Australian rules footballer, born 1987
Australian rules footballer
Marc Murphy
(born 19 July 1987) is a retired
Australian rules footballer
who played for the
Carlton Football Club
in the
Australian Football League
(AFL). He was recruited with the first overall selection in the
2005 AFL draft
and served as the captain of Carlton from the 2013 season to 2018.
[1]
He is the son of
John Murphy
.
Early life and junior career
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Murphy attended
Whitefriars College
in
Donvale
.
[2]
He played for Beverley Hills Junior Football Club
[3]
and Doncaster Football Club,
[4]
before playing
TAC Cup
football with the
Oakleigh Chargers
.
[5]
[6]
[7]
He represented the victorious Vic Metro team at the 2005
AFL Under 18 Championships
, winning the Larke Medal as the best player of the tournament.
[8]
As the son of
John Murphy
, a
Hall-of-Famer
and legend of the
Fitzroy Football Club
,
[9]
Marc was eligible to be taken by the
Brisbane Lions
under the
father-son rule
.
[10]
However he exercised his option to decline the offer and nominate for the
2005 AFL National draft
as he didn't want to leave Melbourne.
[11]
Carlton
subsequently took him in the draft with the first overall draft pick, a
priority pick
.
AFL career
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Carlton
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2006?2007: Beginnings
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Murphy made his
AFL
debut in round 1 of the
2006 season
against
Melbourne
at the
Telstra Dome
. 17 disposals, 11 kicks and 6 handballs ? highlighted by his first career goal ? earned him an
NAB AFL Rising Star award
nomination.
[12]
Murphy impressed pundits in his first season, and he was an early favourite for the Rising Star award.
[13]
However, he sustained a season-ending shoulder injury in round 13 against the
Brisbane Lions
, which effectively ended any chance he had of winning it.
[14]
Despite playing only twelve full games, Murphy led
Carlton
in assists for the season. He won Carlton's Best First Year Player award, and was voted by his peers as the
AFL Players Association
's
Best First Year Player
.
[15]
Murphy was elevated to the eight-man leadership group for the
2007 season
.
[16]
In early 2007, he replicated his good form of 2006, amassing 30 disposals against eventual premiers
Geelong
in round 2. However, an injury to prime midfielder
Nick Stevens
after round 3 saw Murphy attract the opposition's best taggers in most games. While his form remained solid, he finished outside the top 10 in the club's
John Nicholls Medal
.
[17]
2008
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Murphy added considerable bulk to his frame during the off-season, highlighted in many preseason news articles.
[18]
He was removed from the leadership group, which was reduced to five players. Murphy benefitted significantly from the return of Nick Stevens and the recruitment of
Chris Judd
, as they attracted the strongest taggers, giving Murphy more freedom to run. He had breakout games against
Port Adelaide
in round 11
[19]
and against
Hawthorn
in round 22, picking up a season-high 36 disposals at 81% efficiency.
[20]
He played his 50th game in round 15 against
St Kilda
.
[21]
Murphy capped off a great
2008 season
by coming second to Judd in the John Nicholls Medal, and recording 11 votes in the
Brownlow Medal
.
[18]
Murphy was selected for
Australia
in the
2008 International Rules Series
against
Ireland
. He was one of Australia's best in the first test, kicking 4 overs to assist a late-game comeback by Australia which fell one point short.
[22]
He scored a goal in the second test by unintentionally tapping the ball into the net from crowded contest.
2009
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Murphy continued his form in the 2009 season, establishing himself as one of the elite midfielders in the AFL, and averaging 25.6 disposals per game. He became Carlton's most potent goal-scoring midfielder, setting himself a personal target of averaging a goal a game, and he achieved this with a total of 31 goals from his 23 matches. After becoming a damaging midfielder, he was selected in the All-Australian Squad of 40, but was not selected in the team, and polled 15 Brownlow Medal votes to finish equal 9th. He again finished second in the Best and Fairest award (John Nicholls Medal) behind his captain Chris Judd.
2010
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Murphy played his 100th game in Round 21, 2010; in doing so, he, father
John
(246 games for Fitzroy, South Melbourne and North Melbourne), and grandfather
Leo Murphy
(132 games for Hawthorn) became the only father-son-grandson combination in league history to each play 100 games.
