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Rob Murphy (football player)

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Rob Murphy (born January 18, 1977 in Buffalo, New York) is an offensive lineman for the CFL's B.C. Lions. He currently wears number 56, weighs 310 lbs. and is 6'5 tall. Murphy went to Ohio State University and played for the Ohio State Buckeyes, he was a 2-time All-American in 1997 and 1998. He played in the NFL from 1999 to 2005. In 2000, Murphy played for the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe starting all ten games. He played with the Chicago Enforcers of the XFL in 2001 starting 11 games including their playoff game. From 2002 to 2005, he played 26 NFL games including 15 with the 49ers in 2004. In that span Murphy also spent time with the Kansas City Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts. The B.C. Lions signed him as a free agent prior to the 2006 CFL season. In 2006, Murphy won the DeMarco-Becket Memorial Trophy for best west division offensive lineman. He also won the CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award and was selected to the 2006 Western All-Star Team and 2006 All-CFL team. He helped the Lions win the 2006 Grey Cup, and signed for the 2007 season. Murphy was one of the Lions offensive linemen accused of being dirty players by Edmonton Eskimos linebacker Rahim Abdullah. In the Week 2 meeting between Edmonton and B.C., Murphy was ejected for rough play on Adam Braidwood. To further fuel the rivalry between Edmonton's defensive and BC's offensive lines, Murphy has not given up a sack in all 4 games he's played vs. the Eskimos. In the 2007 season he won Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman award for the second straight year. He was also made the CFL Allstar Team as well as CFL- West Allstar team. He was named Gladiator of the game against Edmonton. He was also a Walby Warrior at the conclusion of the season.

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B.C. Lions rally for Bob Ackles in 27-18 win over Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Published Saturday July 19th, 2008

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions weren't the best that they could be Friday night but found a way to honour the memory of Bob Ackles with a comeback 27-18 CFL victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

B.C. offensive tackle Rob Murphy was back in the lineup after being in Florida where his wife gave birth to triplets

thenorthernlight.ca - B.C. Lions rally for Bob Ackles in 27-18 win over Winnipeg Blue Bombers
 
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Daddy Murphy is ready to rock
Ed Willes, The Province
Published: Friday, July 18, 2008

Given his spotty attendance record over the last couple of months, it shouldn't be surprising Rob Murphy was welcomed back to work with understanding and affection by his colleagues on the B.C. Lions' offensive line.

Who's the new guy, they said. Good luck making this team, they said. His fellow behemoths also hung a new nickname on Murphy, who became a proud father 18 days ago.

"They call me Big Papi," Murphy said, as in Red Sox slugger David Ortiz because, clearly, the two men have so much in common.

So everything seems back to normal for the Lions' offensive line. The barbs are flying. Murphy is back at his familiar left-tackle spot. And he's ready to take names and kick butts. Sure, he missed all of training camp and two of the Leos' first three games while he and his heroic wife Amy sweated out a pregnancy which resulted in triplets born two months prematurely.

But, other than that, it's been an uneventful couple of months for the Murphys.

"Yeah, no," Murphy answered when asked if he's processed everything that's happened to him.

"Once you find out you're going to have triplets, you lay in bed at night going, 'Holy crap. I'm going to be a dad.'

"But until you hold one of those babies in your arms and they look up at you, you have no idea. All my buddies told me the same thing and I was, like, 'Yeah. Whatever.' But they were bang on. It's an incredible feeling."

And at that moment, Murphy wasn't the CFL's two-time most outstanding offensive lineman and one of the most feared players in the Canadian game. He was every sap who's held a piece of himself and understood this little creature would change his life forever.

And he liked that idea.
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Lions set to face Eskimos
2008-07-31 10:00:00
Dean Bennett
THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos could get an inspirational lift Thursday when they host the B.C. Lions at Commonwealth Stadium as receiver Jason Tucker, who cracked his spine in a helmet-to-helmet hit in Hamilton, is coming home.

CFL.ca - Lions set to face Eskimos
 
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August 14, 2008
Rob Murphy?s new triplets tackle life?s challenges
By Jeff Paterson

For six weeks now, all Rob Murphy has been thinking about is holding. It?s an odd thought, certainly, for a guy who makes his living as an offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League and who is well aware that holding is against the rules of the game. But the kind of holding that has consumed the burly B.C. Lion won?t draw any penalty flags.

