1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 77th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 5 May 1963 and ended on 22 September 1963. As of 2018, it remains the last All Ireland Senior Football Championship season to be completed without any draws.

1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates5 May 1963 - 22 September 1963
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (17th win)
CaptainDes Foley
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamGalway
CaptainMick Garrett
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterDown
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
No. matches played30
Top Scorer Mickey Whelan (1-20)
Player of the Year Lar Foley
1962
1964

Kilkenny dropped from the championship until 1975.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.

On 22 September 1963, Dublin won the championship following a 1-9 to 0-10 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 17th All-Ireland title and their first in five championship seasons.

Dublin's Mickey Whelan was the championship's top scorer with 1-20. His teammate Lar Foley was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

9 June 1963 Quarter-finalSligo1-9 – 1-10LeitrimMarkievicz Park, Sligo
D McHugh 1-3, M Kearns 0-3, B Shannon 0-2, J Hannon 0-1. C Flynn 0-7, K McGowan 1-0, P McGarty 0-2, P Guckian 0-1. Attendance: 4,000
Referee: P O'Connor (Roscommon)

Semi-finals

16 June 1963 Semi-finalMayo1-6 – 2-8GalwayMacHale Park, Castlebar
J Corcoran 0-4, PJ Loftus 1-0, J Langan 0-1, D Doris 0-1. S Concannon 1-1, P Donnellan 1-0, C Dunne 0-3, S Letdon 0-2, M McDonagh 0-1, S CLeary 0-1. Attendance: 12,000
Referee: R Lang (Sligo)
23 June 1963 Semi-finalLeitrim1-8 – 1-3RoscommonMarkievicz Park, Sligo
C Flynn 1-6, J Murray 0-1, Mel Kelly 0-1. D Feely 1-1, A White 0-2. Attendance: 7,000
Referee: M Loftus (Mayo)

Final

14 July 1963 FinalGalway4-11 – 1-6LeitrimMacHale Park, Castlebar
S Leydon 3-1, P Donnellan 1-3, M McDonagh 0-4, S Concannon 0-1, M Reynolds 0-1, S Cleary 0-1. D Gannon 1-1, C Flynn 0-5. Attendance: 20,000
Referee: M Loftus (Mayo)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

5 May 1963 First roundCarlow4-10 – 1-4KilkennyDr. Cullen Park, Carlow
5 May 1963 First roundWestmeath1-6 – 3-8LongfordCusack Park, Mullingar
D Nolan 1-0, G Kane 0-3, J Bradley 0-2, O Costelloe 0-1. S Murray 0-6, N Dodd 1-0, D O'Brien 1-0, R carter 1-0, A Tynan 0-2.
19 May 1963 First roundMeath1-10 – 1-3WexfordCroke Park, Dublin
P McCormack 0-5, M Dunican 1-0, D Carty 0-2, J Quinn 0-2, G Cromwell 0-1. P Crowley 1-0, M O'Neill 0-2, M Byrne 0-1. Referee: J Shannon (Dublin)
26 May 1963 First roundLouth2-15 – 1-6WicklowCroke Park, Dublin
J Mulroy 1-6, M McKeown 1-3, L Leech 0-2, J Woods 0-1, S Thornton 0-1, K Behan 0-1, S Burgess 0-1. T McGee 1-0, P Clarke 0-4, D Byrne 0-1, W Cuffe 0-1.

Quarter-finals

19 May 1963 Quarter-finalOffaly2-5 – 1-2LongfordCusack Park, Mullingar
T Greene 1-1, L Boland 1-0, H Donnelly 0-3, S Ryan 0-1. D O'Brien 1-0, M Hopkins 0-2. Attendance: J Hatton (Wicklow)
Referee: 12,428

26 May 1963 Quarter-finalLaois3-9 – 0-10CarlowGeraldine Park, Athy
N Delaney 1-3, N Dunne 1-1, S Price 1-0, Fint Walsh 0-2, G Rankins 0-2, T Browne 0-1. B Hayden 0-8, E Hogan 0-1, M Donovan 0-1.
2 June 1963 Quarter-finalDublin2-6 – 2-5MeathCroke Park, Dublin
J Timmons 1-3, M Whelan 1-0, L Foley 0-2, D Foley 0-1. J Nallen 1-1, J Quinn 1-1, P McCormack 0-2, J Cromwell 0-1. Attendance: 21,931
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)
9 June 1963 Quarter-finalKildare2-11 – 1-12LouthCroke Park, Dublin
H Fahy 1-5, J McNally 1-1, J Andreson 0-3, N Madigan 0-1, P Moore 0-1. L Leech 1-2, M Gartlan 0-3, K Behan 0-2, J Mulroy 0-2, M McKeown 0-1, F Clarke 0-1, F Lynch 0-1. Referee: B Smyth (Meath)

