Jimmy Murphy

Jimmy Murphy

James Patrick Murphy (8 August 1910 – 14 November 1989) was a Welsh footballer who made over 200 appearances for West Bromwich Albion and won 15 caps for the Wales national team, which he later managed. Murphy is most famous for being an influential figure at Manchester United from 1946 until the 1970s, as assistant manager, first-team coach, reserve team manager and a full-time scout, although he disliked the limelight and preferred to work quietly behind the scenes. Following the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958, Murphy temporarily took over as Manchester United manager until the end of the 1957–58 season, steering the club through its greatest crisis while Matt Busby recovered from his injuries, and Murphy put together a makeshift team in place of the players who had died or were recovering from their injuries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Murphy has received more than 5,635 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Murphy is the 3,582nd most popular soccer player (up from 3,644th in 2019), the 4,314th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,175th in 2019) and the 165th most popular British Soccer Player.