Jas Murphy

{{Infobox GAA player

| code= Football

| sport = Gaelic football

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| name = Jas Murphy

| irish = Séamus Ó Murchú

| feet = 6

| inches = 1

| occupation = Garda Síochána

| nickname = Jas

| county = Cork

| province = Munster

| club = Kerins O'Rahilly's
St. Nicholas'
Garda

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| clcounty = 1

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| counties = Cork
Kerry

| icposition = Right corner-back

| icyears = 1947–1948
1949–1954

| icapps(points) = 3 (0–00)
16 (0–00)

| icprovince = 2

| icallireland = 1

| nfl = 0

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|5|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tralee, County Kerry, Munster, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|12|1|1923|5|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Douglas Road, Cork, Ireland

}}

James Murphy (30 May 1923 – 1 December 2021), better known as Jas Murphy, was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played at club level with Garda and at inter-county level with the Cork and Kerry senior football teams. He captained Kerry to the 1953 All-Ireland Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.terracetalk.com/articles/Kerry-Footballers/123/Jas-Murphy--Kerrys-Oldest-Living-Winning-Captain|title=Jas Murphy - Kerry's Oldest Living Winning Captain|date=|publisher=Terrace Talk|access-date=21 July 2021}}

Career

Murphy first played Gaelic football with the Kerins O'Rahilly's club in Tralee. He later lined out with the Garda club in Cork and was part of their 1950 County Championship-winning team.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-10117440.html|title=Garda out in force|date=15 August 2002|publisher=Irish Examiner|access-date=21 July 2021}} Murphy first appeared on the inter-county scene after declaring for the Cork senior football team. After two seasons with his adopted team, he subsequently joined the Kerry senior football team in 1949. Murphy won the first of two Munster Championship titles in 1950 and assumed the team captaincy for the 1953 All-Ireland final after Paudie Sheehy was dropped from the team.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30977608.html|title=Dara Ó Cinnéide: Why captaincy tradition can't imprison Kerry|date=24 January 2020|publisher=Irish Examiner|access-date=21 July 2021}} He ended the game with a winners' medal and lifted the Sam Maguire Cup after the defeat of Armagh.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiokerry.ie/sport/interview-former-kerry-captain-215586|title=Interview With Former Kerry Captain|date=13 June 2020|publisher=Radio Kerry|access-date=21 July 2021}} Murphy himself was dropped from the team before the 1954 Munster final.

Personal life

Born in Tralee, County Kerry, Murphy was the son of RIC double agent Jim Murphy. After joining the Garda Síochána, he eventually reached the rank of Detective Garda and was based in Union Quay in Cork from 1943 until his retirement in 1985.

Murphy died on 1 December 2021, at the age of 98.{{cite news |title=James 'Jas' Murphy, Kerry's oldest All-Ireland winning captain, has died aged 98 |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40757577.html |access-date=2 December 2021 |publisher=Irish Examiner |date=2 December 2021}}