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American baseball player (born 1985)

This article is about the player born 1985. For other baseball players called Dan or Danny Murphy, see Daniel Murphy (disambiguation) § Sportsmen.

Baseball player

Daniel Thomas Murphy (born April 1, 1985) is an American former professional baseballsecond baseman and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, and Colorado Rockies. While primarily a second baseman, he also played first base, third base, and left field. Murphy was an MLB All-Star in 2014, 2016, and 2017.

En route to leading the New York Mets to their fifth World Seriesappearance in franchise history, he won the National League Championship SeriesMVP Award in 2015, setting a record for consecutive postseason games with a home run with six.

Early life

Daniel Murphy was born in Jacksonville, Florida, to Tom and Sharon Murphy. Murphy has a younger brother, Jonathan, and a sister, Tricia. Murphy began playing baseball at the age of five years and played his high school ball at Englewood High School in Jacksonville. Jacksonville University was the only four-year school to offer Murphy a scholarship.

College baseball

Murphy attended Jacksonville University, where he played college baseball for the Dolphins under head coach Terry Alexander. In college, he was regarded as a strong hitter, but a below-average fielder. As a freshman, when asked to introduce himself and name what position he played (implying his defensive posit

English footballer (born 1977)

Daniel Ben Murphy (born 18 March 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Murphy began his career with Crewe Alexandra in 1993 before moving to Liverpool in 1997. With Liverpool, he won the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup. After brief spells at Charlton Athletic and Tottenham Hotspur he joined Fulham, which he helped reach the 2010 UEFA Europa League final, and ended his career at Blackburn Rovers. He served as captain at his last two clubs.

Murphy made nine appearances for the England national team from his debut in 2001, scoring once.

Club career

Early life and career

Daniel Ben Murphy was born on 18 March 1977 in Chester, Cheshire. He started his career as a trainee at Crewe Alexandra. Murphy praised the role of Crewe managerDario Gradi in his footballing education, considering him as his mentor. In November 2016, as the United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal erupted, Murphy also strongly defended Gradi's reputation.

Murphy made his first-team debut for Crewe as a 16-year-old on 7 December 1993, coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 away win over Bradford City in the Football League Trophy. He scored on his home debut, with the winner in a 4–3 home win against Preston North End in the league. Murphy generally played as a deep-lying forward for Crewe, scoring several spectacular long range and set piece goals. While at Gresty Road, Murphy formed a prolific partnership with striker Dele Adebola.

Murphy helped Crewe earn promotion to the second tier of English football for the first time since 1896, as Crewe finished third in the Second Division, before going on to beat Brentford 1–0 at Wembley Stadium in the 1997 play-off final.

Liverpool

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