John Murphy (swimmer)

American swimmer (born 1953)

John Murphy

Personal information

Full name| John Joseph Murphy
National team| United States
Born|  (1953-07-19) July 19, 1953 (age 71)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height| 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight| 194 lb (88 kg)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Backstroke, freestyle
Club| Hinsdale Swim Club
Hinsdale Central High
College team| Indiana University 1975
Coach| James Counsilman (Indiana)
Don Watson (Hinsdale Central)

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
| 1972 Munich | 4×100 m freestyle
| 1972 Munich | 100 m backstroke
World Championships (LC)
| 1973 Belgrad | 4×100 m freestyle
| 1975 Cali | 4×100 m freestyle
| 1975 Cali | 4x100 m medley
| 1975 Cali | 100 m backstroke
Pan American Games
| 1971 Cali | 4×100 m medley
| 1971 Cali | 100 m backstroke

John Joseph Murphy (born July 19, 1953) is an American former backstroke and freestyle swimmer who attended Indiana University and won a gold in the 4x100 freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Beginning around the mid-80's, he worked as a CPA in New Mexico, and coached age group swimming in Los Alamos and Santa Fe.[1][2]

## Hinsdale Central High School

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Born in the Chicago area on July 19, 1953, he swam Hinsdale Central High School, in the Chicago suburb of Hinsdale, and was coached by Don Watson. An exceptionally dominant team in Illinois, in March, 1969, Hinsdale Central convincingly won the Illinois State Championship in Evanston, with Murphy finishing first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.4.[3] By January, 1970, Murphy was rated the third best backstroker in the State of Illinois.[4] In March, 1970, Murphy helped lead Hinsdale High to the Illinois State championships again for their fourth straight year, swam on a winning 200-yard medley relay, and took first in the 100-yard backstroke with a meet record time of 53.2.[5]

Murphy's Hinsdale team won the Illinois State Championship again in 1971, and dominated the meet, with Murphy winning the 200 Individual Medley in 1:56.6, and the 100-backstroke in :52.4, a State and National record. John Kinsella, a fellow 1972 Olympic gold medal winner, swam for Hinsdale Central High School with Murphy and was often a major factor in their frequent Illinois State Championship wins.[6] A 1971 graduate of Hinsdale, in his Senior year, Murphy was elected Captain of the swim team.[2][7][4]

## Indiana University

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He attended Indiana University, where he swam for coach James Counsilman's Indiana Hoosiers swim team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.[1] At Indiana, he earned letters in swimming in 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975. At the peak of his collegiate career, he routinely swam very high mileage in his training.[1] In NCAA competition, he swam on three champion relay teams. At the conference level, he earned Big Ten titles in both the years 1974 and 1975 in the 100 freestyle and specializing in relay competition, swam on five Big Ten championship relay teams. He was co-captain of the Indiana Team in his Senior Year in 1975.[8]

## 1972 Olympics

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Around the age of 19, Murphy won a gold medal as a member of the U.S. team in the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany with a world record breaking combined time of 3:26.42.[1] He also earned a bronze medal in the 1972 Olympics in the men's 100-meter backstroke. He finished fourth in the 100 m freestyle, which excluded him from medal contention.[1]

### International competition

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Murphy won a gold medal at the first World Aquatics Championships (FINA) in the 4×100 metres freestyle in Yugoslavia in 1973, where he swam with Joe Bottom, Jim Montgomery, and Mel Nash, who was not an Olympian. At the 1975 World Aquatics Championships, he won two gold medals, one in the 4×100 metres freestyle with Jim Montgomery, Bruce Furniss, and Andy Coan and one in the 4×100 metres medley where he swam with Rick Colella, Andy Coan, and Greg Jagenburg.[1]

At the August, 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, Murphy captured a gold in the 4x100-meter medley, and a silver in the 100-meter backstroke.

Murphy was part of two world 4 x 100 freestyle relay record breaking teams. The first 4x100 relay record was 3:26.42 set at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, as noted above, and held from 28 August 1972 - 1 September 1974. His second 4x100 relay world record was 3:24.85 set in Cali, Colombia and held from 25 July 1975 - 28 August 1977.[1]

### Honors

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In 2015, Murphy was inducted into the Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame, and in the same year into the Hinsdale Central Foundation Hall of Fame, an honorary sponsored by his High School.[8][2]

### Post swimming career

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Majoring in Finance at Indiana, Murphy passed the CPA exam after graduation. Around ten years after graduating from Indiana, he moved to New Mexico, and has resided in Los Alamos, where he served as a youth swim team coach as a volunteer. After his move, he was Head Coach of the Dolphins de Santa Fe Swim team in 1984 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[9] He has had a successful accounting business as a CPA in Santa Fe, New Mexico, about 30 miles Southeast of Los Alamos, and has served as the head coach of the Los Alamos Swim Club, an age group team for ages 6-17, also known as the Los Alamos Aquatomics. In Santa Fe, he was head coach of Santa Fe High School beginning in 1990, and also coached the Santa Fe Seals in 2017.[2][10][11][7]

