Graham Murray

Quick Facts

Full Name	Graham Murray
Occupation	Rugby League Coach
Date Of Birth	Jan 6, 1955(1955-01-06)
Age	69
Date Of Death	2013-07-28
Birthplace	Peak Hill
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Capricorn

Graham Murray Biography

Graham Murray is one of the most popular and richest Rugby League Coach who was born on January 6, 1955 in Peak Hill, Australia. Graham Ernest Murray (6 January 1955 – 28 July 2013) was an Australian professional soccer player that played during the 70s and 1980s and was a coach during the 2000s and 1990s, and the decade of 2010.

Murray was able to begin his coach career by serving as a reserve coach at Penrith in which he was awarded an award in 1987. He also was instrumental in the formation of the players who would make up the 1991 first-grade premiership teams, as well as Balmain.

A New South Wales State of Origin head coach, Murray coached extensively at the highest club level: coaching the Illawarra Steelers, the Hunter Mariners, the Leeds Rhinos, the Sydney Roosters and the North Queensland Cowboys between the years 1991 and 2008. He also coached the Fiji national rugby league team, the City New South Wales rugby league team and the Australian women’s team. He was named Dally M Coach of the Year in 1992.

Murray was the coach of the Fiji team in the 1995 World Cup, winning one game and losing two.

He got married Amanda Jurd on 15 December 1984. On their 9th anniversary of marriage, they welcomed one daughter.

Graham Murray Net Worth

Graham Murray is one of the richest Rugby League Coach from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Graham Murray 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

While playing for the Parramatta third-grade team in the mid-70s, Murray took over as captain of the Eels reserve grade side in 1977. Murray was considered to be not enough skilled for the reserve grade of rugby league due to his exceptional organisational skills that earned him the nickname for his nickname of “little Artie” after Arthur Beetson. When International halfback John Kolc suffering ankle ligament injury, Murray spent some time in the first grade of 1977, only to return to lead the reserve side to a first-class position when Kolc returned to full fitness. 1978 saw Murray succeed Kolc as the first grade’s halfback for the majority of the season, however the rise of future world champion Peter Sterling caused him to play around with the different grades between 1979 and the year 1980. In 1979, he coached the reserve team to their third title in the space of five years.

Murray was transferred to Souths in the year 1981, and played quite regularly in the first grade until he quit in the middle of 1983 and began playing in the country.

Murray was made coach of the Illawarra Steelers for the 1991 Winfield Cup season. He guided the club to its first finals appearance in 1992 and during his tenure, the Steelers won more games than they lost. He was dismissed as coach in April 1995 after he facilitated negotiations between Steelers players and representatives of the rebel Super League organisation. He was the only person out of the countless players, coaches and administrators involved with the Super League saga to lose his job as a direct consequence.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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After starting 2002 in his former profession as a teacher of mathematics, he was made head coach of the North Queensland Cowboys to replace the sacked Murray Hurst in April. After three seasons of steady improvement, the Cowboys made the NRL finals for the first time in 2004 and finished one game short of the grand final. They improved on their efforts in the following season, reaching the 2005 NRL Grand Final, the Cowboys’ first, which they lost to the Wests Tigers by 30 to 16.

Facts & Trivia

Graham Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby League Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Graham Murray celebrates birthday on January 6 of every year.

Murray was re-appointed as New South Wales coach in 2007, with the full support of the North Queensland Cowboys board. Once again New South Wales lost the series by two games to one. In August 2007, Murray announced that he would step down as coach of New South Wales.