1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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

1953 All-Ireland Football Championship final

Event	1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Armagh 0–13 (13) 1–6 (9)
Date	27 September 1953
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Peter McDermott (Meath)
Attendance	86,155
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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.^[1]

It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1950s.^[2]

This was also the first championship meeting of Armagh and Kerry.^[3]

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.^[4]

The record attendance was beaten in the 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final when Down beat Offaly before 90,556 fans.^[5]

Details

Kerry v Armagh

27 September 1953	Kerry	0–13 – 1–6	Armagh	Croke Park, Dublin
	J. Brosnan (0-4), J. J. Sheehan (0-3), T. Lyne (0-4), T. Ashe (0-1) & J.Lyne (0-1).		M. McEvoy (1-2), G. O'Neill (0-2), J. Cunningham & B. Seeley (0-1).	Attendance: 86,155

GK 1 J. Foley RCB 2 J. Murphy (c) FB 3 N. Roche LCB 4 D. Murphy RHB 5 C. Kennelly CHB 6 J. Cronin LHB 7 M. Palmer MF 8 S. Murphy MF 9 D. Hanafin RHF 10 J. Brosnan CHF 11 J. J. Sheehan LHF 12 T. Lyne RCF 13 T. Ashe FF 14 S. Kelly LCF 15 J. Lyne Substitutes: 16 G. O'Sullivan for D. Hanafin 17 J. O'Shea 18 P. Sheehy 19 B. O'Shea 20 M. Brosnan

GK 1 E. McMahon RCB 2 G. Morgan FB 3 J. Brattan LCB 4 J. McKnight RHB 5 F. Kernan CHB 6 P. O'Neill LHB 7 S. Quinn (c) MF 8 M. O'Hanlon MF 9 M. McEvoy RHF 10 J. Cunningham CHF 11 B. Seeley LHF 12 B. McCorry RCF 13 P. Campbell FF 14 A. O'Hagan LCF 15 G. O'Neill Substitutes: 16 G. Wilson for E. McMahon 17 G. Murphy for G. Wilson 18 J. O'Hare for S. Quinn 19 G. McStay 20 I. Henderson 21 P. Murphy 22 P. O'Neill 23 P. McCreesh 24 J. McBreen

References

1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
2. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
3. "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
4. "All-Ireland final countdown". Irish Independent. 12 September 2002.
5. "The day Offaly played in front of the biggest Croke Park crowd in history". Offaly Express. Offaly Express. 26 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.