[1] Murphy first played Gaelic football with the Kerins O'Rahilly's club in Tralee.
He later lined out with the Garda club in Cork and was part of their 1950 County Championship-winning team.
[2] Murphy first appeared on the inter-county scene after declaring for the Cork senior football team.
Murphy won the first of two Munster Championship titles in 1950 and assumed the team captaincy for the 1953 All-Ireland final after Paudie Sheehy was dropped from the team.
[3] He ended the game with a winners' medal and lifted the Sam Maguire Cup after the defeat of Armagh.