1961–62 National Football League (Ireland)

1961–62 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1961 – 13 May 1962
League champions
Winners	Down (2nd win)
Captain	Paddy Doherty
League runners-up
Runners-up	Dublin
Captain	Kevin Heffernan
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 National Football League was the 31st staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

The final featured on the Amharc Éireann newsreel. Seán O'Neill scored a late penalty to win the game.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results

Finals

Down v Dublin

13 May 1962
Final

Down	2-5 – 1-7	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 56,515
Referee: M McArdle (Louth)^[4]

References

↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ Photo Archive
↑ Amharc Éireann
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

External links

Down v Dublin NFL Final 1962 on YouTube, highlights from Gael-Linn

National Football Leagues

Seasons	1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Finals Records and statistics Winning players

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