Cornelius Murphy
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| Fordham Rams | |
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| Position | Tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 27, 1909 Greenfield, Massachusetts |
| Died: | December 2, 1931 (aged 22) Bronx, New York, New York |
| Career history | |
| College | Fordham (1930) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Cornelius J. "Connie" Murphy (March 27, 1909 – December 2, 1931) was an American football player.
A native of Greenfield, Massachusetts, Murphy was an all-around athlete at Greenfield High School.[1] He attended Deerfield Academy for two years before enrolling at Fordham University. He played at the tackle position for the Fordham Rams football team.[2] As a sophomore, he was selected by the International News Service as a first-team player on the 1930 College Football All-America Team.[3]
As a junior, he sustained a head injury in a football game played against Bucknell at the Polo Grounds on November 21, 1931. He was carried unconscious from the field and was hospitalized for four days. On December 2, he collapsed and died. An autopsy showed that a clot had formed and a blood vesselt at the base of his brain had ruptured. He was the fourth university player to die of football injuries in 1925.[2][4] There is a bronze bust of him on the Fordham campus.
References[edit]
- ^ "Murphy Was All-Around Athlete at Greenfield H.S." The Boston Globe. December 2, 1931. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Fordham Star Dies of Football Injury: Cornelius Murphy, Tackle, Hurt in Bucknell Game Nov. 21, Seemed Near Recovery". The New York Times. December 3, 1931.
- ^ James Kilgallen (1930-12-01). "ALL-AMERICAN TEAM SELECTED: Two Notre Dame Men, Carideo and Schwartz, Are Named". Chester Times.
- ^ "Requiem Mass Today for Fordham Tackle: Rerupture of Blood Vessel Caused Murphy's Death". The Boston Globe. December 3, 1931. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.