Semi-finals

23 June 1963 Semi-finalDublin2-7 – 1-5KildareCroke Park, Dublin
D Ferguson 1-2, B McDonald 1-0, M Whelan 0-3, J Timmons 0-1, S Behan 0-1. H Fay 1-2, M Carolan 0-1, M Geraghty 0-1, P Moore 0-1. Attendance: 38,470
30 June 1963 Semi-finalLaois2-7 – 0-9OffalyO'Moore Park, Portlaoise
S Price 1-1, D Byrne 0-4, G Rankins 1-0, D Delaney 0-1, N Delaney 0-1. H Donnelly 0-6, M Brady 0-1, T Furlong 0-1, D Hanlon 0-1. Attendance: 22,000
Referee: P Kelly (Dublin)

Final

14 July 1963 FinalDublin2-11 – 2-9LaoisCroke Park, Dublin
M Whelan 0-6, G Davey 1-1, B McDonald 1-1, L Foley 0-2, E Breslin 0-1. N Delaney 2-1, D Byrne 0-4, T Browne 0-1, F Walsh 0-1, D Delaney 0-1, S Price 0-1. Attendance: 50,042
Referee: B Smyth (Meath)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

2 June 1963 Quarter-finalTipperary1-12 – 0-6ClareGaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: J Sheehan (Dublin)

Semi-finals

9 June 1963 Semi-finalCork2-14 – 2-1WaterfordPáirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy
E Coughlan 1-2, E Ryan 1-1, C O'Sullivan 0-4, JJ Murphy 0-4, N O'Halloran 0-2, C O'Sullivan 0-1. T Kirwan 1-0, P Walsh 1-0, P Murray 0-1.
23 June 1963 Semi-finalKerry5-10 – 1-6TipperaryFrank Sheehy Park, Listowel
B O'Callaghan 2-3, V Lucey 1-2, F O'Leary 1-1, S Sheehy 1-0, M O'Connell 0-4. S McGovern 1-2, M Keating 0-1, J O'Meara 0-1, G Danagher 0-1, L Boland 0-1. Referee: J Sheehan (Dublin)

Final

14 July 1963 FinalKerry1-18 – 3-7CorkFitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
M O'Dwyer 1-4, M O'Connell 0-4, B O'Callaghan 0-3, T Long 0-3, F O'Leary 0-2, P Griffin 0-2. W O'Leary 2-3, JJ Murphy 1-0, M Burke 0-2, B Coughlan 0-1, P O'Sullivan 0-1. Referee: J Martin (Roscommon)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

2 June 1963 Preliminary roundAntrim2-9 – 0-3TyroneCasement Park, Belfast
P Lynn 1-2, G McRory 0-4, S Rice 1-0, S Deveney 0-1, P McGuckian 0-1, L McNeill 0-1. F Donnelly 0-3. Attendance: 5,000

Quarter-finals

9 June 1963 Quarter-finalDown6-11 – 1-3MonaghanPairc Esler, Newry
V Kane 2-2, D McCartan 1-2, S O'Neill 1-2, J Fitzsimons 1-1, B Johnstone 1-0, K O'Neill 0-1, J Lennon 0-1, A Hedden 0-1, E Lavery 0-1. J McArdle 1-0, Paddy Duffy 0-2, B Curran 0-1. Referee: V Mulholland (Armagh)
16 June 1963 Quarter-finalArmagh1-8 – 2-3AntrimThe Playing Fields, Lurgan
J Whan 1-1, D McCrory 0-2, J Murphy 0-2, K Brown 0-2, E Casey 0-1. L McNeill 2-0, G McCrory 0-2, P Lynn 0-1. Referee: P Rooney (Down)
16 June 1963 Quarter-finalDonegal2-12 – 1-6FermanaghMacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
H Laverty 0-6, D Breslin 1-0, D Houlihan 1-0, S Ferriter 0-3, J Hannigan 0-2, P Ward 0-1. J Maguire 0-4, PT Treacy 1-0, T Greene 0-1, H Murphy 0-1.
23 June 1963 Quarter-finalDerry2-8 – 3-9CavanDean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen
S O'Connell 1-3, D McKeever 1-0, HF Gribbin 0-2, L O'Neill 0-2, D Mullan 0-1. C Gallagher 0-7, J Brady 1-2, C Toal 1-0, R Carolan 1-0. Attendance: 6,000
Referee: J Martin (Tyrone)

