Wattie Dunphy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ualtar Ó Donnchaidh | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Born |
12 March 1896 Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Died |
11 October 1973 (aged 77) Waterford, Ireland | ||
| 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 (12 March 1896 – 11 October 1973) 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.