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1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Field	Value
title	1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
event	[1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1963-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Dublin
team1association	[[File:Colours of Dublin.svg	40px]]
team1score	1–9
(12)
team2	Galway
team2association	[[File:Colours of Galway.svg	40px]]
team2score	0–10
(10)
date	22 September 1963
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Eamonn Moules (Wicklow)
attendance	87,106
previous	[1962](1962-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1964](1964-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(12) (10) 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.

Match

This year's final was played on 22 September.

Summary

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.

Galway were beaten by a Simon Behan goal.

Man of the match was Leo Hickey.

Details

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, Noel Fox.

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

Dublin

1 P. Flynn
2 L. Hickey
3 L. Foley
4 B. Casey
5 D. McKane
6 P. Holden
7 M. Kissane
8 D. Foley (c)
9 J. Timmons
10 B. McDonald
11 M. Whelan
12 G. Davey
13 S. Behan
14 D. Ferguson
15 N. Fox

;Subs : 16 F. McPhillips : 17 C. Kane : 18 P. Downey : 19 A. Donnelly : 20 É. Breslin : 21 P. Synnott : 22 S. Lee : 23 S. Coen : 24 K. Heffernan

Galway

1 M. Moore
2 E. Colleran
3 N. Tierney
4 S. Meade
5 B. McDermott
6 J. Donnellan
7 M. L. Newell
8 M. Garrett (c)
9 M. Reynolds
10 C. Dunne
11 M. McDonagh
12 P. Donnellan
13 J. Keenan
14 S. Cleary
15 S. Leydon

;Sub used : B. Geraghty for S. 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.
(2021). "The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES". DBA.
''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
(5 August 1963). "Galway Reaches Final In All-Ireland Football". [[Hartford Courant]].
Kenny, Tom. (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". [[Galway Advertiser]].

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