1960 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1960 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Galway (2nd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cork
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Offaly
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Galway

The 1960 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 29th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Dublin entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship.

On 25 September 1960, Galway won the championship following a 4-9 to 1-5 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first title in eight championship season.

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

Galway 2-6 Mayo 0-4 Tuam.

Semi-Finals

Rosocmmon 5-9 Leitrim 2-5.

Galway 3-5 Sligo 0-7.

Final

Galway 4-11 Roscommon 0-3.

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Final

31 July 1960

Louth	1-05 - 1-12	Offaly

(Croke Park)

Referee: J. Kavanagh (Kildare)

GK 1 Mick Sherlock ((Baile Philib) RCB 2 Benny Grogan ((Baile Philib) FB 3 Pat Hanlon (Clann Mhuire) LCB 4 Frank McArdle ((Baile Philib) RHB 5 Mick Foster (Clann Mhuire) CHB 6 Willie Daly (Clan na Gael) LHB 7 Val Murphy (Newtown Blues) MF 8 Mick Briscoe (Newtown Blues) MF 9 Muckle McKeown (O'Raghallaighs) RHF 10 Seán Ryan (Clan na Gael) CHF 11 Anthony Campbell (O'Raghallaighs) LHF 12 Séamus Savage (Clann Mhuire) RCF 13 Séamus Mohan (Pioneers) FF 14 Séamus Dolan (O'Raghallaighs) LCF 15 Seán McVeigh (Clann Mhuire) Substitutes: 16 Jack McAuley (Newtown Blues) for McKeown Ulster Minor Football Championship Munster Minor Football Championship All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-Finals Galway 2-12 Offaly 2-3 Croke Park. Final Galway v Cork 25 September 1960 Final Galway 4-09 - 1-05 Cork Croke Park, Dublin References