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1969 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Teams
  
31

Captain
  
Captain
  
Winning team
  
Kerry (21st win)

Losing team
  
Dates
  
4 May 1969 - 28 September 1969

The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 83rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 4 May 1969 and ended on 28 September 1969.

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Down entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cavan in the Ulster final.

On 28 September 1969, Kerry won the championship following a 0-10 to 0-7 defeat of Offaly in the All-Ireland final. This was their 21st All-Ireland title, their first in seven championship seasons.

Kerry's Mick O'Dwyer was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Finals

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Miscellaneous

  • The throw-in for the Munster quarter-final between Clare and Limerick was delayed by 25 minutes.
  • At the Ulster semi-final between Cavan and Derry an 80-year-old retired farmer collapses and dies.
  • The All-Ireland semi-final between Cavan and Offaly ends level and goes to a replay. It is the first time since 1960 that a semi-final ended in a draw.
  • Scorers

    Overall
    Single game

    References

    1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Wikipedia


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