Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Denis Murphy | |
Irish: | Donncha Ó Murchú |
Nickname: | Bunny |
County: | Tipperary |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Thurles Sarsfields |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icposition: | Full-forward |
Icyears: | 1936-1940 |
Icprovince: | 1 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Nhl: | 0 |
Birth Place: | Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Death Place: | Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Birth Date: | 1910 12, df=yes |
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.