James Murphy (soccer, born 1936), Date of Birth

    

James Murphy (soccer, born 1936)

American soccer player from mid-1950s

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1936

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About James Murphy (soccer, born 1936)

  • James W.
  • Murphy (born July 2, 1936) is a former U.S.
  • soccer player who was a member of the St.
  • Louis Kutis in the mid-1950s.
  • He earned two caps, scoring one goal, with the United States men's national soccer team in 1957. In 1957, Kutis won the National Challenge Cup.
  • Consequently, the United States Soccer Federation replaced the U.S.
  • national team with the Kutis club in the middle of the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.
  • Kutis, acting as the U.S.
  • national team, lost two games to Canada and the U.S.
  • had failed to qualify for a second straight Cup final.
  • However, Murphy scored 3-2 loss on July 6, 1957.
  • He was inducted into the St.
  • Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 1989.In 1989 he was elected Sheriff of St.
  • Louis.

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