1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates 25 May 1975 - 28 September 1975
Teams 33
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (23 win)
Captain Mickey "Ned" O'Sullivan
Manager Mick O'Dwyer
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Dublin
Captain Seán Doherty
Manager Kevin Heffernan
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Derry
Connacht Sligo
Championship statistics
No. matches played 35
Goals total 101 (2.8 per game)
Points total 762 (21. 7 per game)
Top Scorer Jimmy Keaveney (1-38)
Player of the Year John O'Keeffe
1974
1976

The 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 89th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 25 May 1975 and ended on 28 September 1975.

Dublin were the defending champions. London fielded a team in the senior championship for the first time.

On 28 September 1975, Kerry won the championship following a 2-12 to 0-11 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 23rd All-Ireland title, their first in five championship seasons.

Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the championship's top scorer with 1-38. Kerry's John O'Keeffe was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Format

The usual knock-out four-province setup was used. London played in the Connacht Senior Football Championship for the first time.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Munster Senior Football Championship

Ulster Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Jimmy Keaveney Dublin 1-38 41 5 8.20
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Murt Connor Offaly 3-2 11 Laois
Seán Daly Armagh 2-5 11 Fermanagh
3 Mickey Kearns Sligo 0-10 10 Galway
Jimmy Keaveney Dublin 0-10 10 Wexford
5 John Egan Kerry 2-3 9 Tipperary
Willie Walsh Down 2-3 9 Derry
Tony McTague Offaly 0-9 9 Kildare
Jimmy Keaveney Dublin 0-9 9 Derry
9 Willie Brennan Laois 2-2 8 Offaly
John Egan Kerry 2-2 8 Sligo
Tony Hoey Louth 1-5 8 Dublin
Tony Murphy Cork 0-8 8 Clare

References

  1. Breheny, Martin (18 September 2014). "Kerry's power surge strongest since 1975 - O'Dwyer". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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