Jimmy Murray (footballer, born 1933)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jimmy Murray

| image =

| fullname = James Murray{{Hugman|14295|access-date=15 March 2017}}

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|02|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|07|10|1933|02|04|df=y}}

| death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Merchiston Thistle

| youthyears2 =

| position = Inside forward

| years1 = 1951–1953

| clubs1 = Heart of Midlothian

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1953–1954

| clubs2 = Reading

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1954–1961

| clubs3 = Heart of Midlothian

| caps3 = 114

| goals3 = 62

| years4 = 1961–1962

| clubs4 = Falkirk

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1962–1964

| clubs5 = Clyde

| caps5 = 32

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 1964–1965

| clubs6 = Raith Rovers

| caps6 = 14

| goals6 = 4

| totalcaps = 182

| totalgoals = 75

| nationalyears1 = 1958[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1958+-+Scottish+League+v+Scotland+XI Scottish trial match at Easter Road] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809084038/http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1958+-+Scottish+League+v+Scotland+XI |date=9 August 2014 }}, Glasgow Herald, 4 February 1958

| nationalteam1 = SFL trial v SFA

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1958

| nationalteam2 = Scotland

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 1

}}

James 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-title-winner-jimmy-murray-dies-aged-82-1-3827675 |title=Hearts title winner Jimmy Murray dies aged 82 |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=10 July 2015 |access-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711154453/http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-title-winner-jimmy-murray-dies-aged-82-1-3827675 |archive-date=11 July 2015 |url-status=dead }} 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.