William Murray (17 April 1882 – 12 November 1977) was an Australian athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
He took up racewalking when asked to enter a race due to a poor field, which he went on to win.
[3] Later, in 1912, he travelled to Stockholm, Sweden to compete in the 1912 Summer Olympics, he was entered into the 10 km walk event, but due to some overzealous judging Murray was one of three athletes in his heat to be disqualified.
[3][4] After the Olympics, he carried on winning in Australia, including the three-mile Victorian Championship three more times.
In 1922, he was one of the foundation members of the Victorian Amateur Walkers Club; in 1930, he became president of the Melbourne Harriers; and in 1971, when he was 90 years old, he was Australia's oldest practising solicitor and still walked to work four times a week.