 Murphy pictured in the 1899 Massachusetts Agricultural football team photo | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1877-11-06)November 6, 1877 Dover, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | January 22, 1937(1937-01-22) (aged 59) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1895–1898 | Brown |
| Position | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1899 | Amherst |
| 1899–1900 | Massachusetts |
| 1899 | Brown (assistant) |
| 1900–1901 | Missouri |
| 1903 | Brown (assistant) |
| 1904 | Phillips Exeter (NH) |
| 1910 | Phillips Exeter (NH) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 22–25–2 (college) |
Frederick William Murphy (November 6, 1877 – January 22, 1937) was an American football player, coach, official, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Amherst College in 1899, Massachusetts Agricultural College—now the University of Massachusetts Amherst—from 1899 to 1900, and the University of Missouri from 1900 to 1901.
Biography
Murphy was born on November 6, 1877, in Dover, New Hampshire. He attended Brockton High School, where he played football. Murphy then went to Brown University, where he played on football team as an end from 1895 to 1898. He captained the 1898 Brown Bears football team as a senior. In 1899, Murphy coached the football team at Amherst College. In late November of that year, he returned to Brown to assist Edward N. Robinson in coaching the football team for the remainder of the season.1 After coaching at Missouri, Murphy returned to Brown once more, in 1903, as an assistant football coach under Dave Fultz. In 1904 and 1910, Murphy was the head football coach at Phillips Exeter Academy.23
Murphy graduated from Harvard Law School in 1904. He and Fultz formed a law partnership in New York City in 1906. The two also officiated major college football games together. Murphy died on January 22, 1937, at St. John's Hospital in Brooklyn, New York.4
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst (Triangular Football League) (1899) | |||||||||
| 1899 | Amherst | 4–7 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| Amherst: | 4–7 | 0–2 | |||||||
| Massachusetts Aggies (Independent) (1899–1900) | |||||||||
| 1899 | Massachusetts | 7–3 | |||||||
| 1900 | Massachusetts | 5–5 | |||||||
| Massachusetts: | 12–8 | ||||||||
| Missouri Tigers (Independent) (1900–1901) | |||||||||
| 1900 | Missouri | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1901 | Missouri | 2–6–1 | |||||||
| Missouri: | 6–10–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 22–25–2 | ||||||||
References
References
- "Brown Getting Into Form". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. November 23, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com
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- "Murphy Selected". The Evening Telegraph. June 11, 1904. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- "Yale Man to Coach Exeter". Boston Evening Transcript. April 28, 1910. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- "Those We Mourn". Brown Alumni Monthly. XXXVII (8): 229–30. March 1937. Retrieved April 16, 2014.