# Murray Kick

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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Murray Kick
| image = 
| fullname = Murray G. Kick
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|12|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = Donald
| height = 180 cm
| weight = 73 kg
| position = 
| statsend = 1965
| years1 = 1961–1965
| club1 = [Carlton](/source/Carlton_Football_Club)
| games_goals1 = 55 (9)
| careerhighlights = 
}}

'''Murray Kick''' (born 5 December 1940) is a former [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played with [Carlton](/source/Carlton_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_Football_League) (VFL).

Kick, the son of former Carlton player [Ned](/source/Ned_Kick), made his senior debut for Carlton in [1961](/source/1961_VFL_season) and finished third in Carlton's [1962](/source/1962_VFL_season) "Best and Fairest" award, after playing 20 games during the season.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}</ref> Kick played on the wing in the [1962 VFL Grand Final](/source/1962_VFL_Grand_Final) loss to [Essendon](/source/Essendon_Football_Club). The [following year](/source/1963_VFL_season) Kick appeared in 17 of a possible 18 games but would then struggle over the next two seasons with injury before leaving Carlton at the end of the [1965 VFL season](/source/1965_VFL_season).<ref name=AFLTables>{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/M/Murray_Kick.html |title=AFL Tables: Murray Kick |website=afltables.com}}</ref>
 
Kick captain-coached [Goulburn Valley Football League](/source/Goulburn_Valley_Football_League) club [Shepparton United](/source/Shepparton_United_Football_Club) from 1966 to 1968 and guided them to a premiership in his second year.<ref>''[The Age](/source/The_Age)'',[https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=zXgQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5923,123837 "Kyabram wants upsets"], 1 September 1967, p. 12</ref> Kick was then a long serving captain-coach with [Lemnos](/source/Shepparton_Swans_Football_Club), in the same league.

==References==
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Category:1940 births
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Carlton Football Club players
Category:Shepparton United Football Club players
Category:Shepparton Swans Football Club players
Category:Living people
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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