B. Russell Murphy
(1889-1957)
American football coach, basketball player and coach, track coach, college athletics administrator
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Benjamin Russell Murphy (July 6, 1889 – July 30, 1957) was an American athlete, coach, and athletics administrator during the early 20th century. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he coached at numerous schools in several sports including football, basketball and track. Murphy was the first basketball coach at Johns Hopkins University. He is also one of the few college football coaches to resign during the middle of his first year of coaching at a school.
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6 July 1889 Millville, New Jersey
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30 July 1957 (aged 68) Berkeley County, West Virginia
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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