[23]
Murphy missed much of the 2010 pre-season due to hip surgery,
[24]
[25]
[26]
and struggled through the first half of the year. However, his second half of the season was exemplary, polling best and fairest votes in every game after Round 14 and ultimately finishing third for the award.
[27]
2011
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Murphy became one of the league's elite midfielders in 2011. He was named in the
All-Australian team
for the first time in his career, on the half-forward flank,
[28]
and won his first
John Nicholls Medal
for
best and fairest
player at Carlton. He was also named as the AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year,
[29]
and
The Age
'
Player of the Year.
[30]
2012
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Murphy started the year as strong as he finished 2011, becoming the favourite for the
Brownlow Medal
before a heavy collision with
Patrick Dangerfield
in round 8 where he sustained a shoulder injury.
[31]
[32]
He returned in round 16, and from round 17 to 21 was named as the acting captain in the absence of
Chris Judd
.
2013
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Marc was announced Captain of the
Carlton Football Club
after superstar Chris Judd stepped down.
[33]
He began leading well, averaging 22 disposals for the season.
[34]
2014
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In 2014 Marc played a consistent season averaging 24 Disposals in 20 games. He finished second in the John Nicholls Medal.
[35]
2015
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Marc celebrated his 200th game against the
Hawthorn Football Club
in round 17 2015. Although the Blues were beaten convincingly, Marc had a match-high 37 Disposals. Marc finished second in the
Blues' Best and Fariest
by a vote behind young gun
Patrick Cripps
.
2016
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At the end of 2015, it was speculated that Murphy might lose the Carlton captaincy when new coach
Brendon Bolton
declared that the club was going through a "real reset" which included reviewing the leadership.
[36]
However early in the 2016 preseason, Murphy was reappointed captain the club again for a 4th straight season.
[37]
The 2016 campaign started well for Marc until he suffered a season-ending ankle injury against Geelong in round 10.
2017
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Marc bounced back from an injury-filled year to produce one of his most impressive to date, averaging over 29 disposals for the second time in his career. He won his second John Nicholls Medal as Carlton's Best and Fairest. His experience and leadership played a vital role in the club's "reset" which is still in progress today.
2018
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Even at the age of 30 and after a wooden spoon season, Murphy still expressed his commitment to the football club after signing a contract extension.
[38]
Murphy had another injury hindered season, only being able to play in 13 games. He once again committed to the team, signing an extension until the end of the 2020 season, proving his loyalty to the club.
[1]
2019
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Marc Murphy stepped down as captain after his injury plagued
2018 season
, giving young leaders
Sam Docherty
and
Patrick Cripps
co-captaincy.
[39]
Murphy still remains in the leadership group, though alongside
Ed Curnow
and
Kade Simpson
.
[40]
2021
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In August 2021, Murphy announced his retirement from his playing career, which came after his 300th and last game against Port Adelaide.
[41]
[42]
Four months after his retirement in December 2021, Murphy reflected on his playing career at Carlton and stated that “It was definitely the wrong decision to sack
Brett Ratten
as senior coach and replace him with
Mick Malthouse
” and Carlton was in great form under Ratten and “stiff” to narrowly lose its semi-final to the West Coast Eagles in the 2011 season".
[43]
Murphy further added “I just think there’d been so much investment in Ratts and we were progressing really well and unfortunately through circumstance, I think it was too quick to just go ‘nah, we’ll go in another direction’. Essentially you end up having to go backwards before you go up again really. Very rarely will someone come in as a new coach and just go bounce straightaway".
[44]
“I think the support and the communication needed to be better at that time. I was never one for going upstairs, so to speak, and getting involved in all of that chat. I was dealing with coaches, not necessarily getting involved with CEOs and the rest of it about who appoints people. “Hindsight’s a wonderful thing, but I think it was a bad move”.
[45]
Murphy then criticised his former senior coach Malthouse stating "his time at Carlton, I don’t think he was really in it for the right reasons. Then once it turned pear-shaped, it was all about him, unfortunately, at the end and I was left to be thrown at the bus quite a bit". “He was obviously a terrific coach, but unfortunately at Carlton for us and for me and the boys who were there working so hard, it just didn’t work out” and “It was extremely difficult, but Mick was a very autocratic leader. It was all whatever he said basically goes. I could have my input, but I couldn’t get really any traction whatsoever".
