1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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| Event | 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 5 September 1926 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Attendance | 37,500 | ||||||
| Weather | Wet | ||||||
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| Date | 17 October 1926 | ||||||
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| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Attendance | 35,500 | ||||||
The 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 39th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Matches
[edit]Summary
[edit]A last-minute goal by Bill Gorman (Kerry) forced a draw. After the game, Kerry's centre-back Jack Murphy put his clothes back on without taking off his playing gear, and died of pneumonia before the replay.[1]
The Kingdom (Kerry) won the replay, with a Tom O'Mahony goal.[1]
It was the second of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1920s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Dublin, also winner of three.[2]
Details
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      Kerry
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Kildare
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Kerry =
- 1 Johnny Riordan
- 2 Pat Clifford
- 3 Joe Barrett
- 4 Jack Walsh
- 5 Paul Russell
- 6 Jerry Moriarty
- 7 John Slattery
- 8 Con Brosnan
- 9 Bob Stack
- 10 John Ryan
- 11 Denis O'Connell
- 12 Tom O'Mahony
- 13 J. J. Sheehy (c)
- 14 Jimmy Bailey
- 15 Bill Gorman
- Played in drawn game
- John Murphy
- Joe O'Sullivan
- Phil O'Sullivan
References
[edit]- ^ a b High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.