Murphy, you see, has been strapping on his gear and butting heads with opponents while?a continent away, in central Florida?his newborn triplets tackle the many challenges that come with being born two months prematurely.

And with the Lions enjoying an off week in their schedule, Murphy was on the first flight to Jacksonville to see?and hold?his two boys and little girl for the first time since he cradled them on July 1, the day they were born.

?They?re doing great,? the proud papa told the Georgia Straight after a recent practice at the Lions? training facility in Surrey. ?I?ve got two of them that are just over five pounds, and the third is well on his way. They?re breathing on their own and they?re out of the incubators. Their feeds are going up every day, and that?s the key: just gaining weight now. They?re making a lot of progress.

"This is going to be a much-needed break for me. I?ll be at the hospital the entire time, which is fine with me. The last day before I came back here [after the birth], I was just allowed to hold them for a minute each. Now you can hold them for a lot longer. They were in the incubators, and you could really only touch them.?

It?s been an agonizing process for Murphy to be apart from his wife, Amy, baby boys Maddox and Grey, and daughter Rowan. But with the little ones still in hospital, and Amy having the support of family and friends in Florida, the 31-year-old Buffalo, New York, native made the decision to return to his other family, the B.C. Lions.

Murphy, twice named the CFL?s most outstanding lineman, insists that when he?s on the football field, he?s able to block out everything and focus solely on his job. But given the delicate nature of the situation back home, it?s easy to understand how his mind might wander.

?It?s been crazy,? he says. ?I try to talk to my wife as much as possible, but even that is tough because she pulls six-hour shifts at the hospital every morning and then goes home and sleeps for a couple of hours and then goes back. There?s no cellphones [allowed in the hospital], so we have some long stretches during the day with no contact, but when we finally do catch up with one another it?s pretty meaningful.?
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Tears of joy for lineman
Star's awed by the arrival of triplets in Florida
Lowell Ullrich, The Province
Published: Monday, August 18, 2008

Rob Murphy knew the discussion was going to do nothing good for his football image even before the first question.

You know the persona of an offensive linemen like the Lions' left tackle. Easygoing off the field. A downright menace at work.

The image may have changed since Murphy won the CFL's most- outstanding lineman award two years running, but it's nothing comparable to the developments at home since the July 13 birth of triplets who came into the world eight weeks premature.

And at no point did that seem more obvious than when Murphy was at work Sunday.

On a postcard afternoon where scores of families and fans took in the Lions' first community practice at David Lam Park in Vancouver, Murphy's thoughts were with the loved ones he left behind Saturday at home in Orange Park, Fla.

With wife Amy, sons Maddox and Grey, along with daughter Rowan, the family had their first extended time together during the Lions' bye week since the birth.

Making the return flight to his job was made tolerable by the fact all three newborns made it out of hospital a week ago, and are receiving the necessary support and care at the home of Murphy's in-laws, Patricia and Harold Grace.

But it was easy to tell from talking to the lineman that he'd definitely be someplace else.

"When I'm on the field I'm 100- per-cent football and it's great getting around my friends, but as soon as I step off the field my thoughts are on bigger things," Murphy said.
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Murphy his bad old self again


Mike Beamish, Vancouver Sun

Published: Sunday, September 14, 2008

Papa Murphy's preemies have been nurtured to a healthy weight. The most positive development in his personal life has helped unclutter the mind of the CFL's two-time most outstanding lineman. B.C. Lions left tackle Rob Murphy, too, has assumed a state of normality.
To the naked eye, Murphy looked sub-par early in the 2008 CFL season. The effects of missing preseason and training camp to be with his wife, Amy, during a difficult pregnancy in Florida were apparent.

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Murphy brings hockey mentality to field
Lions offensive tackle insists he's doesn't cross the line between extra effort and dirty play
Dan Barnes , The Edmonton Journal
Published: Friday, October 17, 2008

He looked frustrated, but in the same breath said he's prepared to live with the league's microscope focused on his No. 56. He won't change who he is or how he plays the game, since it served him well at Ohio State University, where he was an All-American, and through seven years with a handful of teams in the National Football League.

How best to describe that style? Well, admittedly it or not, Murphy has the goon mentality. He should have been a defensive lineman because he's small for an NFL O-lineman at 310 pounds and doesn't think the game the same way.

"Offensive linemen up here were more passive in the way they played," he said, recounting his initial observation. "I mean, plain and simple. When I came up here, I brought how I played in college and in the NFL. It's a war every play. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but you battle to the whistle."

