1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kerry (12th win)
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Laois
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
	← 1936 1938 →

The 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 51st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry won the title.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results[]

Connacht Senior Football Championship[]

16 May 1937
Quarter-Final

Sligo	2-10 – 1-6	Roscommon

Castlerea

Attendance: 2,000

13 June 1937
Semi-Final

Galway	3-1 – 0-2	Sligo

Castlerea

18 July 1937
Final

Mayo	3-5 – 0-8	Galway
P Flannelly (0-1), J Carney (0-2, one free), P Laffey (1-1); J Munnelly (1-0), P Munnelly (0-1) & sub M Hannon (0-1).

, Roscommon

Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship[]

30 May 1937
Preliminary Round

Meath	3-9 – 2-3	Westmeath

Kells

6 June 1937
Preliminary Round Replay

Wexford	2-7 – 1-4	Carlow

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

9 May 1937
Quarter-Final

Kildare	5-11 – 1-7	Wicklow
P.Byrne 2-6, T.Mulhall, W.Ryan 1-0, J.Martin, P.Bourke 0-2.

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

16 May 1937
Quarter-Final

Laois	2-6 – 1-9	Offaly

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Referee: P Waters (Kildare)

23 May 1937
Quarter-Final

Dublin	1-7 – 0-10	Louth

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

30 May 1937
Quarter-Final Replay

Laois	2-7 – 1-7	Offaly

Geraldine Park, Athy

Attendance: 8000

Referee: P Waters (Kildare)

20 June 1937
Quarter-Final

Wexford	3-7 – 1-8	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

20 June 1937
Quarter-Final Replay

Dublin	1-4 – 2-5	Louth

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Attendance: 10,000

4 July 1937
Semi-Final

Wexford	0-6 – 1-5	Louth

Drogheda Park, Drogheda

11 July 1937
Semi-Final

Laois	2-10 – 2-7	Kildare
		P.Byrne 1-5, T.Mulhall 1-0, M.Brosnan 0-1, P.Bourke 0-1.

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

25 July 1937
Final

Laois	0-12 – 0-4	Louth
Tom Keogh 0-4 (0-1f), Mick Haughney 0-3, Danny Douglas and Tommy Murphy 0-2 each, Bill Delaney 0-1		James McKevitt (0-2f) and Harry Devine 0-2 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Martin Lynch (Carlow)

Munster Senior Football Championship[]

16 May 1937
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	1-8 – 1-6	Waterford

Ned Hall Park, Clonmel

Referee: S. Moynihan (K)

13 June 1937
Quarter-Final

Kerry	6-7 – 0-4	Cork
Paddy Kennedy (0-2), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1), Con Geaney (1-3), Sean McCarthy (3-0) & Michael O'Gorman (2-1).		D. O'Connor (0-2) & A. Ricken (0-1).

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

13 June 1937
Semi-Final

Clare	2-3 – 1-6	Limerick

The Cricket Field, Kilrush

27 June 1937
Semi-Final Replay

Clare	1-8 – 0-6	Limerick

Foynes

11 July 1937
Semi-Final

Kerry	2-11 – 0-4	Tipperary
P. Kennedy (0-2), T. O'Leary (0-1), C. O'Sullivan (1-2), J. G. O'Gorman (0-1), C. Geaney (0-1), S. McCarthy (0-1) & M. Ferriter (1-3).

Mitchelstown

Referee: T. Greaney (W)

18 July 1937
Final

Kerry	4-9 – 1-1	Clare
Tim O'Leary (1-3), Jimmy Gawksie O'Gorman (0-4), Con Geaney (0-1), Sean McCarthy (2-1) & Mick Ferriter (1-0).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Ulster Senior Football Championship[]

6 June 1937
Quarter-Final

Donegal	3-8 – 0-6	Antrim

Bundoran

6 June 1937
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	4-12 – 0-8	Tyrone

Coalisland

13 June 1937
Quarter-Final

Cavan	3-11 – 2-6	Fermanagh

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Attendance: 2,000

13 June 1937
Quarter-Final

Armagh	4-14 – 2-7	Down

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

27 June 1937
Semi-Final

Cavan	2-12 – 1-4	Donegal

Breffni Park, Cavan

4 July 1937
Semi-Final

Monaghan	1-3 – 2-12	Armagh

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Attendance: 8,000

25 July 1937
Final

Cavan	0-13 – 0-3	Armagh

St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[]

15 August 1937
Semi-Final

Kerry	2-3 – 2-3	Laois
Tadhg Healy (0-1), Johnny Walsh (0-1), Con Geaney (1-1) & Sean McCarthy (1-0).

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

22 August 1937
Semi-Final Replay

Kerry	2-2 – 1-4	Laois
Tim Landers (2-1) & Mikey Lyne (0-1).

Cusack Park, Mullingar

29 August 1937
Semi-Final

Cavan	2-5 – 1-7	Mayo
		J Carney (0-2), J Munnelly (0-3), P Moclair (1-0), P Munnelly (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

26 September 1937
Final

Kerry	2-5 – 1-8	Cavan
Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1), Gearoid Fitzgerald (0-1), John Joe Landers (2-1), Tim O'Donnell Camp (0-1) & Tim Landers (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 52,325

17 October 1937
Final Replay

Kerry	4-4 – 1-7	Cavan
Tim Landers (0-4), John Joe Landers (1-0), Miko Doyle (1-0) & Tim O'Leary (2-0).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 51,234

Referee: M. Hennessy (Dublin)

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

Lettekenny's pitch is named O'Donnell Park after Hugh O'Donnell.
There was 3 replays in the Leinster Football championship 1 in the Preliminary Round game between and 2 Quarter-Finals between and .
The last year that All Ireland Semi-finals were no longer outside Rotation cycle.

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