## See also

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* List of Indiana University (Bloomington) people
* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
* List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
* World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
* John Kinsella, 1972 Olympian and Hinsdale Central swimmer

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "Olympedia Bio, John Murphy". olympedia.org.
2. ^ a b c d "Hinsdale Central Foundation, Hall of Fame, John Murphy". hinsdalecentralfoundation.org.
3. ^ Curtis, Larry, "Central of Hinsdale Wins State", Southtown Star, Tinley Park, Illinois, 5 March 1969, pg. 11
4. ^ a b Leo, Ralph, "Murphy Rated Top Three Backstrokers in State", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 22 January 1970, pg. 82
5. ^ "Kinsella, Hinsdale Dominate Swim Meet", The Dispatch, Moline, Illinois, 2 March 1970, pg. 21
6. ^ "Gilliam Captures Swimming Title", The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, 1 March 1971, pg. 14
7. ^ a b Fornek, Kimberly, "Games Through the Eyes of an Olympian", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 11 August 2016, pg. 14
8. ^ a b "Indiana University Sports Hall of Fame, John Murphy". iuhoosiers.com.
9. ^ "Olympian to Conduct Clinic", The Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 27 May 1984, pg. 30
10. ^ "Scoreboard, Swimming", The Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 22 August 2017, pg. B2
11. ^ "Toppers Take Jaguar Invite Titles", The Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 14 January 1990, pg. 24

* Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Murphy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012.
* Indiana Hoosiers Archived 2012-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
* Hoosier Olympians Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine

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1972 USA Olympic swimming team

Men's team|

* Robin Backhaus
* Tom Bruce
* Mike Burton
* Mark Chatfield
* Rick Colella
* Gary Conelly
* Rick DeMont
* David Edgar
* Dave Fairbank
* Steve Furniss
* Steve Genter
* Gary Hall (team captain)
* Jerry Heidenreich
* John Hencken
* Mitch Ivey
* Brian Job
* John Kinsella
* Tom McBreen
* Tim McKee
* John Murphy
* Doug Northway
* Mark Spitz
* Mike Stamm
* Fred Tyler

Women's team|

* Susie Atwood
* Shirley Babashoff
* Jane Barkman (team captain)
* Jenny Bartz
* Melissa Belote
* Cathy Carr
* Claudia Clevenger
* Lynn Colella (team captain)
* Ellie Daniel
* Deena Deardurff
* Jo Harshbarger
* Jenny Kemp
* Ann Marshall
* Judy Melick
* Barbara Mitchell
* Karen Moe
* Mary Montgomery
* Sandy Neilson
* Kim Peyton
* Keena Rothhammer
* Dana Schoenfield
* Dana Shrader
* Ann Simmons
* Lynn Skrifvars
* Lynn Vidali
* Carolyn Woods
* Jenny Wylie

Coaches|

* Don Gambril
* George Haines
* Peter Daland (men's head coach)
* Sherm Chavoor (women's head coach)

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Olympic champions in men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

* 1964:  Steve Clark, Mike Austin, Gary Ilman, Don Schollander (USA)
* 1968:  Zac Zorn, Stephen Rerych, Mark Spitz, Ken Walsh (USA)
* 1972:  David Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich, Mark Spitz (USA)
* 1984:  Chris Cavanaugh, Mike Heath, Matt Biondi, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
* 1988:  Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Jager, Matt Biondi (USA)
* 1992:  Joe Hudepohl, Matt Biondi, Tom Jager, Jon Olsen, Shaun Jordan, Joel Thomas (USA)
* 1996:  Jon Olsen, Josh Davis, Brad Schumacher, Gary Hall Jr., David Fox, Scott Tucker (USA)
* 2000:  Michael Klim, Chris Fydler, Ashley Callus, Ian Thorpe, Todd Pearson, Adam Pine (AUS)
* 2004:  Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend, Ryk Neethling (RSA)
* 2008:  Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak, Nathan Adrian, Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Matt Grevers (USA)
* 2012:  Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot, Clément Lefert, Yannick Agnel, Alain Bernard, Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
* 2016:  Caeleb Dressel, Michael Phelps, Ryan Held, Nathan Adrian, Jimmy Feigen, Blake Pieroni, Anthony Ervin (USA)
* 2020:  Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Bowe Becker, Zach Apple, Brooks Curry (USA)
* 2024:  Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Matt King (USA)

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World long-course champions in men's 4×100 m freestyle relay

