John Murphy (footballer, born 1898)

John Dickie Elliot Murphy (born 1898) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right. His first and longest senior spell was with Heart of Midlothian where he spent the better part of seven seasons (including brief loans at St Mirren and Hamilton Academical), followed by around a year at Motherwell and 18 months at Kilmarnock. He then moved to the Irish leagues with Coleraine and Ballymena United in County Antrim then Dublin side Shelbourne.