Date 22 September 1940 Attendance 60,821 | Venue Croke Park, Dublin | |
Event 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||
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.
Jimmy 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.
It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1940s.
It was also the first of three consecutive All-Ireland football finals lost by Galway.
References
1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA