129 Campbell McMurray

Biography

Robust centre half and full back Campbell McMurray joined Hull City in December 1920 from Scottish junior side Strathclyde and spent a season and a half on the fringes of the first team, making four appearances in total. He left the club at the end of the 1921/22 season.

Campbell McMurray hailed from Dumbarton, a town on the north bank of the Clyde Estuary at the confluence of the Rivers Clyde and Leven. He began his career at local junior side Vale of Leven and also played for Glasgow Ashfield and Strathclyde, two other successful junior sides, before heading to Hull in December 1920 after a short trial.

McMurray signed for the recently reformed Workington AFC in June 1922 and spent a season played for The Reds in the North Eastern League. He then moved to York City in July 1923, another club that had recently reformed and was competing in the Midland League. After a further season back at Workington McMurray returned to the senior leagues, joining Division Three North side New Brighton in September 1925 but his stay on the Wirral only lasted one season and featured only 1 senior appearance in October 1925 against Chesterfield.

McMurray matched his appearance total at New Brighton with his number of marriages that season, betrothing himself to Edith in March 1926. By 1927 he had returned to Hull and in 1928 he began to work and live periodically in South Africa as a bricklayer. He died in South Africa in 1941.

Details

Nationality: Scotland
Date/Place of Birth: 27 June 1893, Dumbarton
Hull City First Game: 5 February 1921, Stockport County A (Division Two), 27 years, 224 days old
Hull City Final Game: 25 February 1922, Bury A (Division Two), 28 years, 244 days old

Clubs

Vale of Leven, Glasgow Ashfield, Strathclyde, Hull City (1920-1922), Workington (1922-1923), York City (1923-1924), Workington (1924-1925), New Brighton (1925-1926)

Hull City Record

Career: 4 apps, 0 goals