{{short description|British athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Fergus Murray | full_name = Alistair Fergus Murray | image = | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | sport = Long-distance running | event = 10,000 metres | club = Dundee Hawks<br>Edinburgh Southern Harriers | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|9|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Dundee, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height =179 cm | weight =66 kg | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Summer Universiade }} {{Medal | Bronze | 1965 Budapest | 5000 metres }} }}
'''Alistair Fergus Murray''' (born 11 September 1942) is a British long-distance runner. He educated at the High School of Dundee and the University of Edinburgh.<ref>The High School of Dundee Magazine {{cite web |url=http://www.archive.highschoolofdundee.org.uk/Filename.ashx?tableName=ta_publications&columnName=filename&recordId=44&page=23&end=25|title=News and Notes |work=The High School of Dundee Magazine |date= June 1963 |accessdate=15 August 2022}}</ref>
He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/fergus-murray-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035921/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/fergus-murray-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Fergus Murray Olympic Results |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>
In October 1967 he made his debut for his new club Edinburgh Southern Harriers after joining them from Dundee Hawks, due to his job at Fettes College.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19671028/294/0015 |title=Debut |work=The Scotsman |date=28 October 1967 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>
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