Fred J. Murphy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fred J. Murphy

American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1886

Place of Birth: Southborough, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 19-Dec-1956

Profession: basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Frederick James Murphy (February 4, 1886 – December 19, 1956) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach and college athletics administrator.
Murphy served as the head football coach at Northwestern University (1914–1918), University of Denver (1920–1922), and University of Kentucky (1924–1926), compiling a career football coaching record of 40–37–4.
He was also the head basketball coach at Manhattan College (1912–1913) and at Northwestern (1914–1917), and the head baseball coach at Northwestern (1914–1916) and Kentucky (1925–1926).
In addition, Murphy served as Northwestern's athletic director from 1913 to 1918.