Jas Murphy
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Séamus Ó Murchú | |||||
| Sport | Gaelic football | |||||
| Position | Right corner-back | |||||
| Born |
30 May 1923 Tralee, County Kerry, Munster, Ireland | |||||
| Died |
1 December 2021 (aged 98) Douglas Road, Cork, Ireland | |||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||
| Nickname | Jas | |||||
| Occupation | Garda Síochána | |||||
| Club(s) | ||||||
| Years | Club | |||||
|
Cork titles | 1 | |||||
| Inter-county(ies) | ||||||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | ||||
1947–1948 1949–1954 |
Cork Kerry |
3 (0–00) 16 (0–00) | ||||
| Inter-county titles | ||||||
| Munster titles | 2 | |||||
| All-Irelands | 1 | |||||
| NFL | 0 | |||||
James Murphy (30 May 1923 – 1 December 2021), better known as Jas Murphy, was an Irish
Kerry senior football teams. He captained Kerry to the 1953 All-Ireland Championship.[1]
Career
Murphy first played Gaelic football with the
1953 All-Ireland final after Paudie Sheehy was dropped from the team.[3] He ended the game with a winners' medal and lifted the Sam Maguire Cup after the defeat of Armagh.[4] 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.[5]
Honours
- Garda
- Cork Senior Football Championship: 1950
- Kerry
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1953 (c)
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1950, 1953 (c)
References
- ^ "Jas Murphy - Kerry's Oldest Living Winning Captain". Terrace Talk. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Garda out in force". Irish Examiner. 15 August 2002. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Dara Ó Cinnéide: Why captaincy tradition can't imprison Kerry". Irish Examiner. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Interview With Former Kerry Captain". Radio Kerry. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "James 'Jas' Murphy, Kerry's oldest All-Ireland winning captain, has died aged 98". Irish Examiner. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.