Bertie Óg Murphy (born 16 October 1954) is an Irish former hurling manager and former player who enjoyed a successful career as a right wing-forward with the Cork senior team.
Murphy made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team.
At this time Murphy was also a member of the club's senior team and spent the best part of twenty years playing in the forwards.
[5] This victory gave Murphy an All-Ireland minor football winners’ medal and was some consolation for losing the hurling decider two weeks earlier.
[7] Murphy subsequently joined the Cork senior team and made his debut in the Munster semi-final victory over Tipperary in 1976.
It was the beginning of a glorious era for Cork, however, Murphy found it difficult to break onto the starting fifteen.
[citation needed] After some years in the wilderness, Cork bounced back in 1982 and qualified for the All-Ireland final.
Following an impressive provincial championship campaign 'the Rebels' were the red-hot favourites, however, arch-rivals Kilkenny surprised.
Murphy came on as a substitute in that game, however, Christy Heffernan scored two goals in a forty-second spell just before the interval to take the wind out of Cork's sails.
Cork came storming back with goals by Tomás Mulcahy and Seánie O'Leary, however, at the full-time whistle Kilkenny had won by 2-14 to 2-12.
In the late 1990s, Murphy first tasted managerial success on the inter-county scene when he guided the Cork under-21 team to back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1997 and 1998.
He had an unsuccessful tenure as coach which culminated in his resignation after just one season in charge as the players went on strike due to the authoritarian nature of the Cork County Board.