Wattie Dunphy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ualtar Ó Donnchaidh | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Born | 1895 Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Died | 1972 Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Nickname | Wattie | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1914-1936 | Mooncoin | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 6 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1922-1930 | Kilkenny | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
Walter 'Wattie' Dunphy (1895–1972) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Kilkenny senior team.
Dunphy made his first appearance for the team during the 1922 championship and became a regular player over the next decade. During that time he won one All-Ireland winner's medal and four Leinster winner's medals. In 1922 Dunphy captained the team to the All-Ireland title.
At club level, Dunphy played with Mooncoin and won six county championship winners' medals in a career that spanned three decades.
Dunphy also won a Railway Cup winners' medal when he was chosen as captain on the first Leinster inter-provincial championship-winning team.
Born in Luffany, Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Dunphy was the second eldest son of a family of ten born to Richard and Elizabeth Dunphy. He received a national school education locally, however, like many of his contemporaries he later left school to work on the family farm.
The Dunphy brothers all shared a passion for hurling and many lined out for both club and county: Joe, who before entering the priesthood played for Kilkenny in the late 1920s; Eddie, who played in the All-Ireland finals of 1922 and 1926; William, who was a substitute on the defeated All-Ireland team of 1935 and Richard, whose hurling was confined to his club.
Two of Dunphy’s nephews later lined out for their native-county of Kilkenny. Dick Dunphy was the goalkeeping understudy to the legendary Ollie Walsh throughout the 1960s while Joe Dunphy Jnr. captained Kilkenny to back-to-back All-Ireland titles at minor level in 1961 and 1962 before later lining out at senior level.
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