Franny Murray

Franny Murray
	Murray in 1940
No. 11
Position:	Halfback, ; Punter ; Kicker
Personal information
Born:	July 21, 1915; Glenolden, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died:	June 28, 1998 (aged 82); Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:	St. Joseph's Prep; (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College:	Penn
NFL draft:	1937 / round: 2 / pick: 11
Career history
As a player:
	Philadelphia Eagles (1939–1940);
As an administrator:
	Penn (1950–1953); (Athletic director);
Career highlights and awards
	Second-team All-American (1936); First-team All-Eastern (1936);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	22
Starts:	11
Yards rushing:	144 (2.5 average)
Yards receiving:	269 (10.8 average)
Touchdowns:	2
Punting average:	36.8
Kicking points:	20
Interceptions:	2

Francis Thomas Murray (July 21, 1915 – June 28, 1998) was an American football player and college athletics administrator. He played professionally as a halfback and punter in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1939 to 1940. Murray played college football at the University of Pennsylvania and was drafted in the second round of the 1937 NFL draft.^[1] He served as the athletic director at his alma mater, Penn, from 1950 to 1953.

Murray died on June 28, 1998, at his home in Boca Raton, Florida, from complications of a stroke he had suffered four years prior.^[2]

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