Jimmy Murray (Gaelic footballer)

Jimmy Murray (5 May 1917 to 23 January 2007) was an Irish Gaelic footballer from Knockcroghery in County Roscommon who captained Roscommon to the senior All-Ireland football titles of 1943 and 1944. A centre forward of small stature, he played club football with St Patrick's of Knockcroghery, won six Roscommon senior football championships between 1942 and 1949, and also won a Roscommon senior hurling medal with the Gaels club in 1938. His inter-county career began in 1939 with the Roscommon junior side that lost the All-Ireland final to Dublin. The senior breakthrough came in 1943, when Roscommon beat Galway in the Connacht final and then Cavan in the All-Ireland final, 2-7 to 2-2, with Murray as captain. Roscommon beat Kerry in 1944 for a second title, and lost the 1946 final to Kerry after Murray broke his nose and came back on. He is one of only eight captains to lift the Sam Maguire Cup twice and received the 1993 All-Time All Star Award. A publican by trade, he recorded a charity album in 2003 at the age of 85.