 Official programme | |||||||
| Event | 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 22 September 1940 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Seamus Burke (Kildare) | ||||||
| Attendance | 60,821 | ||||||
The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 53rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Joe Duggan scored a goal for Galway just before half-time, but Kerry hit four points in the second half to secure a narrow victory. The game was plagued by fouls, sixty-two frees being awarded in all. [1]
It was the first of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1940s. [2]
It was also the first of three consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals lost by Galway. [3]
With their 1940 win, Kerry reached 14 All-Ireland SFC titles, drawing level with Dublin. [4] Dublin had been in the lead since 1892. In 1941, Kerry would take the lead; Dublin equalled the new total in 1942, but never again managed to surpass Kerry's total. [4]
| Kerry | 0–7 – 1–3 | Galway |
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| Tom Gega O'Connor (0–1), Murt Kelly (0–2), Dan Spring (0–1), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–2), Sub, Paddy Bawn Brosnan (0–1) for Dan Spring | J Duggan (1–0), B Nestor, J Dunne, J Burke (0–1) each |
         Kerry |   Galway |
Then, they lost three in a row, in 1940 to Kerry by 0 – 7 to 1 – 3; in 1941 to Kerry by 1 – 8 to 0 – 7; and in 1942 to Dublin by 1 – 10 to 1 – 8.
