Cornelius Murphy

Cornelius J. "Connie" Murphy (March 27, 1909 – December 2, 1931) was an American football player. A native of Greenfield, Massachusetts, Murphy was an all-around athlete at Greenfield High School. He attended Deerfield Academy for two years before enrolling at Fordham University. He played at the tackle position for the Fordham Rams football team.^[1] As a sophomore, he was selected by the International News Service as a first-team player on the 1930 College Football All-America Team.^[2] As a junior, he sustained a head injury in a football game played at the Polo Grounds on November 21, 1931. He died several days later on December 2, 1931, when a blood vessel at the base of his brain re-ruptured.^[1] There is a bronze bust of him on the Fordham campus.

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