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1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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Field	Value
title	1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	Kildare gaa football team 1928.jpg
caption	Kildare, champions
event	[1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1928-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Kildare
team1association	[[File:Colours of Kildare.svg	40px]]
team1score	2–6
(12)
team2	Cavan
team2association	[[File:Colours of Cavan.svg	40px]]
team2score	2–5
(11)
date	30 September 1928
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Tom Burke (Louth)
attendance	24,700
previous	[1927](1927-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1929](1929-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(12) (11) The 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 41st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Background

This was the third of four consecutive appearances in the decider for Kildare.

Match

This year's final was played on 30 September.

Summary

Cavan claimed that Paddy Loughlin's late goal was thrown into the net. Patsy Devlin hit a goal back to equalise, but Bill Mangan scored a point to win the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time. Tom Burke refereed the game.

1928 was the first year in which the Sam Maguire Cup was awarded to the All-Ireland SFC winner; the cup is still awarded to the winning team.

Details

Kildare

1 Mick Walsh
2 Mick Buckley
3 Matt Goff
4 Gus Fitzpatrick
5 Frank Malone
6 Jack Higgins
7 Jack Hayes
8 Joe Loughlin
9 Bill Gannon (c)
10 Paddy Martin
11 Paddy Loughlin
12 Paul Doyle
13 Bill Mangan
14 Joe Curtis
15 Tom Keogh

References

Diallo, Raf. (31 December 2025). "Sport in 1926: Radio advent in hurling and a Five Nations near miss". RTÉ.
(2021). "The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES". DBA.
''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
Kenny, Tom. (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". [[Galway Advertiser]].

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