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1963 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Teams
  
31

Captain
  
Des Foley

Captain
  
Mick Garrett

Winning team
  
Dublin (17th win)

Losing team
  
Galway

Dates
  
5 May 1963 - 22 September 1963

The 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 77th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 5 May 1963 and ended on 22 September 1963.

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Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.

On 22 September 1963, Dublin won the championship following a 1-9 to 0-10 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 17th All-Ireland title and their first in five championship seasons.

Dublin's Mickey Whelan was the championship's top scorer with 1-20. His teammate Lar Foley was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Scoring

Overall
Single game

Miscellaneous

  • The attendance of 87,106 at the All-Ireland final between Dublin and Galway was the third highest on record.
  • References

    1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Wikipedia