1952–53 National Football League (Ireland)

Football competition April 2022 1952–53 National Football League 19 October 1952 – 9 May 1953 Dublin Mossy Whelan 1st Cavan Mick Higgins 1951–52 1953–54 The 1952–53 National Football League was the 22nd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Dublin defeated Cavan in the final, wearing St Vincents' white and blue shirts — not just to prevent a colour clash, but because fourteen of their team were Vincents' men (the exception being goalkeeper Tony O'Grady of the Air Corps club).From The Press Box: Seventy Years of Great Moments in Irish Sport by Peter ByrneMayo results archive, 1953GAA Final TeamsPride in the Jerseyhttp://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/gaa-archive/gaa-years/2000-2009-(4)/1984-(3) GAA Archive 2015-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20150715012429/http://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/gaa-archive/gaa-years/2000-2009-(4)/1984-(3) 2015-07-15 dead http://www.cavancyms.com/cavanallirelandfinals.html Cavan's finals 2015-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200925/http://www.cavancyms.com/cavanallirelandfinals.html 2015-09-23 dead Format Teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reach the semi-final. Results Division I Division II Division III Mayo football, Kerry football and Galway football were tied at the top, so had a playoff round which Kerry won. Clare football and Cork football were at the bottom. Division IV Finals 12 April 1953Semi-Final Cavan 3-6 – 2-5 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin 25 April 1953Final Dublin 4-6 – 0-9 Cavan Croke Park, Dublin 37,605 Séamus Hayes (Tipperary) References National Football League National Football League Category:National Football League (Ireland) seasons