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1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

Football championship

FieldValue
year1973
dates13 May – 23 September 1973
teams31
munsterCork
leinsterOffaly
ulsterTyrone
connachtGalway
matches31
poty[[File: Colours of Cork.svgborder20px]] Billy Morgan
teamCork
titles4th
captainBilly Morgan
managerDonie O'Donovan
team2Galway
captain2Liam Sammon
manager2John "Tull" Dunne
topscorer[[File: Colours of Offaly.svgborder20px]] Tony McTague (1–25)
previous[1972](1972-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
next[1974](1974-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)

The 1973 All-Ireland Football Championship was the 87th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 13 May 1973 and ended on 23 September 1973.

Offaly were the defending champions but were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.

On 23 September 1973, Cork won the championship following a 3–17 to 2–13 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 4th All-Ireland title, their first in 28 championship seasons.

Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 1–25. Cork's Billy Morgan 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

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-finals

Final

Main article: 1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Tyrone won their first Ulster title since 1957.
  • Offaly win the Leinster title for the third year in succession. It is the first time in their history that they claim the coveted "three-in-a-row". It is the first time since Laois in 1938 that a team claimed three successive Leinster titles.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Cork and Tyrone was the first championship meeting between the teams.
  • Cork end their second longest drought without the All Ireland title of 28 years.

Top scorers

;Overall

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Tony McTagueOffaly1–252847.00
2John TobinGalway0–212145.25
3Billy FieldCork2–142036.66
Jimmy BarrettCork4–82045.00
5Patsy HetheringtonTyrone0–181844.50
Ray CumminsCork0–181844.50
7Seán O'NeillDown1–141735.66
8Mick O'DwyerKerry1–121527.50
9Jimmy Barry-MurphyCork5–11535.00
10Damian ReidLouth0–141443.50

;Single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Billy FieldCork1–811Clare
Tony McTagueOffaly0–1111Meath
3Willie McGeeMayo3–09Meath
Éamonn McPartlandFermanagh3–09Antrim
Gerry McCannAntrim3–09Fermanagh
Mick O'DwyerKerry1–69Tipperary
Billy FieldCork1–69Kerry
8Tommy O'MalleyMayo2–28Antrim
John CooneyOffaly2–28Meath
Jimmy BarrettCork2–28Kerry
Larry KerinsArmagh2–28Down
Tony McTagueOffaly0–88Kildare
John TobinGalway0–88Offaly
Ray CumminsCork0–88Galway

References

References

  1. "All-Ireland Football Final 1973". millstreet.ie.
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