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 The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 67th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry were the winners. Results Connacht Senior Football Championship ---- ---- ---- Leinster Senior Football ...

, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in

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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. It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1950s. This was also the first Championship meeting of Armagh and Kerry. 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. The record attendance was beaten in the

1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 74th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. A crowd of ...

when Down beat Offaly before 90,556 fans.

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References

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals All-Ireland (sometimes All-Island) refers to all of Ireland, as opposed to the separate jurisdictions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. "All-Ireland" is most frequently used to refer to sporting teams or events for the entire islan ...

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