Leo Murphy was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

 in the VFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 during the 1930s. He was the father of Fitzroy great John Murphy

John Murphy (Australian rules footballer)

John Murphy was a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .- Playing career :...

, and grandfather of Carlton's Marc Murphy

Marc Murphy

Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...

; the trio is the only father-son-grandson combination in VFL/AFL history to have each played 100 games.

Murphy was a defender and played originally on the half back flanks and the back pocket

Back pocket

In Australian rules football, the back pocket refers to a position on the field deep in defence.Back pocket players, situated in the backline, need to have good spoiling skills and usually, quality back-pockets are noted for their hardness....

 before moving to fullback. He won Hawthorn's 'Best and Fairest'

Peter Crimmins Medal

The Peter Crimmins Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player from the Hawthorn Football Club deemed best and fairest for the season.Peter Crimmins was a rover for Hawthorn, playing 1966-1975...

award in 1936 and 1937, the first player from the club to go back to back.

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