1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event	1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date	22 September 1963
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Eamonn Moules (Wicklow)
Attendance	87,106
	← 1962 1964 →

The 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 76th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Brian McDonald took the line ball that led to Dublin's goal, which was finished by Simon Behan after a small-rectangle scuffle involving six defenders and four attackers. Galway narrowed the gap to one point near the end, but John Timmons put Dublin two ahead. Referee Eamonn Moules (Wicklow) denied Galway a last-minute penalty.^[2]^[3]

Galway were beaten by a Simon Behan goal.^[4]

Man of the match was Leo Hickey.^{[citation needed]}

Match details

Dublin

Galway

Dublin: Pascal Flynn; Leo Hickey, Lar Foley, Bill Casey; Des McKane, Paddy Holden, Mick Kissane; Des Foley, John Timmons; Brian McDonald, Mickey Whelan, Gerry Davey; Simon Behan, Des Ferguson, Nicky Fox.

Galway: Michael Moore; Seán Meade, Noel Tierney, Bosco McDermott; John Donnellan, Enda Colleran, Martin Newell; Mick Garrett, Mick Reynolds; Cyril Dunne, Mattie McDonagh, Pat Donnellan; John Keenan, Seán Cleary, Séamus Leydon. Sub: Brian Geraghty for Seán Cleary.

References

^ Furlong, Brendan (17 November 2021). "Eamonn 'Fitch' Moules, referee of first televised All-Ireland football final, dies aged 97: Wicklowman also took charge of 1963 decider and a National League final in New York". The Irish Times. In 1963 Moules was in charge of the final which saw Dublin defeat Galway by 1–9 to 0–10.
^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
^ "Galway Reaches Final In All-Ireland Football". Hartford Courant. 5 August 1963. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013.
^ Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 14 April 2011. In 1959, Kerry beat them 3 – 7 to 1 – 4, and in 1963 that Simon Behan goal for Dublin beat us, the score 1 – 9 to 0 – 10.

[1] Furlong, Brendan (17 November 2021). "Eamonn 'Fitch' Moules, referee of first televised All-Ireland football final, dies aged 97: Wicklowman also took charge of 1963 decider and a National League final in New York". The Irish Times. In 1963 Moules was in charge of the final which saw Dublin defeat Galway by 1–9 to 0–10.

[2] High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.

[3] "Galway Reaches Final In All-Ireland Football". Hartford Courant. 5 August 1963. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013.

[4] Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 14 April 2011. In 1959, Kerry beat them 3 – 7 to 1 – 4, and in 1963 that Simon Behan goal for Dublin beat us, the score 1 – 9 to 0 – 10.

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