1957_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship
The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Quick Facts All-Ireland Champions, Winning team ...
| All-Ireland Champions | |
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| Winning team | Louth (3rd win) |
| Captain | Dermot O'Brien |
| Manager | Jim "Sogger" Quigley |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Cork |
| Captain | Nealie Duggan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Louth |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
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Cork ended Galway's spell a All Ireland champions by just a point in the All Ireland semi-final.
Connacht Senior Football Championship
More information Roscommon, 0-7 – 0-6 ...
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Attendance: 7,560
Connacht Final
Attendance: 13,000
Leinster Senior Football Championship
More information Kildare, 2-10 – 1-3 ...
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More information Louth, 5-8 – 1-9 ...
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Leinster Final
More information Louth, 2-9 – 1-7 ...
 Louth | 2-9 – 1-7 |  Dublin |
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| Jim McDonnell 2-2, Kevin Beahan 0-4f, Dermot O'Brien, Sean Cunningham, Frank Lynch 0-1 each | Des Ferguson 1-1, Ollie Freaney 0-4f, Paddy Downey and Cathal O'Leary 0-1 each |
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Munster Senior Football Championship
Referee: J. Kerins (K)
More information Waterford, 2-5 – 0-10 ...
| Waterford | 2-5 – 0-10 | Kerry |
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| M. O'Connell (0-1), P. Sheehy (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-3), T. Lyne (0-2), P. Fitzgerald (0-1), T. Collins (0-1) & D. McAuliffe (0-1). |
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More information Cork, 1-7 – 0-3 ...
| Cork | 1-7 – 0-3 | Clare |
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| J. Creedon (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1), T. Furlong (1-1), T. Ryan (0-1), R. Nutty (1-0) & D. Kelleher (0-3). |
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Dr. Mannix Sportsfield, Charleville
Munster Final
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Ulster Final
Attendance: 36,500
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
More information Cork, 2-4 – 0-9 ...
| Cork | 2-4 – 0-9 | Galway |
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| E. Ryan (0-2), N. Fitzgerald (1-0), E. Goulding (0-1), T. Furlong (1-0) & N. Duggan (0-2). |
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Attendance: 57,066
Attendance: 30,723
All Ireland Final
Main article: 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
More information Louth, 1-9 – 1-7 ...
| Louth | 1-9 – 1-7 | Cork |
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| Seán Cunningham (1-1), Kevin Beahan (0-3), Jim Roe (0-3), Séamus O'Donnell (0-1), Dan O'Neill (0-1) | N. Fitzgerald (0-3), T. Furlong (1-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & D. Kelleher (0-3) |
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Miscellaneous
- Wicklow record their first ever win over Meath.
- Waterford record their first win over Kerry since 1911.
- The Connacht final between Galway and Leitrim was the first game ever played at the new Pearse Stadium, in Galway named after both brothers of the 1916 rising Padraic Pearse and William Pearse.
- Louth win the All Ireland title for the first time since 1912.
- There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The All Ireland football semi-final between Louth and Tyrone and the All Ireland final between Louth and Cork.
- "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
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