Bob Murphy, a graduate of San Mateo High School who went on to Stanford University where he won 11 games as a pitcher on the 1953 Cardinal baseball team, which set a school record with 29 wins on the way to its first appearance in the NCAA College World Series. After graduation, he pitched for three seasons for the Oakland Oaks in the Pacific Coast League. He was sports information director at Stanford from 1964 to 1973. He went on to serve as San Jose State University’s Athletic Director from 1976 to 1979.  Murphy may be best known to Bay Area sports fans as the radio voice for Cardinal football and basketball for more than 43 years. During his career at the microphone, he handled play-by-play and analyst duties.

Bob Murphy was inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.