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1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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Field	Value
title	1939 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
image	Kerry football team 1939.jpg
caption	Kerry (in Cork shirts), champions
event	1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
team1	Kerry
team1association	[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	40px]]
team1score	2–5
(11)
team2	Meath
team2association	[[File:Colours of Meath.svg	40px]]
team2score	2–3
(9)
date	24 September 1939
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	J Flaherty (Offaly)
attendance	46,828
previous	1938
next	1940

Senior Football Championship final (11) (9) The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 52nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Kerry had to play without their captain, Seán Brosnan, who had a heavy cold. Dan Spring (later TD, and father of Tánaiste Dick Spring) scored both Kerry goals. Meath rued their missed chances - they shot 11 wides.

This was the fifth of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.

It was also the first championship meeting of Kerry and Meath.

To avoid a colour clash, Kerry wore the red and white of Dingle, county champions at the time.

Details

Kerry

1 Dan O'Keeffe
2 Billy Myers
3 Joe Keohane
4 Tadhg Healy
5 Bill Dillon
6 Bill Casey
7 Eddie Walsh
8 Paddy Kennedy
9 Jimmy O'Gorman
10 Murt Kelly
11 Tom O'Connor (c)
12 Johnny Walsh
13 Charlie O'Sullivan
14 Dan Spring
15 Tim Landers

;Subs : 16 Tony McAuliffe : 17 Seán Brosnan : 18 M. McCarthy : 19 Mick Raymond : 20 Johnny Moriarty : 21 Jim Bawn Fitzgerald : 22 Martin Regan

;Trainer : Con Brosnan

References

Irish Independent 1905-current, Monday, September 25, 1939.
''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
(14 September 2009). "Kerry on honour roll". Independent News & Media.
"Kerry Colours", The Kerryman, 05/12/1953, 9.14

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