The 1933 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 46th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the

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, an inter-county

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tournament for the top teams in

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. Kerry were the reigning champions, having completed the second senior four-in-a-row in

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, following the

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team of 1915–1918. However, Kerry did not qualify for the 1933 final as they were knocked out in the semi-final. Cavan became the first Ulster county to win an All-Ireland, with first-half goals by Louis Blessing and "Son" Magee. A record crowd attended the game, with about 5,000 more locked out. Galway may have lost but they were regarded as a force for the future; this proved true as the following year they won their second All-Ireland football title and took the Sam Maguire Cup back to the west for the first time.

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