1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Kerry (17th win) |
| Captain | Jas Murphy |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Armagh |
| Captain | Sean Quinn |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Louth |
| Ulster | Armagh |
| Connacht | Roscommon |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1952 1954 → | |
The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 67th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Leitrim return to Connacht championship after 3 years.
Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]
Results[edit]
Connacht Senior Football Championship[edit]
| Sligo | 1–6 – 2–6 | Mayo |
|---|---|---|
| P Carney (1-3, one point a‘50’), M Mulderrig (0-1), P Solan (0-1) & S O’Donnell (1-1). |
Final[edit]
Leinster Senior Football Championship[edit]
Final[edit]
 Louth | 1–07 – 0–07 |  Wexford |
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| Hugh O'Rourke (1-0), Jim McDonnell (0-3, 1f), Dermot O'Brien (0-2), Peadar Smith (0-1), John Callan (0-1) | Rory Deane (0-6, 4f), Willie Kelly (0-1) |
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Munster Senior Football Championship[edit]
| Kerry | 6–10 – 0–2 | Clare |
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| P. Sheehy (3-3), T. Lyne (0-2), J. Brosnan (0-2), S. Kelly (1-2) & J. Lyne (2-1). |
| Cork | 1–7 – 1–5 | Waterford |
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| D. Kellaher (1-1), T. Kelleher (0-2), M. Cahill (0-3) & J. J. Henichion (0-1) |
Final[edit]
| Kerry | 2–7 – 2–3 | Cork |
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| P. Sheehy (0-1), T. Lyne (0-4), J. Brosnan (0-1), S. Kelly (1-0), J. Lyne (0-1) & Sub T. Ashe (1-0). | N. Fitzgerald (1-0), D. Kellaher (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & M.Cahill (0-1). |
Ulster Senior Football Championship[edit]
Final[edit]
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[edit]
 Kerry | 3–6 – 0–10 | Louth |
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| T. Ashe (2-0), S. Kelly (1-1), P. Sheehy (0-2), T. Lyne (0-1), G. O'Sullivan (0-1) M. Brosnan (0-1) | J. McDonnell (0-7, 3f), J. Regan (0-2), P. Smith (0-1) |
Attendance: 62,408
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Final[edit]
| Kerry | 0–13 – 1–6 |  Armagh |
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| J. Brosnan (0-4), J. J. Sheehan (0-3), T. Lyne (0-4), T. Ashe (0-1) & J.Lyne (0-1). | M. McEvoy (1-2), G. O'Neill (0-2), J. Cunnningham & B. Seeley (0-1). |
Championship statistics[edit]
Miscellaneous[edit]
- Leitrim return to Connacht championship after 3 year break.
- O'Kennedy Park GAA Grounds replaces Barrett's Park, in New Ross in honor of Seán O'Kennedy.
- Casement Park, opens in Belfast named after a 1916 rising leader Roger Casement.
- Louth play Westmeath in the Leinster championship for the first time since 1938.
- Munster semi-final between Kerry and Clare caused Clare to withdraw from the championship for a year due to 1 sided game 6-10 to 0-2.
- The Leinster semi-final between Louth and Meath was a historic 9th year in a row of meeting in the Leinster championship a famous 13th meeting between them in 9 years.
- The All Ireland semi-final between Roscommon and Armagh was the first championship meeting between them.
- Armagh play in their first All Ireland final but are beaten by Kerry.
References[edit]
- ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Thrills and Tragedies as Louth Topple Once Again". The Argus. 29 August 1953.