1967 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1967 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates23 April – 24 September 1967
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Meath (3rd win)
Captain Peter Darby
Manager Patrick Tully
Peter McDermott
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Cork
Captain Denis Coughlan
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Meath
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
No. matches played32
Top Scorer Colours of Cavan.svg Charlie Gallagher (0-27)
Player of the Year Colours of Meath.svg Bertie Cunningham
1966
1968

The 1967 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 81st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 23 April 1967 and ended on 24 September 1967.

Contents

Galway entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Mayo in the Connacht semi-final.

On 24 September 1967, Meath won the championship following a 1-9 to 0-9 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. [1] This was their third All-Ireland title and their first in thirteen championship seasons.

Cavan's Charlie Gallagher was the championship's top scorer with 1-25. Meath's Bertie Cunningham was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Leinster Championship format change

Second round returns to Leinster this year.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

28 May 1967Quarter-final Sligo 1-7 – 3-6 Mayo Markievicz Park, Sligo
D McHugh 1-1, M Kearins 0-4, M Kenny 0-1, M Marren 0-1.M Connaughton 1-0, J Nallen 1-0, J Farragher 1-0, J Langan 0-2, S O'Dowd 0-1, J Corcoran 0-1, MJ Ruddy 0-1, M Ruane 0-1.

Semi-finals

11 June 1967Semi-final Roscommon 2-6 – 2-8 Leitrim St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
J Kelly 2-0, T White 0-3, J Keane 0-2, J Keane 0-1.P Dolan 1-1, C McGowan 1-0, M Keane 0-3, B Rynn 0-2, P McGarty 0-1, K McGowan 0-1.
25 June 1967Semi-final Galway 1-8 – 3-13 Mayo Pearse Stadium, Galway
M McDonagh 1-0, C Dunne 0-3, J Keenan 0-2, J Glynn 0-1, P Donnellan 0-1, F Canavan 0-1.S O'Dowd 1-3, J Farragher 1-2, M Ruane 1-1, J Corcoran 0-4, J Morley 0-1, J Langan 0-1, J Nallen 0-1.Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)

Final

16 July 1967Final Mayo 4-15 – 0-7 Leitrim Tuam Stadium, Tuam
M Ruane 2-1, J Corcoran 0-6, W Loftus 1-2, J Langan 0-4, S O'Dowd 1-0, J Farragher 0-1, PJ Loftus 0-1.M Keane 0-4, P Dolan 0-2, P McGowan 0-1.Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

23 April 1967First round Wicklow 0-10 – 0-8 Wexford Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
M McNamee 0-3, P Clarke 0-3, T Scott 0-1, A Norton 0-1, J Coates 0-1, T Humphries 0-1.J Berry 0-6, P Wilson 0-1, T Miller 0-1.
14 May 1967First round Laois 3-8 – 3-6 Carlow Geraldine Park, Athy
F Walsh 0-6, R Miller 1-1, J Maher 1-0, JJ Conway 1-0, P Delaney 0-1.B Hayden 1-6, M Nolan 1-0, P McNally 1-0.Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)

Second round

28 May 1967Second round Wicklow 0-11 – 0-8 Laois Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
T Scott 0-3, L Kelly 0-3, P Clarke 0-2, L Norton 0-1, W Cuffe 0-1, T Norton 0-1.JJ Conway 0-4, P Delaney 0-2, F Walsh 0-1, D Miller 0-1.

Quarter-finals

21 May 1967Quarter-final Longford 1-7 – 0-10 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
J Hanniffy 0-4, S Donnelly 1-0, S Murray 0-2, T Mulvihill 0-1.P Dunny 0-4, J Donnelly 0-3, T Keogh 0-1, M Mullins 0-1, K Kelly 0-1.Referee: P Kelly (Dublin)
21 May 1967Quarter-final Meath 2-9 – 0-3 Louth Croke Park, Dublin
N Curran 2-5, T Brennan 0-2, P Collier 0-1, P Moore 0-1.B Gaughan 0-3.Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)
11 June 1967Quarter-final Westmeath 1-6 – 0-8 Dublin O'Connor Park, Tullamore
T Dolan 1-0, P Buckley 0-3, V Murray 0-2, J McKenna 0-1.J Keaveney 0-6, T Donnelly 0-1, S O'Connor 0-1.Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)
18 June 1967Quarter-final Offaly 0-13 – 0-7 Wicklow Croke Park, Dublin
T McTeague 0-8, J Malone 0-2, R Scully 0-2, J Evans 0-1.T Scott 0-3, P Clarke 0-1, W Norton 0-1, W Kelly 0-1, M McNamee 0-1.Attendance: 25,183
Referee: C Kenworthy (Dublin)
18 June 1967Quarter-final replay Longford 3-12 – 2-10 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
J Devine 1-4, S Donnelly 2-0, J Hanniffy 0-5, T Mulvihill 0-1, M Hopkins 0-1, J Murray 0-1.P Dunny 1-2, T Carew 1-1, J Donnelly 0-4, Pa Connolly 0-2, M Mullins 0-1.Attendance: 25,183
Referee: P Kelly (Dublin)

