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Seán Murphy (Gaelic footballer)

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Seán Murphy (3 January 1932 to 14 April 2025) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Dingle and West Kerry and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team. Born in Camp, County Kerry, he played Gaelic football as a student at Tralee CBS, winning a Foley Cup title in 1944, and completed his schooling at Coláiste Íosagáin in Ballyvourney, where he won a Corn Uí Mhuirí medal in 1949 on a team captained by his brother Pádraig. He later lined out with University College Dublin and won three successive Sigerson Cup medals. He played with several clubs in three different counties, winning a Cork minor football championship medal with Macroom and an East Kerry senior football league medal with Glenflesk in 1949, and also playing with the Geraldines and Erin's Hope clubs in Dublin, before ending his club career with Dingle and the divisional side West Kerry.

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    Seán Murphy (3 January 1932-14 April 2025) was an Irish Gaelic footballer.
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    At club level, he played with Dingle and West Kerry, and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.
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