William A. Murphy competed for the St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, although he spent most of his life in Canada. The team finished second and won a silver medal. By career he worked for the E. B. Eddy Company, which was a pulp and paper concern, and was a foreman at the time of his retirement in 1940. Born in Quebec, he moved to Ottawa at a young age and worked with the Ottawa Police Force. During World War I, he served with the Dominion Police Force, the federal predecessor to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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