1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (12th win)
CaptainMiko Doyle
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCavan
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLaois
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
1936
1938

The 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 51st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. In the All Ireland semifinal Cavan ended Mayo's day as All Ireland Champions. Kerry won the title.[1][2][3]

Results[edit]

Connacht Senior Football Championship[edit]

Sligo2-10 – 1-6Roscommon
Attendance: 2,000

Galway3-1 – 0-2Sligo

Final[edit]

Mayo3-5 – 0-8Galway
P Flannelly (0-1), J Carney (0-2, one free), P Laffey (1-1); J Munnelly (1-0), P Munnelly (0-1) & sub M Hannon (0-1).
Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship[edit]

Meath3-9 – 2-3Westmeath

Wexford2-7 – 1-4Carlow

Kildare5-11 – 1-7Wicklow
P.Byrne 2-6, T.Mulhall, W.Ryan 1-0, J.Martin, P.Bourke 0-2.

Laois2-6 – 1-9Offaly
Referee: P Waters (Kildare)

Dublin1-7 – 0-10Louth

Laois2-7 – 1-7Offaly
Attendance: 8000
Referee: P Waters (Kildare)

Wexford3-7 – 1-8Meath

Dublin1-4 – 2-5Louth
Attendance: 10,000

Wexford0-6 – 1-5Louth

Laois2-10 – 2-7Kildare
P.Byrne 1-5, T.Mulhall 1-0, M.Brosnan 0-1, P.Bourke 0-1.

Final[edit]

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GK 1 Martin Farrell (Graiguecullen)
RCB 2 Joe Brennan (Edenderry)
FB 3 Tom Delaney (Stradbally)
LCB 4 Dan Walsh (Army Metro)
RHB 5 Chris Delaney (Tullamore)
CHB 6 Mick Delaney (Stradbally)
LHB 7 Jim Slater (Graiguecullen)
MF 8 Jack Delaney (Stradbally) (c)
MF 9 Bill Delaney (Stradbally)
RHF 10 Danny Douglas (Army Metro)
CHF 11 Tommy Murphy (Graiguecullen)
LHF 12 Syd Harkins (Portlaoise)
RCF 13 Mick Haughney (Graiguecullen)
FF 14 Tom Keogh (Portlaoise)
LCF 15 Jack McDarby (Graiguecullen)
GK 1 Hugh Callan (Dundalk Gaels)
RCB 2 Peter Martin (Wolfe Tones)
FB 3 Eddie Boyle (Cooley Kickhams)
LCB 4 Jim Culligan (Newtown Blues)
RHB 5 Paddy McManus (Wolfe Tones)
CHB 6 Eugene Callan (Seán McDermott's, Dublin)
LHB 7 Jim Thornton (Cooley Kickhams)
MF 8 Jimmy Coyle (Seán McDermott's, Dublin)
MF 9 Paul Matthews (Athy, Kildare)
RHF 10 Mick Callaghan (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF 11 James McKevitt (Cooley Kickhams)
LHF 12 Paddy Cluskey (Darver Young Irelands)
RCF 13 Harry Devine (St Bride's)
FF 14 Paddy Hoey (Dundalk Gaels)
LCF 15 Peter McKevitt (Cooley Kickhams)
Substitutes:
16 Tom McKeown (Wolfe Tones) for Callan

Munster Senior Football Championship[edit]

Tipperary1-8 – 1-6Waterford
Referee: S. Moynihan (K)

Kerry6-7 – 0-4Cork
Paddy Kennedy (0-2), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1), Con Geaney (1-3), Sean McCarthy (3-0) & Michael O'Gorman (2-1). D. O'Connor (0-2) & A. Ricken (0-1).

Clare2-3 – 1-6Limerick

Clare1-8 – 0-6Limerick

Kerry2-11 – 0-4Tipperary
P. Kennedy (0-2), T. O'Leary (0-1), C. O'Sullivan (1-2), J. G. O'Gorman (0-1), C. Geaney (0-1), S. McCarthy (0-1) & M. Ferriter (1-3).
Referee: T. Greaney (W)

Final[edit]

Kerry4-9 – 1-1Clare
Tim O'Leary (1-3), Jimmy Gawksie O'Gorman (0-4), Con Geaney (0-1), Sean McCarthy (2-1) & Mick Ferriter (1-0).

Ulster Senior Football Championship[edit]

Donegal3-8 – 0-6Antrim

Monaghan4-12 – 0-8Tyrone

Cavan3-11 – 2-6Fermanagh
Attendance: 2,000

Armagh4-14 – 2-7Down

Cavan2-12 – 1-4Donegal

Monaghan1-3 – 2-12Armagh
Attendance: 8,000

Final[edit]

Cavan0-13 – 0-3Armagh

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[edit]

Kerry2-3 – 2-3Laois
Tadhg Healy (0-1), Johnny Walsh (0-1), Con Geaney (1-1) & Sean McCarthy (1-0).

Kerry2-2 – 1-4Laois
Tim Landers (2-1) & Mikey Lyne (0-1).

Cavan2-5 – 1-7Mayo
J Carney (0-2), J Munnelly (0-3), P Moclair (1-0), P Munnelly (0-1).

Finals[edit]

Kerry2-5 – 1-8Cavan
Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1), Gearoid Fitzgerald (0-1), John Joe Landers (2-1), Tim O'Donnell Camp (0-1) & Tim Landers (0-1).
Attendance: 52,325

Kerry4-4 – 1-7Cavan
Tim Landers (0-4), John Joe Landers (1-0), Miko Doyle (1-0) & Tim O'Leary (2-0).
Attendance: 51,234
Referee: M. Hennessy (Dublin)

Championship statistics[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "G.A.A. Notes". Dundalk Democrat. 31 July 1937.
  5. ^ "Haughney, Mick". Hogan Stand. 15 September 2006.
  6. ^ "Offaly-Laoighis Draw, Thrilling Football Match at Newbridge". Midland Counties Advertiser. 20 May 1937.