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====== Frank Murray ====== | ====== Frank Murray ====== | ||
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- | Frank Murray, the winningest football | + | After months of deliberation by the athletic board, |
- | He also coached basketball | + | Gradually, the list was shortened until Murray, the successful yearling coach alone remained. |
+ | Murray first became intimately acquainted with football while at Tufts, from which he received his degree. | ||
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+ | His knowledge of the game was immediately observed and he was made an assistant to Coach Ryan on the gridiron. | ||
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+ | Frank Murray went on to become the winningest football coach in Marquette history, recognized as one of the great teachers of the game. He guided Marquette’s unbeaten football teams in 1922, ’23 and 1930. His 1936 Hilltoppers played in the first Cotton Bowl game. His 90-32-6 record at Marquette attracted the University of Virginia and they lured him to Charlottesville in 1937. He compiled a 41-34-5 with the Cavaliers and returned to Milwaukee in 1946 where he coached at Marquette until 1949. Coach Murray was one of the pioneers of the huddle and the spread formation. He was elected to the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame in 1993. | ||
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+ | He also coached basketball at Marquette from 1920-29 and compiled a record of 94-73 (56.3%) over nine seasons. | ||
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+ | In 1928, Murray was named chairman of the recently-organized National Association of Basketball Coaches. | ||
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Frank was inducted into Marquette' | Frank was inducted into Marquette' |