Thomas Murphy Trophy
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In 1995 Ron Matthews (Life Member) introduced an award to be presented by the Secretary of the Murrumbeena Junior Football Club to a player at our AGM called the Secretary’s Cup. In 2005 the Committee decided to change this award, firstly by renaming it - The Thomas Murphy Club Award, and secondly, by amending the criteria.
The Thomas Murphy Trophy is awarded to the best club person. This award can be given to any member of the club, being a player, parent, grandparent, or someone who has contributed to the running of the club beyond expectation, and usually goes unnoticed. It is for continued service to the club, above and beyond expectations. The normal recipient is generally just an all round good club
person that has consistently contributed in the background to the operations of the club.
Nominations can be made by any member of the club. with the recipient decided upon by the Murrumbeena Junior Football Club Committee.
The Thomas Murphy award is named after a player that played junior football for Murrumbeena and went on to play AFL for Hawthorn. Tom played his first game for the Hawks in Rd 22 2005. In 2008
he won the Hawks’ most improved player award and was an emergency for the 2008 Grand Final. In 2010 he player his 50th game for Hawthorn. The Murphy name is well respected at Murrumbeena
with Tom's father, Reg, a club Life Member and younger brother Liam a current player. The award was renamed in Tom Murphy's honour in recognition of his success and devotion to the Murrumbeena Junior Football Club.
On 12 October 2012, Murphy signed a two year contract with Gold Coast as an unrestricted free agent.
Last Modified on 01/04/2013 23:09
