Seán Murphy (Gaelic footballer)

Kerry Gaelic footballer For other people with the same name, see Sean Murphy.

Seán Murphy
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó Murchú
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right wing-back
Born	Camp, County Kerry
Club(s)
Years	Club
1950s–1960s	Dingle
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1951–1961	Kerry	28 (0–00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	7
All-Irelands	3
NFL	1

Dr. Seán Murphy (born 1932 in Camp, County Kerry) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club Dingle and at senior level for the Kerry county team from 1953 until 1961.

Football career

Murphy was born in Camp, County Kerry. He played club football for Dingle and at University College Dublin (UCD), where he played for UCD GAA and qualified as a medical doctor. His greatest footballing performance was in the All-Ireland Senior Football Final of 1959, when Kerry defeated Galway in what has become known as "the Seán Murphy All-Ireland". Murphy's performance in that game has been described as the "definitive classical exhibition of halfback play". He was rewarded with the Texaco Footballer of the Year title for that year. Murphy's brothers Pádraig, Seamus & Tomas also played for Kerry.

Later life

In 1984, the GAA's centenary year Seán Murphy was named right half-back on the Football Team of the Century. In 1999 he was again honoured by the GAA by being named on their Gaelic Football Team of the Millennium.

Dr. Murphy now lives between Tralee and England.

References

^ Tales of the unexpected
^ Hoganstand.com – Profile Archived 2006-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Kerry – 1949 All-Ireland Junior Football Champions (7th title)
1 L. Fitzgerald 2 J. O'Connor 3 T. Flynn 4 D. Dowling 5 M. Lynch 6 P. Shanahan 7 M. McElligott 8 S. Murphy 9 J. Dowling 10 P. Murphy 11 P. McCarthy 12 T. Long (c) 13 J. Cooper 14 M. Palmer 15 J. Kennedy

v t e Kerry – 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (17th title)
1 J. Foley 2 J. Murphy (c) 3 N. Roche 4 D. Murphy 5 C. Kennelly 6 J. Cronin 7 M. Palmer 8 S. Murphy 9 D. Hanafin 10 J. Brosnan 11 J. J. Sheehan 12 T. Lyne 13 T. Ashe 14 S. Kelly 15 J. Lyne Sub used 16 G. O'Sullivan for D. Hanafin Subs not used 17 J. O'Shea 18 P. Sheehy 19 B. O'Shea 20 M. Brosnan

Kerry – 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (17th title)

Sub used: 16 G. O'Sullivan for D. Hanafin

Subs not used: 17 J. O'Shea; 18 P. Sheehy; 19 B. O'Shea; 20 M. Brosnan

v t e Kerry – 1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist
1 G. O'Mahony 2 M. Palmer 3 N. Roche 4 D. Murphy 5 S. Murphy 6 J. Cronin 7 C. Kennelly 8 J. Dowling (c) 9 T. Moriarty 10 B. Buckley 11 J. J. Sheehan 12 P. Sheehy 13 J. Brosnan 14 S. Kelly 15 T. Lyne

v t e Kerry – 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (18th title)
1 G. O'Mahony 2 J. O'Shea 3 N. Roche 4 M. Palmer 5 S. Murphy 6 J. Cronin 7 T. Moriarty 8 John Dowling (c) 9 D. O'Shea 10 P. Sheehy 11 T. Costelloe 12 T. Lyne 13 J. Cullotty 14 M. Murphy 15 J. Brosnan Sub used 16 J. J. Sheehan for T. Moriarty Subs not used 17 G. O'Sullivan 18 B. Buckley 19 D. McAuliffe 20 C. Kennelly 21 D. Dillon 22 N. Fitzgerald 23 P. Fitzgerald 24 D. O'Neill

Kerry – 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (18th title)

Sub used: 16 J. J. Sheehan for T. Moriarty

Subs not used: 17 G. O'Sullivan; 18 B. Buckley; 19 D. McAuliffe; 20 C. Kennelly; 21 D. Dillon; 22 N. Fitzgerald; 23 P. Fitzgerald; 24 D. O'Neill

v t e Kerry – 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (19th title)
1 J. Culloty 2 J. O'Shea 3 N. Sheehy 4 T. Lyons 5 Seán Murphy 6 K. Coffey 7 M. O'Dwyer 8 Mick O'Connell (c) 9 Séamus Murphy 10 D. McAuliffe 11 T. Long 12 P. Sheehy 13 D. Geaney 14 John Dowling 15 T. Lyne Subs used Jack Dowling for T. Lyons Moss O'Connell for Mick O'Connell G. McMahon for D. Geaney

Kerry – 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (19th title)

