Ron Murphy (Canadian football)

Ronald Cornelius Murphy (June 13, 1932 – October 20, 2020), was a Canadian football player and coach. Murphy played for the Hamilton Tiger Cats and Montreal Alouettes, winning the Grey Cup with Hamilton in 1953.^[1] He later attended McGill University, where he also played on the varsity team.

Ronald Murphy

Date of birth	(1932-06-13)June 13, 1932
Place of birth	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date of death	October 20, 2020(2020-10-20) (aged 88)
Career information
CFL status	National
Position(s)	G/LB/T
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career history
As player
1952–1953	Hamilton Tiger Cats
1958–1961	Montreal Alouettes
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1953)

Murphy later coached football at McGill as an assistant following his CFL career. He then returned to his alma mater to coach, and was named head coach in 1965. Serving until 1982, Murphy is the school's all-time leader in victories, with 93. His team won league championships in 1967 and 1974. He was named the CIAU Coach of the Year in 1974. He resigned his head coach position in 1983 and worked in the university's Department of Athletics and Recreation. During this time, Murphy also earned a master's degree in education in 1981.^[2] He returned to the coaching staff as an assistant from 1986 to 1993, winning another championship in 1993. He received the John S. McManus Award from the CIAU in 1993 and the Thomas L. Loudon Award from the University of Toronto in 1994. In 2009, he was inducted into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame as a builder.^[3][4] Murphy died in 2020 at the age of 88.^[5]

References

1. "Ron Murphy".
2. "Best of the Blues – Liz Allemang – Best Athletes, University Sports Hall of Fame Inductees 2009 – Autumn 2014 – University of Toronto Magazine".
3. "University of Toronto Varsity Blues – Hall of Fame".
4. Rush, Curtis (3 October 2014). "Varsity Blues reach 1,000th football game milestone". thestar.com.
5. "CFL Alumnus Ron Murphy Passes". 22 October 2020.