1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Football match
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The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 53rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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| Event | 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 22 September 1940 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Seamus Burke (Kildare) | ||||||
| Attendance | 60,821 | ||||||
Match
This year's final was played on 22 September.[1]
Summary
Joe Duggan scored a goal for Galway just before half-time, but Kerry hit four points in the second half to secure a narrow victory. The game was plagued by fouls, sixty-two frees being awarded in all.[2]
It was the first of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1940s.[3]
It was also the first of three consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals lost by Galway.[4]
With their 1940 win, Kerry reached 14 All-Ireland SFC titles, drawing level with Dublin.[5] Dublin had been in the lead since 1892. In 1941, Kerry would take the lead; Dublin equalled the new total in 1942, but never again managed to surpass Kerry's total.[5]
Details
         Kerry
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  Galway
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Kerry
- 1 D. O'Keeffe
- 2 B. Myers
- 3 J. Keohane
- 4 T. Healy
- 5 B. Dillon
- 6 B. Casey
- 7 E. Walsh
- 8 S. Brosnan
- 9 J. Walsh
- 10 J. O'Gorman
- 11 T. O'Connor
- 12 P. Kennedy
- 13 M. Kelly
- 14 D. Spring (c)
- 15 C. O'Sullivan
- Sub used
- P. B. Brosnan for D. Spring
- Trainer
- C. Brosnan