (1944–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cammy Murray
| image = Cammy Murray.jpg
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| caption = Murray in the 1975–76 season
| full_name = Robert Cameron Murray
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|6|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|2|19|1944|6|20|df=y}}
| death_place =
| height =
| position = Right-back
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Drumchapel Amateurs
| years1 = 1962–1972 | clubs1 = St Mirren | caps1 = 417 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1972–1973 | clubs2 = Motherwell | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1973–1978 | clubs3 = Arbroath | caps3 = 180 | goals3 = 17
| totalcaps = 606 | totalgoals = 18
}}
Robert Cameron Murray (20 June 1944 – 19 February 2025), better known as Cammy Murray, was a Scottish professional footballer. He played as a right-back for St Mirren, Motherwell and Arbroath throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Career
Murray began his career by playing for St Mirren in the 1962–63 Scottish Division One following his youth career at the Drumchapel Amateurs with his debut match being a 3–3 draw against Hibernian. Throughout the next decade of his senior career, he would play in around 417 matches including the club's promotion to back to the Division One following the club becoming champions in the 1967–68 Scottish Division Two. During his tenure with the club, he would continue to hold the club record of having the most consecutive league appearances from August 1962 to April 1967 with 170 appearances.{{Cite web|date=19 February 2025|title=St Mirren Football Club saddened by passing of Cammy Murray|url=https://www.stmirren.com/all-news/5776-st-mirren-football-club-saddened-by-passing-of-cammy-murray|website=St Mirren F.C.|access-date=20 February 2025}}
Despite his initial success with the Buddies, during his brief stint with Motherwell, he would be relegated as a reserve as a sweeper before playing midfield within the senior team, making only nine appearances with a single goal for the 1972–73 Scottish Division One.{{Cite web|title=Cammy Murray|url=https://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/m/cammy-murray/|website=MotherWELLnet|access-date=20 February 2025}} Following this, he would then play for Arbroath. Murray would describe his career with Arbroath as being his favorite due to his teammates as well as the leadership of club manager Bert Henderson. He would play for the club until his last match on 15 April 1978 as a reserve in a 2–1 loss against Airdrieonians following a career with 180 matches and 17 goals.{{Cite web|title=Cammy Murray Shares His Memories of Albert and the Club|url=https://arbroathfc.co.uk/cammy-murray-shares-his-memories-of-albert-and-the-club/|website=Arbroath F.C.|access-date=20 February 2025}}{{Cite web|title=Cammy Murray|url=https://www.arbroatharchive.co.uk/player.php?id=1646|website=Arbroath Archive|access-date=20 February 2025}}
Personal life and death
Cammy was the younger brother of fellow Scottish footballer George Murray who primarily played for Motherwell and Aberdeen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/m/george-murray/|title=George Murray|website=MotherWELLnet|access-date=4 February 2022}} Following his retirement from professional football as a player, he would briefly return to Motherwell as part of the non-playing staff. In 2019, Murray was inducted into the St Mirren Hall of Fame. He died on 19 February 2025, at the age of 80.
References
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{{St Mirren F.C. Hall of Fame}}
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Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Bellshill
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:St Mirren F.C. players
Category:Motherwell F.C. players
Category:Arbroath F.C. players