1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

June 2018 June 2018 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1940 all ireland football final programme.jpg 150 Official programme 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Kerry 40px 0–7(7) Galway 40px 1–3(6) 22 September 1940 Croke Park Dublin Seamus Burke (Kildare) 60,821 1939 1941 The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 53rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Match This year's final was played on 22 September.https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/t8bphnbixyanijooj1un.pdfbook The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES 2021 DBA 149 Summary Joe Duggan scored a goal for Galway just before half-time, but Kerry hit four points in the second half to secure a narrow victory. The game was plagued by fouls, sixty-two frees being awarded in all.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. It was the first of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1940s.http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/kerry-on-honour-roll-1885579.html Kerry on honour roll Irish Independent 14 September 2009 14 September 2009 It was also the first of three consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals lost by Galway.Tom Kenny https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/38701/the-men-who-first-brought-sam-to-galway The men who first brought Sam to Galway Galway Advertiser 14 April 2011 14 April 2011 Then, they lost three in a row, in 1940 to Kerry by 0 – 7 to 1 – 3; in 1941 to Kerry by 1 – 8 to 0 – 7; and in 1942 to Dublin by 1 – 10 to 1 – 8. With their 1940 win, Kerry reached 14 All-Ireland SFC titles, drawing level with Dublin.Seán Moran https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/remembering-when-kerry-kicked-ahead-of-dublin-78-years-ago-1.4014161 Remembering when Kerry kicked ahead of Dublin 78 years ago: This year will be only the third replay between the counties, and the first in Croke Park The Irish Times 11 September 2019 11 September 2019 Dublin had been in the lead since 1892. In 1941, Kerry would take the lead; Dublin equalled the new total in 1942, but never again managed to surpass Kerry's total. Details thumb|left|Team of Kerry, champions 22 September 1940Final Kerry football 0–7 – 1–3 Galway football Tom Gega O'Connor (0–1), Murt Kelly (0–2), Dan Spring (0–1), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–2), Sub, Paddy Bawn Brosnan (0–1) for Dan Spring J Duggan (1–0), B Nestor, J Dunne, J Burke (0–1) each Croke Park, Dublin 60,821 Seamus Burke (Kildare) _goldborder _goldhorizontal _goldborder _hoops_gold 006600 006600 006600 ffffff 006600 Kerry _collarwhite _whitetop 770000 770000 770000 ffffff 770000 Galway Kerry 1 D. O'Keeffe 2 B. Myers 3 J. Keohane 4 T. Healy 5 B. Dillon 6 B. Casey 7 E. Walsh 8 S. Brosnan 9 J. Walsh 10 J. O'Gorman 11 T. O'Connor 12 P. Kennedy 13 M. Kelly 14 D. Spring (c) 15 C. O'Sullivan Sub used P. B. Brosnan for D. Spring Trainer C. Brosnan Galway 1 J. McGauran 2 M. Raftery 3 M. Connaire 4 D. O'Sullivan 5 F. Cunniffe 6 B. Beggs 7 C. Connolly 8 J. Dunne (c) 9 J. Duggan 10 J. Flavin 11 J. Burke 12 J. Canavan 13 M. Higgins 13 N. Mulholland 14 B. Nestor References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1940 Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Galway county football team matches Category:Kerry county football team matches Category:September 1940 sports events in Europe