Hall of Fame
Edmund Murphy captained the 1942 Holy Cross football team that achieved perhaps the program’s most famous victory, the 55-12 upset over Boston College, which also snapped Holy Cross’ three-game losing streak in the series.
His efforts during his career were also instrumental in victories over Carnegie Tech in 1940 and Temple in 1942, and he was recognized with an invitation to the East-West Shrine Game in California.
He was honored as All-East and All-New England in his senior season.
Also a competitor in five events on the track team, Murphy became a teacher and coach at Dracut High School.
Two of his sons, Ed (Class of 1970) and Dave (Class of 1982), also played football for Holy Cross.
