1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1953 All-Ireland Football Final
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Event 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date27 September 1953
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Peter McDermott (Meath)
Attendance86,155
1952
1954

The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 66th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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Match

Summary

Mal McEvoy scored an early goal for Armagh, who led by two points after 40 minutes, before Kerry began to pile on the points. Armagh's Bill McCorry missed a penalty and Kerry won by four points. [1]

It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1950s. [2]

This was also the first Championship meeting of Armagh and Kerry. [3]

With just over 90,000 spectators in attendance, some of whom had broken through a gate to gain access, it was the biggest crowd ever witnessed at Croke Park at the time. [4]

The record attendance was beaten in the 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final when Down beat Offaly before 90,556 fans. [5]

Details

Kerry 0–13 – 1–6 Armagh
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).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 86,155
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)

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References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
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