Jas Murphy

James Murphy, better known as Jas Murphy (30 May 1923 to 1 December 2021), was an Irish Gaelic footballer born in Tralee, County Kerry, who played for both Cork and Kerry. He began with the Kerins O'Rahilly's club in Tralee and later played for the Garda club in Cork, winning the 1950 Cork Senior Football Championship with them. After two seasons with Cork he joined the Kerry senior team in 1949 and won Munster Senior Football Championship medals in 1950 and 1953. He took over the Kerry captaincy for the 1953 All-Ireland final after Paudie Sheehy was dropped and lifted the Sam Maguire Cup after the defeat of Armagh, though he was himself dropped before the 1954 Munster final. He was the son of the RIC double agent Jim Murphy, reached the rank of Detective Garda in the Garda Siochana and was based at Union Quay in Cork from 1943 until his retirement in 1985, and he died at the age of 98.