- Seán Murphy (footballer)
Seán Murphy is an All-Ireland winning
Gaelic football er fromCounty Kerry inIreland .Football career
Born in
County Kerry , Murphy played for the Kerry County football team. He played club football forDingle and UCD, where he qualified as a medical doctor. His greatest footballing performance was in the All-Ireland Senior Football Final of1959 , when Kerry defeated Galway in what has become known as "the Seán Murphy All-Ireland". [ [http://www.tribune.ie/2006/09/17/77540.html Tales of the unexpected ] ] Murphy's performance in that game has been described as the "definitive classical exhibition of halfback play". [ [http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/millennium.aspx Hoganstand.com - Profile ] ] He was rewarded with theTexaco Footballer of the Year title for that year. [ [http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/millennium.aspx Hoganstand.com - Profile ] ] Murphy's brother Páidrag also played for Kerry. [ [http://www.tribune.ie/2006/09/17/77540.html Tales of the unexpected ] ]Later life
Seán Murphy was named right half-back on the
Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football Team of the Millennium. He has been described as the best wing-back in football history. [ [http://www.tribune.ie/2006/09/17/77540.html Tales of the unexpected ] ]Dr. Murphy now lives in
Tralee . [ [http://www.tribune.ie/2006/09/17/77540.html Tales of the unexpected ] ]References
ee also
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List of people on stamps of Ireland
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