1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

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1953 All-Ireland Football Final
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Event1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Armagh
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0–13
(13)		 1–6
(9)
Date27 September 1953
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Attendance86,155
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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.

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[]

Kerry0–13 – 1–6Armagh
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 86,155

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.
  4. ^ "Match Report: Armagh Vs Kerry 1953 All-Ireland Football Final". Catholic_Standard_(Ireland). Catholic_Standard_(Ireland). 9 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "The day Offaly played in front of the biggest Croke Park crowd in history". Offaly Express. Offaly Express. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.[permanent dead link]
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