Biographical details | |
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Born | c. 1900 |
Died | 1976 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1921–1922 | Notre Dame |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1927–1936 | Columbia (OR) / Portland |
Basketball | |
1927–1928 | Columbia (OR) / Portland |
Baseball | |
1927–1935 | Columbia (OR) / Portland |
Administrative career ( AD unless noted) | |
1927–1936 | Columbia (OR) / Portland |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 59–51 (college baseball) |
Eugene L. Murphy (c. 1900 – 1976) was an American football player and coach. He attended Columbia Prep in Portland, Oregon. [1] He played college football for Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish football teams in 1921 and 1922. [2] He coached high school football at the then Sacred Heart College (High School Division; now "Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory")in San Francisco for the 1925 season. [3] In June 1927, he was hired as the athletic director and head football and baseball coach at Columbia University (renamed the University of Portland in 1935. [1] [4] He held that position for 10 years from 1927 to 1936. He retired in December 1936 to enter private business. [5] He was posthumously inducted into the University of Portland Hall of Fame in 1991. [1]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Columbia Irish / Portland Pilots (Independent) (1927–1936) | |||||||||
1927 | Columbia | 1–4 | |||||||
1928 | Columbia | ||||||||
1929 | Columbia | ||||||||
1930 | Columbia | 4–2 | |||||||
1931 | Columbia | 2–5 | |||||||
1932 | Columbia | 6–0–1 | |||||||
1933 | Columbia | 4–3 | |||||||
1934 | Columbia | 1–6–1 | |||||||
1935 | Portland | 3–4 | |||||||
1936 | Portland | 3–4 | |||||||
Columbia / Portland: | |||||||||
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