Kevin 'Bulldog' Murray (born 18 June 1938) was a champion Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League in 333 games over 18 seasons. Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State, The Place To Be, On The Move Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ... The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Australian rules football (also known as Aussie Rules or Footy) is a game played between two teams of 18 players, generally played on cricket ovals during the winter months. ... The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ... This is a page about the national league in Australian Rules Football. ...

Murray played for Fitzroy from 1955 to 1964, and from 1967 to 1974, winning nine best-and-fairest awards for the club. He was playing coach of Fitzroy in 1963, a job he also filled in 1964, along with representing and captaining his home state of Victoria. 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Best and Fairest is the phrase given to players in the Australian Football League (formerly the VFL) that are adjudged to have played the best during the season without being suspended. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...

In 1965 and 1966 he moved to Western Australia to play for and captain/coach East Perth Football Club. During that time he played 44 West Australian Football League (WAFL) games and captained WA at the National Football Carnival during which is he was awarded a Simpson Medal for his match against VFA. He also won East Perth's best-and-fairest award in 1965. In 1966 he led East Perth to the WAFL Grand Final but they lost to Perth, which was captain/coached by former East Perth player Mal Atwell. Atwell had left the Royals to Perth because he didn't agree with Murray's methods. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ... Home Ground: Leederville Oval (Based at Perth Oval between 1910 and 1999) Formed: 1902 (as Union Football Club) Colours: Royal Blue and Black Nickname: Royals WAFL Premierships: 1919-20-21-22-23, 1926-27, 1936, 1944, 1956, 1958-59, 1972, 1978, 2000-01-02 Record Home Attendance: 26,760, 31st... A bloodied Haydn Bunton Junior celebrates Swan Districts first Grand Final win, in 1961. ... The Simpson Medal, a prize for Australian rules football, has been donated by Dr. Fred Simpson and family since 1945. ... VFA may refer to: Victorian Football Association, an Australian rules football competition established in the 19th Century that was superseded as the elite competition by the 1897 establishment of the Victorian FootbalL League. ... A Grand Final is the culmination of a series of final matches played between a number of sporting teams to decide the premier team. ... Categories: Stub | Western Australian Football League clubs ...

His return to Fitzroy was triumphant. He won the club's best-and-fairest award in his first two years back, and in 1969 he was awarded the Brownlow Medal. The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal, is an annual medal awarded to the fairest and best player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie. ...

Amongst Murray's other honours, he was named an All-Australian player in 1958 and 1966. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

His 333 games for Fitzroy was a then VFL record. He also played 44 games for East Perth, 24 for Victoria and 6 for WA.

At the end of the 1996 season, Fitzroy merged with the Brisbane Bears to form the Brisbane Lions. Murray was a great supporter of the merged entity, and the Lions' club championship award, the Merrett-Murray Medal, is part-named in Murray's honour. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Brisbane Bears Football Club was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. ... The Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) are an Australian Football League club, formed from the post-1996 merger of the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy, the Lions. ... Since 1997, the Merrett-Murray Medal has been awarded annually to the player adjuged the Brisbane Lions Club Champion over the immediately preceding AFL season. ...

References

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2004). The Encyclopaedia of AFL Footballers: Every Brisbane and Fitzroy AFL Player Ever, Melbourne: BAS Publishing. ISBN 1920910093.