Career
At club level Murphy played with Passage West. Inter-county Tipperary were bested by 4-10 to 1-13 in the provincial decider to secure a coveted Munster medal. MUrphy was later at midfield for the All-Ireland decider against Kilkenny.
A 2-18 to 3-9 victory gave him an All-Ireland medal in that grade.
In 1969 Murphy joined the senior team for the championship campaign. He was an unused substitute for "s Munster final defeat of Tipperary and was also part of the extended panel for an All-Ireland showdown with Kilkenny.
The team suffered a setback before the game when midfielder Justin McCarthy broke his leg in a motorcycle accident. In spite of this led at the interval and looked a good bet for the victory, particularly after Kilkenny forward Pat Delaney left the field on a stretcher.
In spite of the All-Ireland defeat, regrouped during the 1969-1970 National League.
Murphy was an unused substitute as an aggregate 5-21 to 6-16 defeat of New York in the decider gave the National Hurling League title. Later that year he made his first championship start in a Munster semi-final defeat of Limerick and subsequently collected his first Munster medal following a 3-10 to 3-8 defeat of Tipperary. later qualified for the All-Ireland final with Wexford providing the opposition in the very first eighty-minute championship decider. Murphy, in spite of starting "s other championship games, was dropped from the starting fifteen and played no part in the 6-21 to 5-10 victory.