* 1973:  Melvin Nash, Joe Bottom, Jim Montgomery, John Murphy (USA)
* 1975:  Bruce Furniss, Jim Montgomery, Andy Coan, John Murphy (USA)
* 1978:  Jack Babashoff, Rowdy Gaines, Jim Montgomery, David McCagg (USA)
* 1982:  Chris Cavanaugh, Robin Leamy, David McCagg, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
* 1986:  Tom Jager, Mike Heath, Paul Wallace, Matt Biondi (USA)
* 1991:  Tom Jager, Brent Lang, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi (USA)
* 1994:  Jon Olsen, Josh Davis, Uğur Taner, Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
* 1998:  Scott Tucker, Jon Olsen, Neil Walker, Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
* 2001:  Michael Klim, Ashley Callus, Todd Pearson, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
* 2003:  Andrey Kapralov, Ivan Usov, Denis Pimankov, Alexander Popov (RUS)
* 2005:  Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Nate Dusing, Jason Lezak (USA)
* 2007:  Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak (USA)
* 2009:  Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Matt Grevers, Nathan Adrian (USA)
* 2011:  James Magnussen, Matt Targett, Matthew Abood, Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
* 2013:  Yannick Agnel, Florent Manaudou, Fabien Gilot, Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
* 2015:  Mehdy Metella, Florent Manaudou, Fabien Gilot, Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
* 2017:  Caeleb Dressel, Townley Haas, Blake Pieroni, Nathan Adrian (USA)
* 2019:  Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple, Nathan Adrian (USA)
* 2022:  Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Justin Ress, Brooks Curry (USA)
* 2023:  Jack Cartwright, Flynn Southam, Kai Taylor, Kyle Chalmers (AUS)
* 2024:  Pan Zhanle, Ji Xinjie, Zhang Zhanshuo, Wang Haoyu (CHN)

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World long-course champions in men's 4×100 m medley relay

* 1973:  Mike Stamm, John Hencken, Joe Bottom, Jim Montgomery (USA)
* 1975:  John Murphy, Rick Colella, Gregory Jagenburg, Andy Coan (USA)
* 1978:  Bob Jackson, Nicholas Nevid, Joe Bottom, David McCagg (USA)
* 1982:  Rick Carey, Steve Lundquist, Matt Gribble, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
* 1986:  Dan Veatch, David Lundberg, Pablo Morales, Matt Biondi (USA)
* 1991:  Jeff Rouse, Eric Wunderlich, Mark Henderson, Matt Biondi (USA)
* 1994:  Jeff Rouse, Eric Wunderlich, Mark Henderson, Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
* 1998:  Matt Welsh, Phil Rogers, Michael Klim, Chris Fydler (AUS)
* 2001:  Matt Welsh, Regan Harrison, Geoff Huegill, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
* 2003:  Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak (USA)
* 2005:  Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak (USA)
* 2007:  Matt Welsh, Brenton Rickard, Andrew Lauterstein, Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
* 2009:  Aaron Peirsol, Eric Shanteau, Michael Phelps, David Walters (USA)
* 2011:  Nick Thoman, Mark Gangloff, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian (USA)
* 2013:  Camille Lacourt, Giacomo Perez-Dortona, Jérémy Stravius, Fabien Gilot (FRA)
* 2015:  Ryan Murphy, Kevin Cordes, Tom Shields, Nathan Adrian (USA)
* 2017:  Matt Grevers, Kevin Cordes, Caeleb Dressel, Nathan Adrian (USA)
* 2019:  Luke Greenbank, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Duncan Scott (GBR)
* 2022:  Thomas Ceccon, Nicolò Martinenghi, Federico Burdisso, Alessandro Miressi (ITA)
* 2023:  Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Dare Rose, Jack Alexy (USA)
* 2024:  Hunter Armstrong, Nic Fink, Zach Harting, Matt King (USA)

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Pan American Champions in Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

* 1951:  A. Stack, B. Stassforth, D. Cleveland (USA)
* 1955:  F. McKinney, F. Maguire, L. Baarcke, C. Scholes (USA)
* 1959:  F. McKinney, F. Munsch, M. Troy, J. Farrell (USA)
* 1963:  R. McGeagh, B. Craig, W. Richardson, N. Kirby (USA)
* 1967:  D. Russell, R. Webb, M. Spitz, K. Walsh (USA)
* 1971:  J. Murphy, B. Job, J. Heidenreich, F. Heckl (USA)
* 1975:  P. Rocca, R. Colella, M. Curington, J. Babashoff (USA)
* 1979:  B. Jackson, S. Lundquist, R. Placak, D. McCagg (USA)
* 1983:  R. Carey, S. Lundquist, M. Gribble, R. Gaines (USA)
* 1987:  A. Gill, R. Korhammer, W. King, T. Dudley (USA)
* 1991:  A. Gill, H. Dersch, M. Merrell, J. Thomas (USA)
* 1995:  J. Rouse, S. Van Neerden, M. Henderson, J. Olsen (USA)
* 1999:  A. Massura, M. Tomazini, F. Scherer, G. Borges (BRA)
* 2003:  P. Marshall, M. Gangloff, B. Michaelson, N. Brunelli (USA)
* 2007:  R. Bal, M. Gangloff, R. Berens, A. Grant (USA)
* 2011:  G. Guido, F. França, G. Mangabeira, C. Cielo (BRA)
* 2015:  G. Guido, F. França, A. Mendes, M. Chierighini (BRA)
* 2019:  D. Carr, N. Fink, T. Shields, N. Adrian (USA)
* 2023:  J. Aikins, J. Foster, L. Miller, J. Kulow (USA)

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