Editing Murray, Utah (section)

== Sports ==
[[File:Cliff blankenship.jpg|right|thumb|Cliff Blankenship, coach/player of Murray Infants and later Salt Lake Bees]]

=== Ice skating and hockey ===
For the [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 XIX Winter Olympiad]] in Salt Lake City, the Salt Lake County Ice Center was a practice venue, primarily for women's hockey, and hosted a preliminary game between Germany and Kazakhstan.<ref>US hockey fans to face sellouts and closed doors. The Deseret News, September 21, 2001</ref> The [[U.S. Figure Skating]] sanctions the facility and its figure skating lessons.
[[USA Hockey]] hosts an adult league that utilizes the facility. Youth and beginner hockey lessons are offered.

=== Rugby ===
The Murray Park Rugby Stadium has hosted [[USA Rugby]]'s national high school championships.<ref>National rugby tourney in Murray this weekend. The Deseret News, May 18, 2007</ref> The [[Larry Gelwix|Highland Rugby]] club, one of the most nationally successful high school rugby programs, is based there. Utah Rugby Football Union, an affiliate of the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union, sanctions most semi-professional, adult, collegiate, and high school clubs that use the field.

In June 2012 this stadium hosted the [[2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy]].<ref>[http://www.irb.com/jwrt/news/newsid=2061442.html JWRT pools and match schedule announced] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313041446/http://www.irb.com/jwrt/news/newsid%3D2061442.html |date=March 13, 2012 }}</ref>

=== Baseball ===
In 1914, Murray had its own professional baseball team called the Murray Infants which was part of the Union Association league. The team was managed by [[Cliff Blankenship]], a former [[Cincinnati Reds]] and [[Minnesota Twins#Washington Nationals/Senators: 1901–1960|Washington Senators]] player. Notable players include [[1925 Cincinnati Reds season#Roster|Ike Caveney]] who was called up to play in the Cincinnati Reds and [[1937 Cincinnati Reds season#Farm system|Mickey Shader]] that later managed a team in the Reds baseball [[farm system]]. The team folded in 1914 with the collapse of the league.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baseball-Reference.com> Minor Leagues> Teams > 1914 Murray Infants|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=25846|website=Baseball Reference|access-date=July 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108193800/http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=ee7c10bb|archive-date=November 8, 2012}}</ref>

In August 2009, Murray hosted its first 13-Year-Old [[Babe Ruth League]] World Series. All World Series games were played at the 3000-seat Ken Price Ball Park, home field to Murray High School baseball team and next to [[Murray City Park]]. Adult, high school and youth leagues use the facility that is sanctioned by the Murray City Parks and Recreation department. Murray hosted the 14-Year-Old Babe Ruth League World Series in 2012.<ref>Kinder, Peri Murray selected to host 2012 National Babe Ruth World Series; ''The Murray Journal'', August 11, 2010</ref>

=== Basketball ===
When the [[Utah Jazz]] first located to Utah in 1979, the Sports Mall fitness center was reserved as a practice facility for visiting teams including notable players [[Larry Bird]] and [[Magic Johnson]].<ref>Urbanites. The Deseret News, March 13, 1985</ref> The Jazz later constructed its own practice center.

Utah Jazz players hold basketball clinics and camps for youth at the Murray Park Center. Murray's adult and youth basketball leagues are sanctioned by the Murray City Parks and Recreation department.
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=== Soccer ===
Murray was one of three final candidates to be the home of the [[Real Salt Lake]] soccer team. The stadium was awarded to Sandy, Utah.<ref>Real Salt Lake's plans suffer a swift kick. ''[[San Diego Union Tribune]]''. March 9, 2005</ref> Sanctioned by the Murray Parks and Recreation department, adult and youth leagues play on the numerous soccer fields. The department also has a small soccer stadium located in Willow Pond Park. The [[United States Youth Soccer Association|US Youth Soccer Association]] sanctions games that are played there.

=== Golf ===
The Murray Parkway Golf Course has been rated among the top 25 golf courses in Utah.<ref>{{cite web|title=Utah Business > Golf Courses (Rankings)|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Golf+Courses.+(Rankings).-a0102273573|publisher=Utah Business|access-date=July 6, 2010}}</ref> It has hosted events for the Utah State Amateur Championship of the Utah Golf Association. Mick Riley Golf Course also has hosted Utah State Amateur events.

=== Boxing ===
While Murray no longer has a boxing venue, it did host a number of championship fights in the early part of the 20th century. Most notable was boxing legend [[Jack Dempsey]]'s only defeat, due to a [[knockout]], at the Murray Fire Hall (4735 South State Street).<ref name="ReferenceA">Roger Kahn, ''A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s'' Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000 {{ISBN|0-15-601414-9}}</ref> Dempsey was knocked out by [[Fireman Jim Flynn]] on February 13, 1917, and many speculated that Dempsey may have thrown the fight as he was knocked out in the first round, but witnesses stated he was on the mat for at least 20 seconds.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> One year earlier, Dempsey defeated the
boxer, Young Hector who retired from the fight at the same location.

Murray hosted the 1913 [[welterweight]] tournament for the western United States. Ernest "Cyclone" Wright won the Welterweight championship of the western states. He was also a member of Murray's first volunteer fire department.<ref>Murray City Museum, photo archive</ref>