Gerald Murphy (hurler)

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Gerald Murphy
Personal information
Irish name	Gearóid Ó Murchu
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	1928 Midleton, County Cork, Ireland
Died	1978 (aged 50) Midleton, County Cork, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Midleton
Club Titles
Cork titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1949-1957	Cork	20 (2-5)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	4
All Irelands	3
NHL	1

Gerald Murphy (1928–1978) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Cork senior team.

Murphy made his first appearance for the team during the 1949 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1957 championship. During that time he won three All-Ireland winners' medals, four Munster winenrs' medals and one National Hurling League winners' medal.^[1] He has ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

At club level Murphy was a one-time county intermediate championship medalist with Midleton.

References

↑ "Munster Senior Hurling Champions". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

Gerald Murphy navigation boxes

Cork – 1952 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (17th title)

Subs used: J. Lynam for L. Abernethy; M. O'Riordan for W. Griffin

Subs not used: J. O'Grady; M. Finn; M. O'Connor

Trainer: J. Barry

Selectors: B. Murphy; P. Collins; J. Barrett; D. Barry-Murphy; S. Óg Murphy

Partial Reference: Cork GAA website Inter-County SHC Results and Teams. 1950-1959 Information from Peter Devine. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Cork – 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (18th title)

Subs not used: J. Lynam; M. O'Connor; M. Cashman; D. O'Leary; J. Clifford; T. Kelly

Trainer: J. Barry

Selectors: A. Scannell; P. Collins; J. Barrett; D. Barry-Murphy; S. Óg Murphy

Partial Reference: Cork GAA website Inter-County SHC Results and Teams. 1950-1959 Information from Peter Devine. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Cork – 1954 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (19th title)

Subs used: T. O'Sullivan for P. Barry

Subs not used: S. O'Brien; D. O'Sullivan; J. Brohan; M. Cashman

Trainer: J. Barry

Selectors: A. Scannell; P. Collins; J. Barrett; D. Barry-Murphy; S. Óg Murphy

Partial Reference: Cork GAA website Inter-County SHC Results and Teams. 1950-1959 Information from Peter Devine. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Cork – 1956 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 M. Cashman
2 J. Brohan
3 J. Lyons
4 T. O'Shaughnessy (c)
5 M. Fuohy
6 W. J. Daly
7 P. Philpott
8 É. Goulding
9 P. Dowling
10 M. O'Regan
11 J. Hartnett
12 P. Barry
13 C. O'Shea
14 T. Kelly
15 C. Ring

Subs used: V. Twomey for T. O'Shaughnessy; G. Murphy for J. Hartnett

Subs not used: W. Walsh; J. Daly; P. Healy

Trainer: J. Barry

Partial Reference: Cork GAA website Inter-County SHC Results and Teams. 1950-1959 Information from Peter Devine. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Persondata
Name	Murphy, Gerald
Alternative names
Short description	Irish hurler
Date of birth	1928
Place of birth	Midleton, County Cork
Date of death	1978
Place of death	Midleton, County Cork

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