1951–52 National Football League (Ireland)

1951–52 National Football League
League details
Dates 6 October 1951 – 30 September 1952
League champions
Winners Cork (1st win)
Captain Éamonn Young
League runners-up
Runners-up New York
Captain Tom "Gega" O'Connor

The 1951–52 National Football League was the 21st staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Cork beat Dublin in the home final and easily dismissed New York in the Polo Grounds final, played at night under floodlights. New York didn't return to the final until 1963.[1][2][3][4]

Format

Teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reaches the home semi-finals. The winner of the home final plays New York in the NFL final.

Results

Division III

Cork won, ahead of Galway, Clare, Mayo and Kerry.

Finals

Cork 2-3 – 1-5 Dublin
Attendance: 30,070[5]
Referee: Dan Ryan (Kerry)[6]
Cork 1-12 – 0-3 New York
Tom O'Connor 0-2, Pat McAndrew 0-1
Attendance: 33,914 [7]
Referee: Dan Ryan (Kerry)[8]

References

  1. ↑ Mayo results archive, 1952
  2. ↑ GAA Final Teams
  3. ↑ "COUNTY CORK TEAM FAVORED TONIGHT; Opposes New York All-Stars in Gaelic Football Game at the Polo Grounds" - New York Times
  4. ↑ GAA Archive
  5. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  6. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  7. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  8. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151


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