[46]
Personal life
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In September 2015, Murphy proposed to longtime girlfriend, model, actor and blogger Jessie Habermann. They were married in December 2016.
[47]
[48]
Their first child was born in 2018.
[49]
[50]
[51]
[52]
[53]
Since 2010, Murphy has been an ambassador for the
MAD Foundation
, a Melbourne non-for-profit organisation helping disabled and disadvantaged young people.
[54]
Statistics
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- Statistics are correct to end of round 22, 2021
[55]
Game highs
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Game highs correct as of the end of the round 15, 2019.
[55]
Stat
|
Game High
|
Round
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Season
|
Opponent
|
Goals
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4
|
R18
|
2009
|
North Melbourne
|
Behinds
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3
|
R4
|
2007
|
West Coast Eagles
|
Kicks
|
24
|
R4
|
2019
|
Gold Coast
|
Handballs
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24
|
R4
|
2015
|
St Kilda
|
Disposals
|
39
|
R3
|
2012
|
Collingwood
|
Marks
|
15
|
R4
|
2010
|
Adelaide Crows
|
Tackles
|
12
|
R5
|
2014
|
Western Bulldogs
|
Inside 50s
|
11
|
R9
|
2008
|
Fremantle
|
Contested Possessions
|
24
|
R4
|
2015
|
St Kilda
|
Clearances
|
10
|
R4
|
2015
|
St Kilda
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Honours and achievements
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Individual
References
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"Murphy's 2020 vision"
.
carltonfc.com.au
. Retrieved
16 January
2019
.
- ^
"Murph meets Carlton's men of the cloth"
.
carltonfc.com.au
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"Mark Murphy | AFL | International Speakers Group"
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"Season Playing List"
.
websites.sportstg.com
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
admin.
"Marc Murphy's transition to AFL - Winners Sports Nutrition"
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"Marc Murphy"
.
AFLPA
. 13 August 2013
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"Australian Football - Marc Murphy - Player Bio"
.
australianfootball.com
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"Marc Murphy"
.
Signature Sports
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"TOC"
.
www.footystamps.com
. Retrieved
5 March
2019
.
- ^
"Father-son eligibility unlikely to change this year"
.
afl.com.au
. Retrieved
5 March
2019
.
- ^
Stayner, Guy (26 November 2005).
"Murphy taken first in draft"
.
ABC News
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"Round 1, 2006"
. Blueseum: History of the Carlton Football Club
. Retrieved
9 August
2019
.
- ^
"Murph helps shoulder the load for Gazza"
.
Carlton Football Club
. 10 July 2014
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"Season over for Carlton's Murphy"
.
ABC News
. 3 July 2007
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"AFLPA Best First-Year Player Winners - Draftguru"
.
Draftguru
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
McClure, Sam (22 March 2017).
"Carlton captain Marc Murphy injury free, reinvigorated"
.
The Age
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"2007 Best and Fairest Votes"
. Blueseum: History of the Carlton Football Club
. Retrieved
9 August
2019
.
- ^
a
b
Blake, Martin (26 March 2009).
"Carlton - they're coming"
.
The Age
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"Round 11, 2008"
. Blueseum: History of the Carlton Football Club
. Retrieved
9 August
2019
.
- ^
"Round 22, 2008"
. Blueseum: History of the Carlton Football Club
. Retrieved
9 August
2019
.
- ^
"Round 15, 2008"
. Carlton Football Club
. Retrieved
9 August
2019
.
- ^
"Gameday Live 2007"
. Archived from
the original
on 4 March 2007
. Retrieved
3 April
2019
.
- ^
Tony De Bolfo
100 Club is Murphy's lore
Archived
26 February 2011 at the
Wayback Machine
, Retrieved 18 August 2010
- ^
Blake, Martin (31 August 2010).
"Hip surgery has robbed Murphy of punch"
.
The Age
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"Murphy to return for Blues"
.
