Joe Murphy (hurler)

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| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

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| name = Joe Murphy

| irish = Seosamh Ó Murchú

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| birth_date = 1947

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| nickname = Josna

| county = Cork

| province = Munster

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| clposition = Midfield

| clubs = Passage
Shamrocks

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| clcounty = 0

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| counties = Cork

| icposition = Midfield

| icyears = 1968-1970

| icapps(points) = 4 (0-03)

| icprovince = 2

| icallireland = 1

| nhl = 2

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| birth_place=Passage West, County Cork, Ireland

| death_date = 6 April 2009 (aged 71)

|death_place = Monkstown, County Cork Ireland

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Joseph M. Murphy (1947 – 6 April 2009) was an Irish hurler who played at club level with Passage and Shamrocks and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lined out at centre-back.

Career

Murphy first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Passage club and later became a mainstay of the club's senior team.{{cite web|url=http://www.passagewestgaa.com/ga/component/k2/item/56-joe-murphy|title=Joe Murphy|publisher=Passage West GAA|date=|accessdate=2 April 2013|first=|last=|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411153520/http://www.passagewestgaa.com/ga/component/k2/item/56-joe-murphy|archive-date=11 April 2013|url-status=dead}} At inter-county level, he never played at minor level with Cork but was a substitute on the under-21 team that beat Wexford in the 1968 All-Ireland under-21 final.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/galleries/7_uploaded/CORKINTERCOUNTYU-21.H.C.TEAMS1964-1979_1559392623.pdf|title=Cork U21 hurling teams: 1964-1979|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2013|first=|last=}} Murphy was subsequently drafted onto the Cork senior hurling team during the team's successful 1968-69 National League campaign. It was the first of two successive league titles as well as consecutive Munster Championship titles.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/7/SHC%201960-1969.pdf|title=Cork SHC teams: 1960-1969|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2013|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/7/SHC%201970-1979.pdf|title=Cork SHC teams: 1970-1979|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2013|first=|last=}} After coming on as a substitute in the 1969 All-Ireland final defeat by Kilkenny, Murphy ended the following season with All-Ireland success after a 6-21 to 5-10 win over Wexford in the 1970 All-Ireland final.{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2006/0829/208504-corkvkilkenny/|title=Cork v Kilkenny Classics: 1969 SHC final|publisher=RTÉ Sport|date=26 August 2006|access-date=7 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/obrien-hails-corbetts-hat-trick-heroics-130516.html|title=O'Brien hails Corbett's hat-trick heroics|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=11 September 2011|access-date=12 March 2013|first=Simon|last=Lewis}} He later joined the Shamrocks club and won divisional titles in both hurling and Gaelic football.