1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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The 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 59th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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| Event | 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 6 October 1946 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Bill Delaney (Laois) | ||||||
| Attendance | 75,771 | ||||||
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| Date | 27 October 1946 | ||||||
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| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Paddy Mythen (Wexford) | ||||||
| Attendance | 65,661 | ||||||
The game was originally set for 22 September, but was delayed for two weeks as part of the "Save the Harvest" campaign. (see: Winter of 1946–47)
Roscommon had a six-point lead with three minutes left, but Kerry made an amazing comeback with goals by Paddy Burke and Tom "Gega" O Connor. Burke and O'Connor also scored late goals in the replay.[1]
It was the third of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1940s.[2]
References
edit- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.