PLAYING CAREER
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS   1983-1990

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-CANADIAN WIDE RECEIVER  1986, 1988
ALL-EASTERN WIDE RECEIVER  1986, 1987, 1988 , 1989
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER  1986
JEFF NICKLIN MEMORIAL TROPHY  1986
KEN PLOEN AWARD - TEAM MVP  1986, 1988
GREY CUP MVP    1988

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION   1984, 1988, 1990
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS   1984, 1988, 1990

JAMES MURPHY ATTENDED UTAH STATE COLLEGE WHERE HE ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS THE SECOND LEADING RECIEVER IN U.S. COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN HIS SENIOR YEAR.

HE WAS DRAFTED BY THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS IN 1981, BUT AFTER BEING CUT, JOINED THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WHERE HE PERFORMED AS THEIR PRIMARY KICKOFF RETURNED, AVERAGING OVER 22 YARDS PER KICK.

IN LATE 1982, JAMES MURPHY JOINED THE WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS, WHERE HE PLAYED 8 SEASONS WITH THE CLUB AND ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS THE BOMBER’S ALL TIME LEADING RECIEVER. THE 1986 SEASON PROVED TO BE MURPHY’S CAREER YEAR. HE SET TWO CLUB RECORDS INCLUDING 166 RECEPTIONS FOR 1,746 YARDS AND MOST YARDS GAINED RECEIVING FOR 9,036 YARDS. DURING 1988, JAMES MURPHY GAINED OVER 1,400 YARDS PASS RECEIVING AND SCORED 10 TOUCHDOWNS. ON OCTOBER 16, 1988 HE SET ANOTHER BOMBER RECORD WITH 7 RECEPTIONS FOR 229 YARDS AND SCORED 2 TOUCHDOWNS. MURPHY WAS INDUCTED TO THE WINNIPEG FOOTBALL CLUB HALL OF FAME IN 1995.

INDUCTED 2000 - PLAYER

Class of 2000 Danny Bass, Hugh Campbell, Grover Covington, Dave Raimey