Murphy (boxer) (1904–?), Irish Olympic boxer William Murphy (tennis) (1917–2005), American tennis player and coach Bill Murphy (footballer) (1921–2004), English footballer Billy J. Murphy (1921–2008), American college football coach at the University of Memphis Bill Murphy (businessman) (born 1946), American NFL football player and businessman Others William P. Murphy (1892–1987), American physician and Nobel laureate William J. Murphy (RAF officer) (1916–1939), British Royal Air Force pilot William P. Murphy Jr. (born 1923), American scientist and inventor See also Willie Murphy (disambiguation)