Semi-finals

7 July 1963 Semi-finalDown0-9 – 0-5ArmaghCasement Park, Belfast
S O'Neill 0-3, B Morgan 0-1, V Kane 0-1, B Johnstone 0-1, J McCartan 0-1, J Lennon 0-1, A Haddon 0-1. K Browne 0-3, E Casey 0-1, J Murphy 0-1. Attendance: 15,000
14 July 1963 Semi-finalDonegal4-5 – 0-6CavanSt. Tiernach's Park, Clones
H Laverty 2-3, D Houlihan 1-1, D Breslin 1-0, M Griffin 0-1. J McDonnell 0-2, C Gallagher 0-1, R Carolan 0-1, T Lynch 0-1, P Pritchard 0-1. Attendance: 20,000

Final

28 July 1963 FinalDown2-11 – 1-4DonegalBreffni Park, Cavan
B Johnstone 1-2, P Doherty 1-1, S O'Neill 0-4, V Kane 0-2, D McCartan 0-1, J McCartan 0-1. J Hannigan 1-0, C Breslin 0-2, S Ferriter 0-1, F McFeeley 0-1. Attendance: 35,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

4 August 1963 Semi-finalGalway1-7 – 0-8KerryCroke Park, Dublin
P Donnellan 1-1, S Leydon 0-3, C Dunne 0-2, M McDonagh 0-1. M O'Connell 0-4, F O'Leary 0-2, P Griffin 0-1, T Long 0-1. Attendance: 37,193
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)
18 August 1963 Semi-finalDublin2-11 – 0-7DownCroke Park, Dublin
B McDonald 2-0, M Whelan 0-6, J Timmons 0-3, D Foley 0-1, D Ferguson 0-1. S O'Neill 0-3, P Doherty 0-2, J McCartan 0-1, J Lennon 0-1. Attendance: 70,072
Referee: C Crowley (Waterford)

Final

22 September 1963 FinalDublin1-9 – 0-10GalwayCroke Park, Dublin
M Whelan 0-5, G Davey 1-0, J Timmons 0-2, B McDonald 0-1, D Ferguson 0-1. M McDonagh 0-5, J Keenan 0-2, C Dunne 0-2, S Leydon 0-1. Attendance: 87,106
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)

Championship statistics

Scoring

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Mickey Whelan Dublin 1-20 23 5 4.60
2 Cathal Flynn Leitrim 1-18 21 3 7.00
3 Séamus Leydon Galway 3-7 16 4 4.00
4 Harry Laverty Donegal 2-9 15 3 5.00
Seán O'Neill Down 1-12 15 4 3.75
6 Brian McDonald Dublin 4-2 14 5 2.80
Noel Delaney Laois 3-5 14 3 4.66
8 Pat Donnellan Galway 3-4 13 4 3.25
Harry Fay Kildare 2-7 13 2 6.50
10 John Timmons Dublin 1-9 12 5 2.40
Mick O'Connell Kerry 0-12 12 3 4.00
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Séamus Leydon Galway 3-1 10 Leitrim
2 Bernie O'Callaghan Kerry 2-3 9 Tipperary
Willie O'Leary Cork 2-3 9 Kerry
Harry Laverty Donegal 2-3 9 Cavan
Cathal Flynn Leitrim 1-6 9 Roscommon
Jimmy Mulroy Louth 1-6 9 Wicklow
7 Val Kane Down 2-2 8 Monaghan
Harry Fay Kildare 1-5 8 Louth
Brendan Hayden Carlow 0-8 8 Laois
10 Noel Delaney Laois 2-1 7 Dublin
Mick O'Dwyer Kerry 1-4 7 Cork
Cathal Flynn Leitrim 0-7 7 Sligo
Charlie Gallagher Cavan 0-7 7 Derry

Miscellaneous

  • Kilkenny dropped from the Leinster football championship until 1975 after a 1 sided defeat to Carlow.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Dublin and Down was their first championship meeting.
  • The attendance of 87,106 at the All-Ireland final between Dublin and Galway was the third highest on record.
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References

  1. "1963: a family connection". Eir Sport. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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