STATISTICS & HISTORY
Charles “Stretch” Murphy led Marion High School to the Indiana state championship during his senior year in 1926. He played basketball at Purdue University for four seasons (1926–1930). Teaming with John Wooden, Murphy led the Purdue to the Big-10 championship in 1930 after an undefeated season in conference play. Murphy was named an All-American his sophomore, junior and senior years. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960.
| STRETCH MURPHY | Height: | 6:06 | Weight: | 185 | College: | Purdue’30 | |||||
| Charles Carroll Murphy | Born: | Apr 10, 1907 | Died: Aug 17, 1992 | Hometown: | Marion, Ind. | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1929-30 | Chicago | ABL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | ||||
| 1929-30 | Springfield Allen’s Yellowjackets | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Chicago Majestics | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Purdue All-Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Appleton Cords | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Akron Firestones | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Taylorville Doc’s Gang | Indep | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Indianapolis | NPBL | 11 | 19 | 14 | 52 | 4.7 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Indianapolis Kautskys | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 12 | 23 | 14 | 60 | 5.0 | ||||||