Background
He was born in Mullumbimby, New South Wales, but spent most of his life in the neighbouring Australian state of Queensland.
He was born in Mullumbimby, New South Wales, but spent most of his life in the neighbouring Australian state of Queensland.
He appeared in the 1949 Charles Chauvel Australian movie Sons of Matthew. Murphy, as Tommy Burns, was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004. He died on 14 February 2011.