Joe Murray

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Murray
Born	6 October 1887 Newtown, New South Wales
Died	28 April 1944(1944-04-28) (aged 56) Camperdown, New South Wales
Playing information
Position	Lock, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1908–14 Newtown 60 11 0 0 33 1915, 1920 North Sydney 17 2 0 0 6 Total 77 13 0 0 39 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1912–13 New South Wales 4 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
Military career
Allegiance	Australia
Service / branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1915-1918
Unit	Australian Imperial Force
Battles / wars	World War I Western Front
Awards	DCM

Joe Murray (1887–1944) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. He played for Newtown and North Sydney in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition as a lock but also played as a second rower.

Murray made his debut for Newtown in 1908 which was the inaugural year that the NSWRL competition began. In 1910, Murray was a member of the Newtown side which won their first-ever premiership drawing with South Sydney 4–4 in the grand final. Newtown were declared premiers after the match had concluded because they had finished the regular season in first place. In 1912 and 1913, Murray represented New South Wales on four occasions.

In 1915, Murray joined North Sydney and then enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and went to the Great War.^[2] On 2 June 1917, Joe Murray was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.) for bravery and devotion to duty during active service in France.^[3]

After the war, he returned to North Sydney for one last season in 1920. ^[4]

Joe Murray died at Gloucester House (RPA Hospital), Camperdown, New South Wales, on 28 April 1944. ^[5]