Even while pass blocking, which is a far more passive activity than run blocking. At least it ought to be.

"When you're pass blocking you can't really inflict your will on someone," he said, "but I try to. Plain and simple. I try to. If I get a shot or get a chance to drop you on your head in pass protection, I'm going to try to do that."
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Murphy to test free-agent market
Canwest News Service; Vancouver Province
Published: Wednesday, January 14, 2009

VANCOUVER -- A promise made when Rob Murphy was forging his CFL career is about to send the rest of the league's teams scurrying to their respective ledger sheets and the Lions in search of a long-lasting headache remedy.

Murphy, twice named the CFL's top offensive lineman, told Lions coach and general manager Wally Buono in a meeting Tuesday that he will not re-sign at least until Feb. 16, when he is able to test his free-agent market value.

B.C. still holds the rights to the 29-year-old left tackle for another month, and Buono has tendered a contract offer that contains a pay increase from the deal worth $145,000 annually Murphy signed two years ago.
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Coveted free agent Murphy heading to Argonauts

Coveted free agent offensive lineman Rob Murphy is heading to the Toronto Argonauts.
Murphy signed a two-year deal for $195,000 per season with incentives.
The 32-year-old left tackle had told Lions' GM Wally Buono that he wanted to test his free-agent market value, and the Argos snapped Murphy up.
The 6'5, 310 pound Murphy is a two-time West Division and CFL All-Star, and has twice been named Most Outstanding Lineman in the CFL.
Two years ago, when Buono let Murphy shop around the league, the Argonauts were near the top of his list.
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All-star ride for Grey Cup champion
Cadillac Escalade SUV offers the luxury, power and safety Argo lineman wants for his new family
From Thursday's Globe and Mail, Thursday, Jun. 18, 2009

He's one of the top CFL players - he was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman twice and a CFL All-Star three times and helped the B.C. Lions win the Grey Cup Championship in 2006.

Now Rob Murphy is gearing up for his first season as a Toronto Argonauts player. At 6-foot-5 and 315 pounds, he's noted for his nasty disposition on the field. But on the road, it's a different story.

The father of 11-month-old triplets - Rowan, Grey and Maddox - is a softy who is taking a slower pace in his new 2009 Cadillac Escalade SUV.

"I like the ride of a Cadillac. It feels like you're driving a sofa. It's a nice, smooth ride," says the rugged offensive tackle.
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All-star ride for Grey Cup champion - The Globe and Mail
 
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The Argos? hopes of hoisting the Grey Cup in November in Calgary officially starts Wednesday evening when they travel to Hamilton to take on the Tiger-Cats on Canada Day.

Wednesday?s contest marks not only the kickoff to the CFL season but a fresh start for both Ontario teams who are hoping to erase a 2008 season that fell far short of expectations.

The Argos enter the game with increased optimism in all aspects of the game. Offensively, the Boatmen have a rejuvenated pivot in Kerry Joseph, a more aggressive offensive line with the additions of OT Rob Murphy and OC Dominic Picard and a receiving corps that is deep with Canadian talent with youngsters such as WR Mike Bradwell, WR Matt Lambros and OC Mark Dewit supporting the veteran WR Andre Talbot.

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Murphy to test free-agent market
Canwest News Service; Vancouver Province
Published: Wednesday, January 14, 2009

VANCOUVER -- A promise made when Rob Murphy was forging his CFL career is about to send the rest of the league's teams scurrying to their respective ledger sheets and the Lions in search of a long-lasting headache remedy.

Murphy, twice named the CFL's top offensive lineman, told Lions coach and general manager Wally Buono in a meeting Tuesday that he will not re-sign at least until Feb. 16, when he is able to test his free-agent market value.

B.C. still holds the rights to the 29-year-old left tackle for another month, and Buono has tendered a contract offer that contains a pay increase from the deal worth $145,000 annually Murphy signed two years ago.

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Coveted free agent offensive lineman Rob Murphy is heading to the Toronto Argonauts. February 16, 2009

Murphy signed a two-year deal for $195,000 per season with incentives.

The 32-year-old left tackle had told Lions' GM Wally Buono that he wanted to test his free-agent market value, and the Argos snapped Murphy up.

The 6'5, 310 pound Murphy is a two-time West Division and CFL All-Star, and has twice been named Most Outstanding Lineman in the CFL.

Two years ago, when Buono let Murphy shop around the league, the Argonauts were near the top of his list.


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