| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| John Murphy | |
| Irish: | Seán Ó Murchú |
| Birth Date: | 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Death Date: | 21 May 2020 (aged 72) |
| Death Place: | Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Feet: | 5 |
| Inches: | 10 |
| County: | Down |
| Province: | Ulster |
| Club: | Newrys Shamrocks |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Counties: | Down |
| Icposition: | Left wing-forward |
| Icyears: | 1966–1975 |
| Icprovince: | 2 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nhl: | 1 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 13:52, 22 May 2020 |
John Murphy (1948 – 21 May 2020) was an Irish Gaelic footballer, manager, coach and selector. His career included All-Ireland Championship victories as a player and later as a coach and selector with the Down senior football team.[1]
From the Newry Shamrocks club, Murphy won a MacRory Cup medal with Abbey CBS in 1964, before featuring for the Down minor team at midfield in their All-Ireland final loss to Mayo in 1966. Two years later, as a forward on the Down senior team, Murphy scored a goal in the team's 1968 All-Ireland final victory over Kerry. The team had claimed the 1967-68 National League title earlier in the season. As a player, Murphy also won two Railway Cup medals with Ulster and two Ulster Championship titles.[2]
Alongside Pete McGrath, Murphy was part of the management team that saw Down win All-Ireland Championships in 1991 and 1994. Later he helped guide Mayobridge to three consecutive county senior championships from 2004 to 2006.[3]
Murphy died on 21 May 2020.[4]