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University College Dublin.
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Sean Murphy
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Murphy is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time. Born in Camp, County Kerry, Murphy played for the Kerry County football team He played club football for Dingle and University College Dublin, where he qualified as a medical doctor.
His greatest footballing performance was in the All-Ireland Senior Football Final of 1959, when Kerry defeated Galway in what has become known as "the Seán Murphy All-Ireland".
Murphy"s performance in that game has been described as the "definitive classical exhibition of halfback play". He was rewarded with the Texaco Football player of the Year title for that year.
Murphy"s brothers Pádraig, Seamus & Tomas also played for Kerry. In 1984, the Gaelic Athletic Association"s centinary year Seán Murphy was named right half-back on the Football Team of the Century.
In 1999 he was again honoured by the Gaelic Athletic Association by being named on their Gaelic Football Team of the Millennium.
Doctor Murphy now lives between Tralee and England.
Membership
He played Gaelic football with his local club Dingle and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1953 until 1961.
