A left-handed power forward, Bill Murphy dominated the Carolinas Conference in a career that spanned 1963-1967. He scored 1,244 points and pulled down 1,023 rebounds for career averages of 14.6 points and 12.0 rebounds per contest, averaging a double-double in both his junior and senior seasons.
Murphy's best year came as a junior in 1965-66, when he averaged 18.6 points and 14.7 rebounds per game, the highest rebounding total of any player in South Carolina, the Carolinas Conference, or NAIA's District 26. It would be the second of three straight seasons in which Murphy led Newberry in scoring. His most impressive feat came during his senior season, when he set a Newberry record that still stands today with 29 rebounds vs. Presbyterian on Nov. 26, 1966.
At the time of his graduation, Murphy held 13 of a possible 22 Newberry men's basketball records, including most career field goals (439), free throws (336), rebounds (1,023), and games played (85) along with single-season records in field goals (169 in 1965-66) and rebounds (439 in 1966-67).