Subs used: Jack Dowling for T. Lyons; Moss O'Connell for Mick O'Connell; G. McMahon for D. Geaney

v t e Kerry – 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist
1 J. Culloty 2 J. O'Shea 3 N. Sheehy 4 T. Lyons 5 Seán Murphy 6 K. Coffey 7 M. O'Dwyer 8 M. O'Connell 9 J. D. O'Connor 10 Séamus Murphy 11 T. Long 12 P. Sheehy (c) 13 G. McMahon 14 John Dowling 15 T. Lyne Subs used Jack Dowling for John Dowling J. Brosnan for G. McMahon D. McAuliffe for T. Lyne

Kerry – 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist

Subs used: Jack Dowling for John Dowling; J. Brosnan for G. McMahon; D. McAuliffe for T. Lyne

v t e Texaco Footballer of the Year
1958: J. McKeever 1959: S. Murphy 1960: J. McCartan Snr 1961: J. McCartan Snr 1962: M. O'Connell 1963: L. Foley 1964: N. Tierney 1965: M. L. Newell 1966: M. McDonagh 1967: B. Cunningham 1968: S. O'Neill 1969: M. O'Dwyer 1970: T. Prendergast 1971: E. Mulligan 1972: W. Bryan 1973: B. Morgan 1974: K. Heffernan 1975: J. O'Keeffe 1976: J. Keaveney 1977: J. Keaveney 1978: P. Spillane 1979: M. Sheehy 1980: J. O'Shea 1981: J. O'Shea 1982: M. Furlong 1983: T. Drumm 1984: J. O'Shea 1985: J. O'Shea 1986: P. Spillane 1987: B. Stafford 1988: R. O'Malley 1989: T. McCarthy 1990: S. Fahy 1991: C. O'Rourke 1992: M. McHugh 1993: H. Downey 1994: M. Linden 1995: P. Curran 1996: M. O'Connell 1997: M. Fitzgerald 1998: M. Donnellan 1999: T. Giles 2000: S. Moynihan 2001: P. Joyce 2002: K. McGeeney 2003: P. Canavan 2004: C. Cooper 2005: S. O'Neill 2006: K. Donaghy 2007: M. Ó Sé 2008: S. Cavanagh 2009: T. Ó Sé 2010: B. Brogan Jnr 2011: A. Brogan

Texaco Footballer of the Year

1958: J. McKeever
1959: S. Murphy
1960: J. McCartan Snr
1961: J. McCartan Snr
1962: M. O'Connell
1963: L. Foley
1964: N. Tierney
1965: M. L. Newell
1966: M. McDonagh
1967: B. Cunningham
1968: S. O'Neill
1969: M. O'Dwyer
1970: T. Prendergast
1971: E. Mulligan
1972: W. Bryan
1973: B. Morgan
1974: K. Heffernan
1975: J. O'Keeffe
1976: J. Keaveney
1977: J. Keaveney
1978: P. Spillane
1979: M. Sheehy
1980: J. O'Shea
1981: J. O'Shea
1982: M. Furlong
1983: T. Drumm
1984: J. O'Shea
1985: J. O'Shea
1986: P. Spillane
1987: B. Stafford
1988: R. O'Malley
1989: T. McCarthy
1990: S. Fahy
1991: C. O'Rourke
1992: M. McHugh
1993: H. Downey
1994: M. Linden
1995: P. Curran
1996: M. O'Connell
1997: M. Fitzgerald
1998: M. Donnellan
1999: T. Giles
2000: S. Moynihan
2001: P. Joyce
2002: K. McGeeney
2003: P. Canavan
2004: C. Cooper
2005: S. O'Neill
2006: K. Donaghy
2007: M. Ó Sé
2008: S. Cavanagh
2009: T. Ó Sé
2010: B. Brogan Jnr
2011: A. Brogan

Gaelic football – Team of the Century

All-Ireland winners

Dan O'Keeffe (Goalkeeper)
Enda Colleran Paddy O'Brien Seán Flanagan (Full-backs)
Seán Murphy John Joe O'Reilly Stephen White (Half-backs)
Mick O'Connell Jack O'Shea (Midfielders)
Seán O'Neill Seán Purcell Pat Spillane (Half-forwards)
Mikey Sheehy Tommy Langan Kevin Heffernan (Full-forwards)

Non All-Ireland winners

Aidan Brady (Goalkeeper)
Willie Casey Eddie Boyle John McKnight (Full-backs)
Gerry O'Reilly Gerry O'Malley Seán Quinn (Half-backs)
Jim McKeever Tommy Murphy (Midfielders)
Sean O'Connell Packy McGarty Michael Kearins (Half-forwards)
Charlie Gallagher Willie McGee Dinny Allen (Full-forwards)

v t e Gaelic football – Team of the Millennium
1 Dan O'Keeffe 2 Seán Flanagan 3 Joe Keohane 4 Enda Colleran 5 Martin O'Connell 6 John Joe O'Reilly 7 Seán Murphy 8 Mick O'Connell 9 Tommy Murphy 10 Pat Spillane 11 Seán Purcell 12 Seán O'Neill 13 Kevin Heffernan 14 Tommy Langan 15 Mikey Sheehy

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