Wattie Dunphy

Who was Wattie Dunphy?

Walter 'Wattie' Dunphy 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.