Semi-finals

2 July 1967Semi-final Longford 1-7 – 0-13 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin
J Hanniffy 0-6, S Donnelly 1-0, T Mulvihill 0-1.T McTeague 0-5, E Scully 0-3, G Hughes 0-3, J Malone 0-1, T Green 0-1.Attendance: 18,777
Referee: P Kelly (Dublin)
9 July 1967Semi-final Meath 0-12 – 0-6 Westmeath O'Connor Park, Tullamore
T Brennan 0-4, M Kerrigan 0-4, M O'Brien 0-1, N Curran 0-1, O Shanley 0-1, P Bruton 0-1.P Buckley 0-2, J McKenna 0-1, T Dolan 0-1, M Carley 0-1.Attendance: 25,000
Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)

Final

23 July 1967Final Meath 0-8 – 0-6 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin
Tony Brennan 0-4 (0-3f), Mick Mellett 0-2 (0-1f), Noel Curran and Ollie Shanley 0-1 eachGreg Hughes and Tony McTague (0-2f) 0-2 each, Ambrose Hickey and Sean Evans 0-1 eachAttendance: 40,461
Referee: Jim Shannon (Dublin)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

21 May 1967Quarter-final Clare 0-9 – 0-2 Waterford Hennessy Memorial Park, Miltown Malbay
M Haugh 0-2, M Begley 0-2, P McMahon 0-2, J Tubridy 0-1, M Chambers 0-1, P O'Grady 0-1.T Gough 0-2.Referee: J O'Connor (Kerry)
21 May 1967Quarter-final Limerick 4-10 – 2-5 Tipperary Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
M Tynan 2-5, M Ranahan 1-1, P Murpjy 1-0, D Sheehan 0-2, D Quirke 0-1, D Sheehan 0-1.T Burke 2-4, L Vaughan 0-1.Referee: F Halbert (Cork)

Semi-finals

18 June 1967Semi-final Cork 1-13 – 1-6 Clare Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
JJ Murphy 1-1, C o'Sullivan 0-4, J Carroll 0-3, E Philpott 0-2, D Coughlan 0-2, E McCarthy 0-1.M McInerney 0-5, M Moloney 1-0, J Tubridy 0-1.Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Moloney (Tipperary)
18 June 1967Semi-final Kerry 1-17 – 1-8 Limerick Austin Stack Park, Tralee
J O'Shea 0-7, T Kelliher 0-5, DJ Crowley 1-0, J Saunders 0-3, J O'Connor 0-2.M Tynan 1-7, T Sheehan 0-1.Referee: T Moloney (Tipperary)

Final

16 July 1967Final Cork 0-8 – 0-7 Kerry Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
E Philpott 0-2, É Ryan 0-2, B O'Neill 0-2, C O'Sullivan 0-1, J Carroll 0-1.J O'Shea 0-3, P Griffin 0-2, DJ Crowley 0-1, T Sheehan 0-1.Attendance: 15,000
Referee: J Martin (Tyrone)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

