Joe Dunphy

Joe Dunphy, born in 1944 in Waterford, is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. He joined the Kilkenny minor team at seventeen and later the under-21 side, and joined the senior panel after the 1964 championship, immediately becoming a regular and winning one Leinster medal and one National Hurling League medal, with one All-Ireland runner-up finish. He won one Railway Cup medal with Leinster as a non-playing substitute and at club level is a one-time championship medallist with Mooncoin. His father Eddie, his uncles Joe, William and Wattie, and his brother Dick all played for Kilkenny at different stages. He made five championship appearances before retiring after the 1967 championship and later served as a selector with the Kilkenny All-Ireland-winning minor team in 2003.