1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date 28 September 1969
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance 67,828

The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 82nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Kerry claimed a three-point win, thanks mostly to three great saves by goalkeeper Johnny Culloty.[1]

This was also the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Offaly.[2]

Vendor at Heuston Station in 1969, selling rosettes for Kerry, Offaly, Derry and Cork (the latter meeting in the minor final)

Details

28 September 1969
Kerry
0-10 - 0-7 Offaly
M. O'Connell (0–02)
M. O'Dwyer (0–02)
D.J. Crowley (0–02)
M. Gleeson(0–02)
L. Higgins (0–01)
B. Lynch (0–01)
T. McTague (0-03)
S. Evans (0-02)
W. Bryan (0-01)
P. Keenan (0-01)
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: J. Moloney (Tipperary)
Kerry:
1 Johnny Culloty (Captain)
2 Séamus Murphy
3 Paudie O'Donoghue
4 Sáamus MacGearailt
5 Tom Prendergast
6 Mick Morris
7 Mícheál Ó Sé
8 Mick O'Connell
9 Din Joe Crowley
10 Brendan Lynch
11 Pat Griffin
12 Éamonn O'Donoghue
13 Michael Gleeson
14 Liam Higgins
15 Mick O'Dwyer
Substitutes:
16 Donie O'Sullivan
17 Mick Fleming
18 John O'Keeffe
19 Derry Crowley
20 Dom O'Donnell
21 Weeshie Fogarty
Manager:
Jackie Lyne
Offaly:
1 Martin Furlong
2 Paddy McCormack
3 Greg Hughes
4 Johnny Egan (c)
5 Eugene Mulligan
6 Nick Clavin
7 Mick Ryan
8 L Coughlan
9 Willie Bryan
10 Pat Keenan  #18'
11 Ambrose Hickey  #17'
12 Tony McTague
13 Sean Kilroy  #16'
14 Sean Evans
15 S Cooney
Substitutes:
16 Pat Monaghan  #13'
17 F Costello  #11'
18 Kevin Kilmurray  #10'
19 Mick O'Rourke
20 J Flynn
21 B Guinan
22 L Grogan
23 McEvoy
Manager:
Fr. Tom Scully

Linesmen:

Sideline Official

References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
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