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1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

The 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 77th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 5 May 1963 and ended on 22 September 1963. As of 2018, it remains the last All Ireland Senior Football Championship season to be completed without any draws.

Kilkenny dropped from the championship until 1975.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.

On 22 September 1963, Dublin won the championship following a 1–9 to 0–10 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. Their first All-Ireland victory in five championship seasons, this was their 17th All-Ireland triumph.

Dublin's Mickey Whelan was the championship's top scorer with 1–20. His teammate Lar Foley was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Results

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-final

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: 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Championship statistics

Scoring

;Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Mickey Whelan	Dublin	1–20	23	5	4.60
2	Cathal Flynn	Leitrim	1–18	21	3	7.00
3	Séamus Leydon	Galway	3–7	16	4	4.00
4	Harry Laverty	Donegal	2–9	15	3	5.00
Seán O'Neill	Down	1–12	15	4	3.75
6	Brian McDonald	Dublin	4–2	14	5	2.80
Noel Delaney	Laois	3–5	14	3	4.66
8	Pat Donnellan	Galway	3–4	13	4	3.25
Harry Fay	Kildare	2–7	13	2	6.50
10	John Timmons	Dublin	1–9	12	5	2.40
Mick O'Connell	Kerry	0–12	12	3	4.00

;Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Séamus Leydon	Galway	3–1	10	Leitrim
2	Bernie O'Callaghan	Kerry	2–3	9	Tipperary
Willie O'Leary	Cork	2–3	9	Kerry
Harry Laverty	Donegal	2–3	9	Cavan
Cathal Flynn	Leitrim	1–6	9	Roscommon
Jimmy Mulroy	Louth	1–6	9	Wicklow
7	Val Kane	Down	2–2	8	Monaghan
Harry Fay	Kildare	1–5	8	Louth
Brendan Hayden	Carlow	0–8	8	Laois
10	Noel Delaney	Laois	2–1	7	Dublin
Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	1–4	7	Cork
Cathal Flynn	Leitrim	0–7	7	Sligo
Charlie Gallagher	Cavan	0–7	7	Derry

Miscellaneous

Kilkenny dropped from the Leinster football championship until 1975 after a 1 sided defeat to Carlow.
Cavan hosted the Ulster final for the first time since 1952.
The All Ireland semi-final between Dublin and Down was their first championship meeting.
The attendance of 87,106 at the All-Ireland final between Dublin and Galway was the third highest on record.

References

"1963: a family connection". Eir Sport.

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