Henry Murphy (field hockey)

Olympic medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing United Kingdom Great Britain
( Ireland)
1908 London Team

Henry Lawson Murphy (12 December 1882 – 5 January 1942) was an Irish field hockey player. He played for, amongst others, Three Rock Rovers and Ireland. Together with fellow Rovers players, Richard Gregg and Charles Power, he was a member of the Ireland team that won the silver medal at the 1908 London Olympics. Murphy played in both the 3-1 win against Wales on 29 October and in the 8-1 defeat against England in the final on 31 October. [1][2] .[3] The Ireland team was part of the Great Britain Olympic team.

References

  1. ↑ www.la84foundation.org
  2. ↑ www.databaseolympics.com Archived 2012-05-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Olympians from Ireland Archived 2007-06-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Henry Murphy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.
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