11 June 1967Preliminary round Tyrone 0-13 – 3-2 Fermanagh St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown

Quarter-finals

4 June 1967Quarter-final Armagh 1-8 – 2-13 Donegal Athletic Grounds, Armagh
L O'Rourke 1-0, A Patterson 0-2, E Casey 0-2, T McCReesh 0-2, D Kelly 0-1, J Whan 0-1.P McShea 1-5, N Gallagher 1-3, S Granaghan 0-3, PJ Flood 0-2.Referee: J Lynn (Derry)
11 June 1967Quarter-final Down 3-9 – 1-10 Derry Páirc Esler, Newry
18 June 1967Quarter-final Antrim 2-8 – 2-12 Cavan Casement Park, Belfast
J Murray 0-7, P Lynn 1-0, A SLoan 1-0, W Carson 0-1.C Gallagher 0-8, P Murray 1-1, M Greenan 1-0, S Duggan 0-2, J O'Reilly 0-1.Referee: M Mahon (Fermanagh)
25 June 1967Quarter-final Tyrone 1-13 – 1-7 Monaghan O'Neill Park, Dungannon
C O'Neill 1-2, P Harte 0-4, P King 0-2, S McIlhatton 0-1, P Mulgrew 0-1, S Taggarty 0-1, P Forbes 0-1, J O'Neill 0-1.T McCudden 1-3, G Fitzpatrick 0-2, B Connolly 0-2.

Semi-finals

2 July 1967Semi-final Down 2-8 – 2-5 Donegal St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
S O'Neill 1-2, D McCartan 1-0, G Glynn 0-3, C McAlaraney 0-2, J McCartan 0-1.S Granaghan 1-1, D O'Carroll 1-0, N Gallagher 0-2, M Griffin 0-1, J Quigley 0-1.Referee: J Martin (Tyrone)
9 July 1967Semi-final Tyrone 3-3 – 1-13 Cavan St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown
P Harte 1-1, N Timlin 1-0, C McIlduff 1-0, S O'Brien 0-1, S McElhatton 0-1.C Gallagher 0-5, JJ O'Reilly 1-0, S Duggan 0-3, P Murray 0-3, J O'Donnell 0-1, T Lynch 0-1.Referee: M Mahon (Fermanagh)

Final

23 July 1967Final Cavan 2-12 – 0-8 Down St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
C Gallagher 0-6, JJ O'Reilly 1-1, M Greenan 1-0, S Duggan 0-2, J O'Donnell 0-2, P Murray 0-1.S O'Neill 0-6, J Murphy 0-1, L Powell 0-1.Attendance: 30,000
Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

6 August 1967Semi-final Cork 2-7 – 0-12 Cavan Croke Park, Dublin
F Hayes 1-1, C O'Sullivan 0-4, D Coughlan 1-0, J Carroll 0-1, B O'Neill 0-1.C Gallagher 0-8, P Murray 0-2, T Lynch 0-1, J O'Donnell 0-1.Attendance: 28,370
20 August 1967Semi-final Meath 3-14 – 1-14 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
T Brennan 1-2, P Mulvanney 0-4, P Collier 1-0, P Moore 1-0, M Kerrigan 0-3, M Mellett 0-2, N Curran 0-2, O Shanley 0-1.J Corcoran 0-8, J Nealon 1-1, J Farragher 0-1, W Loftus 0-1, S O'Dowd 0-1, M Ruane 0-1, J Gibbons 0-1.Attendance: 42,958
Referee: J Moloney (Tipperary)

Final

24 September 1967Final Meath 1-9 – 0-9 Cork Croke Park, Dublin
T Kearns 1-2, P Mulvanney 0-2, M Mellett 0-2, N Curran 0-2, T Brennan 0-1.C O'Sullivan 0-3, E Philpott 0-3, B O'Neill 0-1, F Hayes 0-1, M O'Loughlin 0-1.Attendance: 70,343
Referee: J Moloney (Tipperary)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Charlie Gallagher Cavan 0-272746.75
2Mick Tynan Limerick 3-1221210.50
3 Joe Corcoran Mayo 0-191944.75
4Noel Curran Meath 2-111753.40
5Tony Brennan Meath 1-131653.20
Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Noel Curran Meath 2-511 Louth
Mick Tynan Limerick 2-511 Tipperary
3Tony Burke Tipperary 2-410 Limerick
Mick Tynan Limerick 1-710 Kerry
5Brenan Hayden Carlow 1-69 Laois
6 Pauric McShea Donegal 1-58 Armagh
Charlie Gallagher Cavan 0-88 Antrim
Charlie Gallagher Cavan 0-88 Cork
Joe Corcoran Mayo 0-88 Meath
Tony McTague Offaly 0-88 Wicklow

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