ABC News
. 12 July 2012
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"Marc Murphy to stay true Blue"
.
www.couriermail.com.au
. 13 February 2011
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
Carlton Football Club
Judd in John Nicholls Medal threepeat
Archived
6 July 2011 at the
Wayback Machine
, Retrieved 28 September 2010
- ^
Holmesby, Luke (19 September 2011).
"Pies dominate AA team"
. Australian Football League. Archived from
the original
on 23 September 2011
. Retrieved
19 September
2011
.
- ^
de Kretzer, Chris; Timms, Darryl (27 September 2011).
"Carlton midfielder Marc Murphy wins coaches' award for player of the year"
.
Herald Sun
. Retrieved
27 September
2011
.
- ^
"Age Footballer of the Year ? Round 24 votes"
.
The Age
. Australia. 5 September 2011
. Retrieved
5 September
2011
.
- ^
Buckle, Greg (21 May 2012).
"AFL Carlton's Murphy has cracked shoulder"
.
The Sydney Morning Herald
. Retrieved
5 March
2019
.
- ^
"A clear danger at the Crows"
.
The Australian
. 21 May 2012
. Retrieved
5 March
2019
.
- ^
"Murphy to skipper Carlton in 2013"
.
afl.com.au
. Retrieved
5 March
2019
.
- ^
"2013 Review: Marc Murphy"
.
carltonfc.com.au
. Retrieved
5 March
2019
.
- ^
"Murphy's 2020 vision"
.
carltonfc.com.au
. Retrieved
16 January
2019
.
- ^
"Blues will review Murphy's captaincy"
. 30 November 2015
. Retrieved
31 October
2017
.
- ^
"Marc Murphy to stay Carlton Blues captain in 2016 AFL season"
. 16 February 2016
. Retrieved
31 October
2017
.
- ^
Niall, Jake (27 February 2018).
"More loss than gain, so Marc Murphy set to stay"
.
The Age
. Retrieved
16 January
2019
.
- ^
"Carlton replace Marc Murphy with joint captains"
.
www.sportingnews.com
. Retrieved
27 February
2019
.
- ^
"Five elected to lead"
.
carltonfc.com.au
. Retrieved
16 January
2019
.
- ^
"Murphy retires a Blues great but not with the 'story' he craved"
. 10 August 2021
. Retrieved
14 September
2023
.
- ^
"Carlton stalwart's bittersweet farewell ahead of Port Adelaide clash"
. 10 August 2021
. Retrieved
14 September
2023
.
- ^
"Marc Murphy says it was the 'wrong decision' to sack Brett Ratten and replace him with Mick Malthouse"
. 14 December 2021
. Retrieved
14 September
2023
.
- ^
"Marc Murphy says it was the 'wrong decision' to sack Brett Ratten and replace him with Mick Malthouse"
. 14 December 2021
. Retrieved
14 September
2023
.
- ^
"Marc Murphy says it was the 'wrong decision' to sack Brett Ratten and replace him with Mick Malthouse"
. 14 December 2021
. Retrieved
14 September
2023
.
- ^
"Marc Murphy says it was the 'wrong decision' to sack Brett Ratten and replace him with Mick Malthouse"
. 14 December 2021
. Retrieved
14 September
2023
.
- ^
"Inside an elegant South Melbourne city wedding"
.
Vogue.com.au
. 18 May 2017
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"Marc Murphy's Wife: Who is Jessie Habermann?"
.
New Idea Magazine
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"Carlton captain Marc Murphy marries blogger Jessie Haberman in the midst of Melbourne's freak storm"
. 30 December 2016.
- ^
"Jessie Habermann: Actor, Extra and Model - Australia"
.
- ^
"Marc and Jessie Murphy welcome first child"
.
www.heraldsun.com.au
. 18 January 2018
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
Beeston, Ariane (19 January 2018).
"Carlton captain Marc Murphy and wife Jessie welcome baby boy"
.
Essential Baby
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"AFL star Marc Murphy and wife Jessie are expecting their first child"
.
honey.nine.com.au
. Retrieved
6 March
2019
.
- ^
"2021 Madden Medal nominees announced"
.
AFL Players' Association
. 3 May 2022.
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a
b
"AFL Tables - Marc Murphy - Stats - Statistics"
.
afltables.com
. Retrieved
4 August
2017
.
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