Gerald Murphy (hurler)

Gerald Murphy was an Irish hurler who lived from 1928 until his death on 14 July 1978 and played as a midfielder for the Cork senior team, and he is identified here as the Cork hurler to tell him apart from other people of the same name. Born in Midleton in County Cork, he joined the Cork minor team at seventeen, later played for the junior side and made his senior debut during the 1949 championship. He became a regular member of the team at once and won three All-Ireland medals, in 1952, 1953 and 1954, four Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal, finishing as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. He won one Railway Cup medal with Munster in 1953, and at club level he won the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship with Midleton in 1948.