1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

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.

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

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

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.
  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.
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