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1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

Field	Value
year	1962
dates	29 April – 23 September 1962
teams	31
team	Kerry
titles	20th
captain	Seán Óg Sheehy
team2	Roscommon
captain2	Gerry O'Malley
leinster	Dublin
munster	Kerry
ulster	Cavan
connacht	Roscommon
matches	31
previous	[1961](1961-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
next	[1963](1963-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)

The 1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 76th staging of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 29 April 1962 and ended on 23 September 1962.

Games were shown on television for the first time ever.

Down entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cavan in the Ulster final.

Kerry won their twentieth All-Ireland title.

Results

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-finals

Final

Main article: 1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Sligo beat Mayo for the first time since 1928.
Football matches were shown on Television for the first time ever.
Garry McMahon of Kerry scored the fastest goal ever in an All-Ireland final when he found the net after just 34 seconds against Roscommon.
The All-Ireland final between Kerry and Roscommon becomes the first championship game to be broadcast live on Telefís Éireann.

Scorers

;Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average

;Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition

References

"Football Results 1941 – 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA".
"All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010".
"Leinster Senior Football Champions".
Fitzgibbon, Gerard. (10 September 2011). "Garry McMahon weekend to take place in Abbeyfeale in November". Limerick Leader.

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