1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

none November 2019 November 2019 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final Kerry football team 1939.jpg Kerry (in Dingle shirts), champions 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Kerry 40px 2–5(11) Meath 40px 2–3(9) 24 September 1939 Croke Park Dublin J Flaherty (Offaly) 46,828 1938 1940 The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 52nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Match Summary Kerry had to play without their captain, Seán Brosnan, who had a heavy cold.Irish Independent 1905-current, Monday, September 25, 1939. Dan Spring (later TD, and father of Tánaiste Dick Spring) scored both Kerry goals. Meath rued their missed chances - they shot 11 wides.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. This was the fifth of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/kerry-on-honour-roll-1885579.html Kerry on honour roll Irish Independent Independent News & Media 14 September 2009 14 September 2009 It was also the first championship meeting of Kerry and Meath. To avoid a colour clash, Kerry wore the red and white of Dingle, county champions at the time."Kerry Colours", The Kerryman, 05/12/1953, 9.14 Details 24 September 1939 Final Kerry football 2–5 Meath football 2–3 Croke Park Dublin 46,828 J Flaherty (Offaly) _white hoop _whitehorizontal _white hoop _hoops_white ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ffffff ff0000 Kerry _old_laced _hoops_gold 006600 006600 006600 ffffff 006600 Meath thumb|right|Meath team, runners-up Kerry 1 Dan O'Keeffe 2 Billy Myers 3 Joe Keohane 4 Tadhg Healy 5 Bill Dillon 6 Bill Casey 7 Eddie Walsh 8 Paddy Kennedy 9 Jimmy O'Gorman 10 Murt Kelly 11 Tom O'Connor (c) 12 Johnny Walsh 13 Charlie O'Sullivan 14 Dan Spring 15 Tim Landers Subs 16 Tony McAuliffe 17 Seán Brosnan 18 M. McCarthy 19 Mick Raymond 20 Johnny Moriarty 21 Jim Bawn Fitzgerald 22 Martin Regan Trainer Con Brosnan References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1939 Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Kerry county football team matches Category:Meath county football team matches Category:September 1939 sports events in Europe