- Derek Murray (Australian footballer)
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Derek Murray Personal information Full name Derek Murray Date of birth 25 March 1980 Original team Murray Bushrangers Draft 54th, 1998 AFL Draft Height/Weight 173 cm / 70 kg Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1999–2002 Port Adelaide 23 (7) 1 Playing statistics to end of 2002 season .Derek Murray (born 25 March 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Murray was a highly successful junior, playing with the Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup in 1997 and 1998. He won a Morrish Medal is the first of those years and in 1998 he took home the Hunter Harrison Medal due to his carnival performance with the NSW/ACT Rams.
Selected by Port Adelaide in the 1998 AFL Draft, Murray was used as a winger, rover and small forward.[1] He made 11 appearances in 2000, his best return, but did not do enough to cement his spot in the team for 2001. However late in the 2001 AFL season, Murray made a return to the side and after six home and away matches was picked in a qualifying final.[2] Murray played the first two rounds in 2002 but did not make any further appearances and was delisted at the end of the year.
An Indigenous Australian, he is the brother of former St Kilda player Allan Murray.
References
- ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ "Derek Murray". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/D/Derek_Murray.html.
1998 AFL Draft First round 1. Des Headland • 2. Justin Longmuir • 3. Nic Fosdike • 4. Ryan Fitzgerald • 5. Michael Stevens • 6. Murray Vance • 7. Josh Carr • 8. Jude Bolton • 9. Mark McVeigh • 10. Brandon Hill • 11. Lenny Hayes • 12. Adam Ramanauskas • 13. Chris Lamb • 14. Luke Penny • 15. Brady Rawlings • 16. Brett BurtonSecond round 17. Peter Street • 18. Daniel Schell • 19. Nick Davis • 20. Michael Collica • 21. David Clarke • 22. James Begley • 23. Chris Ladhams • 24. David Wojcinski • 25. Aaron Henneman • 26. Michael O'Brien • 27. Steven Baker • 28. Heath James • 29. Tyson Stenglein • 30. Nicky Winmar • 31. Gary Dhurrkay • 32. David GallagherThird round 33. Craig Bolton • 34. Bryan Beinke • 35. Brad Oborne • 36. Danny Jacobs • 37. Adam Morgan • 38. Brendan Fevola • 39. Toby Thurstans • 40. James White • 41. Craig Jacotine • 43. Damien Ryan • 44. Heath Scotland • 45. Aaron Shattock • 46. Jay Solomon • 47. Nicolas Lowther • 48. Lucas HerbertFourth round 49. Garth Taylor • 50. Damien Adkins • 51. David Loats • 52. Ryan O'Connor • 53. Troy Schwarze • 54. Derek Murray • 55. Marc Dragicevic • 56. Ilija Grgic • 57. Andrew Embley • 58. Ian Prendergast • 59. Dwayne Simpson • 60. Luke Speers • 61. Ricky Symes • 62. Tim van der Klooster • 63. Clint KireyFifth round 64. Andrew Shipp • 65. Lee Walker • 66. Steven Rode • 67. Brett Backwell • 68. Matthew Greig • 69. Scott Bennett • 70. Kurt Heazlewood • 71. Simon Feast • 72. Luke Taylor • 73. Christin Macri • 74. Adam Lange • 75. Ken McGregorSixth round 76. Rupert Betheras • 77. Adrian Cox • 79. Ray Hall • 80. Brodie Atkinson • 81. Jacob Anstey • 85. Shannon MotlopSeventh round Categories:- 1980 births
- Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
- Port Adelaide Football Club players
- South Adelaide Football Club players
- Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
- Living people
- Murray Bushrangers players
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