Denis Murphy (Tipperary hurler)
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| Native name | Donncha Ó Murchú (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Bunny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 December 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 March 1989 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denis Murphy (14 December 1910 – 25 March 1989) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played for Thurles Sarsfields and was the full-forward on the Tipperary senior hurling team that won the 1937 All-Ireland Championship.[1]
Murphy made his first appearance for the Tipperary senior hurling team during the 1936 Munster Championship, having earlier played for the Tipperary junior team. In 1937 he won an All-Ireland Championship medal when Tipperary defeated Kilkenny, having earlier won a Munster Championship medal.
Honours
- Tipperary
References
- ^ "Death of hurler". Cork Examiner. 27 March 1989. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
