Max Murray
{{Short description|Scottish footballer (1935–2016)}}
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{{for|the English actor|Max Murray (actor)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Max Murray
| image =
| fullname = Maxwell Murray{{Hugman|14312|accessdate=15 March 2017}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1935|11|7}}
| birth_place = Falkirk, Scotland
| death_date ={{Death date and age|df=y|2016|9|5|1935|11|7}}
| death_place = Falkirk, Scotland
| position = Striker
| years1 = 1952–1953
| clubs1 = Camelon
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1953–1955
| clubs2 = Queen's Park
| caps2 = 49
| goals2 = 24
| years3 = 1955–1962
| clubs3 = Rangers
| caps3 = 103
| goals3 = 80
| years4 = 1962–1963
| clubs4 = West Bromwich Albion
| caps4 = 3
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1963–1965
| clubs5 = Third Lanark
| caps5 = 61
| goals5 = 17
| years6 = 1965–1966
| clubs6 = Clyde
| caps6 = 6
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 1966–1968
| clubs7 = Distillery
| caps7 =
| goals7 =
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals=
| nationalyears1 = 1953–1955
| nationalteam1 = Scotland Amateurs
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| nationalyears2 = 1956–1957
| nationalteam2 = Scotland U23
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
}}
Max Murray (7 November 1935 – 5 September 2016) was a Scottish footballer.
Career
Murray began his career at Queen's Park, before moving to Ibrox in 1955.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf|title=FORGOTTEN GLORIES – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974|last=|first=|date=|website=|page=13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702210501/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf|archive-date=2 July 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=2 July 2017|df=dmy-all}} His scoring debut came on 13 August 1955 in a Scottish League Cup match against Falkirk which the club won 5–0. He had a very successful spell at Rangers, winning two Scottish league championships and finishing top scorer three times in a row. He amassed 121 goals in just 154 games and on 24 October 1956 he scored Rangers' first ever goal in European competition, an equaliser in a European Cup first round match against OGC Nice at Ibrox, a match Rangers won 2–1.{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec195657det.html|title=European Champions' Cup 1956–57 – Details|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}
He left Rangers in 1962 for West Bromwich Albion, but he only lasted a season in English football before he moved back to Scotland.{{NeilBrownPlayers|player/maxmurray}}
On 5 September 2016, Rangers announced that Murray had died aged 80.{{cite web |url=http://rangers.co.uk/news/club/max-murray/ |title=Max Murray |work=www.rangers.co.uk |publisher=Rangers FC |date=5 September 2016 |accessdate=5 September 2016}}
References
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Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Camelon Juniors F.C. players
Category:Queen's Park F.C. players
Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Footballers from Falkirk
Category:Third Lanark A.C. players
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Lisburn Distillery F.C. players