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1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Field	Value
title	1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.jpg
image_size	250
event	[1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1969-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Kerry
team1association	[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	40px]]
team1score	0–10
team2	Offaly
team2association	[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg	40px]]
team2score	0–7
date	28 September 1969
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	John Moloney
attendance	67,828
previous	[1968](1968-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1970](1970-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 82nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Kerry claimed a three-point win, thanks mostly to three great saves by goalkeeper Johnny Culloty.

This was also the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Offaly.

Half-time entertainment was provided by way of an Irish dancing routine from the "Hurling Boys from Omagh", County Tyrone.

Vendor at Heuston Station in 1969, selling rosettes for Kerry, Offaly, Derry and Cork (the latter meeting in the minor final)

Details

M. O'Dwyer (0–02) D. J. Crowley (0–02)
M. Gleeson (0–02) L. Higgins (0–01) B. Lynch (0–01) S. Evans (0–02) W. Bryan (0–01) P. Keenan (0–01)

Jackie Lyne

Fr. Tom Scully

| Man of the Match:

Linesmen:

Sideline Official Umpires |} --

References

''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
(2 August 2012). "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". [[Independent News & Media]].
"The Hurling Boys, Omagh, at the 1969 All Ireland Final".
[https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/31d59170016127fcabcef6d56414ca2c/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/collectors-cabinet-lot-343/ Away shirt worn by Kerry to avoid colours clash]

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