Brian Murphy (born 1952 in
Cork,
Ireland) is a retired
Irish sportsperson. A
dual player at the highest levels, he played
hurling and
Gaelic football with his local club
Nemo Rangers and was a member of the
Cork senior inter-county teams in both codes between 1972 and 1982.
Born in
Cork in 1952, Brian Murphy is regarded as the most successful
dual player of all-time. The winner of every honour in both
hurling and
Gaelic football he is also considered one of the great
Cork players of his generation. Murphy first tasted success at
Gaelic games while still a schoolboy, winning All-Ireland and Munster senior football colleges medals, as well as a Munster senior hurling colleges title in 1968 with
Coláiste Chríost Rí. His skills were quickly noted and he soon made his way onto the Cork minor football team where he won Munster and
All-Ireland titles in 1969. By 1970 Murphy had also made his way onto the Cork minor hurling side, claiming Munster and
All-Ireland victory in that year. Earlier in 1970 Murphy, who was still in his final year of secondary school, claimed further Munster and All-Ireland senior football colleges victory. The final has gone down as one of the most exciting ever, with the Corkmen coming back from an eight-point deficit to defeat St. Malachy's of
Belfast, a team that included future
Northern Ireland soccer international, and current
Aston Villa manager
Martin O'Neill, by a single point.
By 1971 Murphy had finished school and...
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