The 1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 75th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the

1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 76th staging of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 29 April 1962 and ende ...

, an inter-county

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tournament for the top teams in

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. This marked the first occasion on which the final was televised.

Pre-match

Roscommon played

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in the 1962 Connacht final and were behind for much of the match. Sligo were blighted by a sudden string of injuries, missed a 50 while two points ahead in the final minute, and then gifted soon-to-be All-Ireland finalists Roscommon a goal, allowing them to progress at Sligo's expense in what is considered "one of the great football tragedies in Connacht".

Match summary

Garry McMahon scored a goal for Kerry after 35 seconds and Kerry hit a point quickly after, and victory was never in doubt. McMahon's goal was the fastest in All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final history. Until

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scored for

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against

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in the 2020 final.

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