Simon Murphy (hurler)

Simon Murphy was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who was born in 1949 and died of cancer on 7 April 1997, aged 47. At club level he played with St Michael's, Blackrock and University College Cork, and he was a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Despite a brief senior career he was one of the most decorated players of his generation, collecting seven All-Ireland medals at various levels in both codes between 1967 and 1972. He studied at Presentation Brothers College in Cork, where he was a noted athlete and won a bronze medal in the high jump at the Tailteann Games in 1963. He won an All-Ireland Club Championship with Blackrock in 1972, three successive All-Ireland under-21 hurling titles, and an All-Ireland senior hurling title with Cork in 1970.