Allan Murray is a former professional Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with both Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide Football Club

The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...

 and St. Kilda

St. Kilda Football Club

The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the sport's premier league....

 in the Australian Football League

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He was recruited as the number 35 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft

2000 AFL Draft

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 from Lavington

Lavington Football Club

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. He made his debut for Port Adelaide in Round 19, 2002 against Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

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He was traded to St. Kilda and put on their rookie list at the end of the 2002 season. He was then elevated from the rookie list later that year and made his debut for the Saints in Round 10 of the 2003 season, scoring four goals against Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

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Despite his impressive debut for the Saints, Murray's playing opportunities with the club were limited. He was delisted by St. Kilda at the end of the 2006 season, after playing 15 games for the club in four seasons, and will line up for former St. Kilda assistant coach Mick McGuane for the Balwyn Tigers.

Murray is the brother of former Port Adelaide player Derek

Derek Murray (Australian footballer)

Derek Murray is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League .Murray was a highly successful junior, playing with the Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup in 1997 and 1998...

 and the cousin of current Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 player Nathan Lovett-Murray

Nathan Lovett-Murray

Nathan Lovett-Murray is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League....

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