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1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Event	1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down Kerry 2–10 (16) 0–8 (8)
Date	25 September 1960
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	John Dowling (Offaly)
Attendance	87,768
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The 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 73rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

The game turned in Down's favour 11 minutes into the second half with Dan McCartan scoring a goal directly from a line ball; two minutes later Paddy Doherty scored a penalty.

This was Down's first ever appearance in an All-Ireland final, and it brought with it their first win. It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Down in the 1960s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Galway who also won three. Down won their next four All-Ireland football finals, with this run only broken in their sixth appearance, by a one-point defeat to Cork in 2010.

This was also the first championship meeting of Down and Kerry.

Down returned to that stage of the competition for the fiftieth anniversary, the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final.

Details

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Down =

• 1 E. McKay
• 2 G. Lavery
• 3 L. Murphy
• 4 P. Rice
• 5 K. Mussen (c)
• 6 D. McCartan
• 7 K.O'Neill
• 8 J. Lennon
• 9 J. Carey
• 10 S. O'Neill
• 11 J. McCartan
• 12 P. Doherty
• 13 T. Hadden
• 14 P. O'Hagan
• 15 B. Morgan

Sub used

17 K. Denvir for J. Lennon

Subs not used

16 E. Clements

18 P. J. McElroy

19 J. Kaughlain

20 P. Fitzsimons

Manager

B. Carr

Kerry =

• 1 J. Culloty
• 2 J. O'Shea
• 3 N. Sheehy
• 4 T. Lyons
• 5 Seán Murphy
• 6 K. Coffey
• 7 M. O'Dwyer
• 8 M. O'Connell
• 9 J. D. O'Connor
• 10 Séamus Murphy
• 11 T. Long
• 12 P. Sheehy (c)
• 13 G. McMahon
• 14 John Dowling
• 15 T. Lyne

Subs used

Jack Dowling for John Dowling

J. Brosnan for G. McMahon

D. McAuliffe for T. Lyne

References

1. "The sad loss of a GAA legend". Irish Independent. 11 February 2002.
2. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
3. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
4. "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
5. "All-Ireland SFC Final: Cork 0–16 0–15 Down". BBC. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
6. Moran, Seán (20 September 2010). "Resilient Rebels do just enough to end their agonising wait". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
7. "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
8. Breheny, Martin (17 September 2010). "1960: Down break new ground for a rich harvest". Irish Independent.

External links

• Down's historic All-Ireland win remembered 60 years on

• 1960 in Gaelic football
• 1960 in Northern Ireland sport
• 1960s in Dublin (city)
• September 1960 sports events in Europe
• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals
• Down county football team matches
• Kerry county football team matches