Blake Murphy

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}

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|name = Blake Murphy

|irish = Bláca Ó Murchú

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|occupation = Electrician

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|2|18}}

|birth_place = Cork, Ireland

|sport = Gaelic football

|code = Football

|county = Cork

|province = Munster

|club = St Vincent's

|clyears = 2018-present

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|colleges = Cork Institute of Technology

|sig = 0

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|counties = Cork

|icyears = 2021-

|icposition = Centre-forward

|icapps(points) = 0 (0-00)

|icprovince = 0

|icallireland = 0

|nfl = 0

|allstars = 0

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|icupdate = 22:33, 11 November 2020

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Blake John Paul Murphy (born 18 February 2000){{cite web|url=https://bgbasket.com/en//en/player.php?id=24874|title=Blake John Paul Murphy|website=bgbasket.com|accessdate=14 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/122613/sid/11556/tid/305/tid2/271/_/2015_U16_European_Championship_Men/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527145447/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/122613/sid/11556/tid/305/tid2/271/_/2015_U16_European_Championship_Men/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 May 2022|title=Blake John Paul Murphy|website=fiba.basketball|accessdate=14 July 2021}} is an Irish multi-sportsperson. As a Gaelic footballer, he plays for Cork Championship club St Vincent's and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40109675.html|title=Father and son John Paul and Blake Murphy help Vincent's to win in JAHC|publisher=Echo Live|date=4 August 2020|accessdate=15 May 2021|first=John|last=Coughlan}}{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40145798.html|title=From sinners to Saints... Murphy and the new breed of Rebel footballer offer real hope going forward|publisher=Echo Live|date=5 August 2019|accessdate=15 May 2021|first=Éamonn|last=Murphy}} He usually lines out as a forward.

Murphy has played basketball for Ireland and won an All-Ireland hurling title at Under-17 level.{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2019/0719/1063975-i-remember-the-day-he-was-born/|title='I remember the day he was born' - Cork U20 boss hails Murphy|publisher=RTE|date=19 July 2019|accessdate=14 July 2021}} He played sparingly for UCC Demons of the Irish Super League during the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Blake-Murphy/Ireland/UCC-Demons-Cork/369077|title=Blake Murphy|work=eurobasket.com|accessdate=14 July 2021}}