1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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The 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the fiftieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
| Event | 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 26 September 1937 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Attendance | 52,325 | ||||||
Matches
Summary
The Radio Athlone commentator mistakenly announced Cavan as the winners of the first game; Packie Boylan's late point had been disallowed. Kerry won the replay by six points, with goals by Tim O'Leary (2), Miko Doyle and John Joe Landers.[1]
It was the fourth of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.[2]
Details
26 Sep 1939 Final |
17 Oct 1939 Replay |
       Kerry
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  Cavan
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Official programmes for the final (left) and playoff (right)
Kerry
- 1 Dan O'Keeffe
- 2 Bill Kinnerk
- 3 Joe Keohane
- 4 Billy Myers
- 5 Tim O'Donnell
- 6 Bill Dillon
- 7 Tadhg Healy
- 8 Johnny Walsh
- 9 Seán Brosnan
- 10 J. Flavin
- 11 Charlie O'Sullivan
- 12 Tim Landers
- 13 J. J. Landers
- 14 Miko Doyle (c)
- 15 Tim O'Leary
- Subs used
- Tom O'Connor for O'Donnell
- Played in drawn game
- Gearóid Fitzgerald
- Paddy Kennedy
- Seán McCarthy