Robert White Murdoch was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Celtic, Middlesbrough and Scotland.
20 Facts About Bobby Murdoch
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Bobby Murdoch was one of the Lisbon Lions, the Celtic team who won the European Cup in 1967.
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Bobby Murdoch played for junior club Cambuslang Rangers for two years to gain experience before joining Celtic as a full-time professional.
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Bobby Murdoch initially played for Celtic as an inside right, but only showed signs of being a reasonable performer in that position.
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Bobby Murdoch still continued to score a handful of goals a season, knocking in shots from cutbacks by Bertie Auld or Jimmy Johnstone.
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Bobby Murdoch's shot was deflected by Stevie Chalmers to score Celtic's winning goal.
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Stein credited Bobby Murdoch with being "just about the best player I had as a manager".
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Bobby Murdoch was voted Scottish player of the year in 1969 by the football writers.
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Stein allowed Bobby Murdoch to leave the club because he had "run out of challenges" at Celtic.
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Bobby Murdoch left Celtic in 1973 and joined Middlesbrough on a free transfer as Jack Charlton's first signing.
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Bobby Murdoch provided advice to the young Graeme Souness and the club was promoted to Division One in his first season there.
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Bobby Murdoch made 125 appearances for Middlesbrough before his playing retirement in 1976.
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Bobby Murdoch then took up the role of coaching Middlesbrough youth players.
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Bobby Murdoch had a brief, unsuccessful, spell as manager of Middlesbrough between 1981 and 1982.
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Bobby Murdoch left the club shortly after it was relegated to Division Two.
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Bobby Murdoch won a total of 12 caps for Scotland, having to compete for selection with Jim Baxter and then Billy Bremner among others.
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Bobby Murdoch had an unsuccessful spell as a publican that ended in debt.
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In 1995, Bobby Murdoch won a legal case in a Medical Appeal Tribunal that an ankle injury he had sustained playing for Celtic was an industrial injury, entitling him to compensation from the state.
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Bobby Murdoch died, aged 56, following a stroke, in the Glasgow Victoria Infirmary.
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Murdoch's younger brothers Billy and James were footballers; Billy was a reserve player at Celtic while Bobby played for Stenhousemuir and Kilmarnock.