Wexford's Larry Murphy NAME: Larry Murphy HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 12st 10lbs CLUB: Cloughbawn COUNTY: Wexford NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Under 12, Under 14, Under 16, Minor, Senior football and hurling - Wexford; Colleges Under 14; Under 16 hurling and football for Good Counsel, New Ross; 96 LHC and All-Ireland medals NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Represented Wexford in athletics Under 10, Under 12, Under 14 INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: NHL semi final against Limerick 1993 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Brian Corcoran and Denis Walsh (Cork) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Semple Stadium, Thurles HOBBIES: Listening to music, hanging around with Rod Guiney FAVOURITE POSITION: Half forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: DJ Carey, Brian Corcoran INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Father (John), mother (Ann), Tim Flood (Wexford), my uncle Phil (winner of an All-Ireland medal with Kilkenny) THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: 96 Leinster Final victory over Offaly and of course, the subsequent wins over Galway and Limerick BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Beaten in the NHL Final v Cork 1993; Leinster Final 1993 v Kilkenny OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Paul Codd, Rory McCarthy, Declan Ruth WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Improving facilities, pumping more money into coaching kids, loads of tv coverage DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Too many knockers and small minded men in the GAA DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: First cousin John Conran (manager, Wexford Under 21s); uncle Phil Murphy (won an All-Ireland with Kilkenny); uncle Martin Byrne (hurled with Wexford in seventies) PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Michelle Pfeiffer, Cindy Crawford (for obvious reasons) FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'How's it going Hun?' (real Wexford saying) PET HATES: Hate having ti iron shirts for work FAVOURITE MUSIC: REM, Oasis FAVOURITE FILM: Star Wars, Braveheart IDEAL DATE: Log cabin in middle of Swiss Alps with Michelle Pfeiffer, hurling videos, loads of food and drink and a St. Bernard dog HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? A person who did his best and gave his all (and who had a date with Michelle Pfeiffer) Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 1st November 1996 Vol 6 No 44 Tweet

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