Petition Seeks To Name Field For Football Player Who Died After On-Field Hit

More than 2,500 signatures were added to a petition in less than 24 hours calling for Warren Hills Regional High School to rename its football field after Evan Murray.

Murray, a three-year starting quarterback for the Blue Streaks, was hit during a play Friday, Sept. 24, and came off the field under his own power, but was “woozy.”

He was taken to Morristown Medical Center that night and later pronounced dead. Results of the autopsy were not yet available Monday afternoon.

A petition started by Melissa Smith of Bangor, Pa. Sunday afternoon calling for the school to change the name of the field to Evan Murray Memorial Field has a target of 5,000 signatures, and reached more than half the mark in just 19 hours.

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A GoFundMe page with a goal of $50,000 had pulled in $49,435 as of 2:30 p.m. Monday from 1,031 donors.

Funeral arrangements were set for later in the week, with a noon to 9 p.m. viewing scheduled for Wednesday and funeral at 11 a.m. Thursday at Faith Discovery Church on Brass Castle Road in Washington Township.