1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Mayo (2nd win) Captain Eamon Walsh Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Clare Captain Tommy Mangan Manager Provincial Champions Munster Clare Leinster Louth Ulster Armagh Connacht Mayo The 1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 22nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18. Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship. On 27 September 1953, Mayo won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-6 defeat of Clare in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in fifteen championship seasons.https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0928/238817-minor_foot_roh/ All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour RTÉ Sport 20 September 2011 19 November 2012 Results Connacht Minor Football Championship 21 June 1953 Preliminary Round border|20x20px Galway 5-06 - 0-01 border|20x20px Leitrim St Coman's Park, Roscommon 28 June 1953 Semi-Final border|20x20px Sligo 0-05 - 2-10 border|20x20px Mayo Corran Park, Ballymote 5 July 1953 Semi-Final border|20x20px Galway 1-03 - 2-08 border|20x20px Roscommon Tuam Stadium, Galway 19 July 1953 Final border|20x20px Roscommon 1-03 - 1-09 border|20x20px Mayo St Coman's Park, Roscommon Munster Minor Football Championship 19 July 1953 Final border|20x20px Clare 0-07 - 0-02 20px|border Cork Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Leinster Minor Football Championship 26 July 1953 Leinster Senior and Minor Titles for Louth The Argus 1 August 1953 Rathangan Defeats Senior Champions Leinster Leader 25 July 1953 Final 20px|border Louth 1–06 - 0–06 20px|border Kildare P. McMahon 1-1, J. Reynolds 0-2, B. McDonald, P. Hallinan, O. Judge 0-1 each S. Aldridge 0-3, S. Harrison 0-2, W. Ryan 0-1 Croke Park, Dublin W. O'Connor (Carlow) GK1 Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)RCB2 Tom McArdle (Clan na Gael)FB3 Ken Smyth (Kilsaran)LCB4 Patsy McEntee (St Dominic's)RHB5 Patsy Coleman (St Mary's)CHB6 John McArdle (Clan na Gael) (c)LHB7 Eamon McGrath (Cooley Kickhams)MF8 Paddy Hallinan (St Dominic's)MF9 Oliver Judge (Oliver Plunketts)RHF10 Brendan Kierans (Oliver Plunketts)CHF11 Jackie Reynolds (Lourdes Rangers)LHF12 Jim Judge (Oliver Plunketts)RCF13 Frank Murphy (Lourdes Rangers)FF14 Patrick McMahon (Dowdallshill)LCF15 Brian McDonald (Dundalk Young Irelands) GK1 S. Kelly (Round Towers)RCB2 P. Loughlin (Round Towers)FB3 F. McGinty (Carbury)LCB4 S. Mullally (Athgarvan)RHB5 F. Mooney (Sarsfields)CHB6 J. Daly (Naas)LHB7 J. Dowling (Moorefield)MF8 M. Carroll (Kildangan)MF9 T. Halligan (Athy)RHF10 E. Hogan (Naas) (c)CHF11 S. Aldridge (Round Towers)LHF12 T. Martin (Rathangan)RCF13 S. Harrison (Kildangan)FF14 D. Kane (Naas)LCF15 W. Ryan (Athy) Ulster Minor Football Championship 26 July 1953 Final border|20x20px Armagh 2-15 - 3-02 border|20x20px Tyrone Casement Park, Belfast All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-finals 23 August 1953Minors Also Beaten Drogheda Independent 29 August 1953 border|20x20px Clare 1-10 - 0-02 border|20x20px Louth Croke Park, Dublin 30 August 1953 border|20x20px Mayo 5-02 - 1-05 border|20x20px Armagh Pearse Park, Longford Final 27 September 1953Mayo Take Second All-Ireland Minor Title 3 October 1953 Ballina Herald border|20x20px Mayo 2-11 - 1-06 border|20x20px Clare Croke Park, Dublin D. King (Down) Championship statistics Miscellaneous Clare win the Munster Championship for the first time since 1930. References 1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship