1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1926 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
Kerry, champions
Event1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date5 September 1926
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Attendance37,500
Weatherwet
1925
1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final replay
Date17 October 1926
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Attendance35,500
1927

The 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 39th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Final

A last-minute goal by Bill Gorman (Kerry) forced a draw. After the game, Kerry's centre back Jack Murphy put his clothes back on without taking off his playing gear, and died of pneumonia before the replay.[1]

Replay

The Kingdom (Kerry) won the replay with a Tom O'Mahoney goal.[1]

It was the second of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1920s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Dublin who also won three.[2]

Match details

References

  1. ^ a b High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.