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1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Football championship
Football championship
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| year | 1960 | ||
| dates | 1 May – 25 September 1960 | ||
| teams | 30 | ||
| munster | Kerry | ||
| leinster | Offaly | ||
| ulster | Down | ||
| connacht | Galway | ||
| matches | 31 | ||
| poty | [[File: Colours of Down.svg | border | 20px]] James McCartan Sr. |
| team | Down | ||
| titles | 1st | ||
| captain | Kevin Mussen | ||
| manager | B. Carr | ||
| team2 | Kerry | ||
| captain2 | Paudie Sheehy | ||
| previous | 1959 | ||
| next | 1961 |
The 1960 All-Ireland Football Championship was the 74th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 1 May 1960 and ended on 25 September 1960.
Fermanagh back in the Ulster championship for the first time since 1948.
Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 25 September 1960, Down won the championship following a 2–10 to 0–8 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.
Down's James McCartan Sr. was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
Results
[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
(Croke Park, Dublin)
| 17 | Mickey Gartlan (Roche Emmets) for John McArdle |
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[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]
Semi-finals
Final
Main article: 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Kildare played Westmeath in the Leinster football championship for the first time since 1931.
- Fermanagh back in the Ulster football championship for the first time since 1948.
- The Dublin vs Longford game set a new record for highest score in senior football championship history (60pts). It has been equalled in 1979 (Kerry v Clare) & 2015 (Mayo v Sligo).
- Waterford beat Cork for the first time since 1919.
- Offaly win their first Leinster title.
- Down win their first All Ireland title and become the second team from Ulster after Cavan back in 1933 to win the All Ireland and the first from Northern Ireland.
- The attendance of 87,768 at the All-Ireland final between Down and Kerry sets a new official record.
Scorers
;Overall
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
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;Single game
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
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References
References
- Breheny, Martin. (17 September 2010). "1960: Down break new ground for a rich harvest". Irish Independent.
- (6 August 1960). "Louth suffered a double defeat in Leinster finals". [[Drogheda Independent]].
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