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1956–57 National Football League (Ireland)

1956–57 National Football League
League details
Dates October 1956 – 18 May 1957
League champions
Winners Galway (2nd win)
Captain Jack Mahon
League runners-up
Runners-up Kerry
Captain Jerome O'Shea

The 1956–57 National Football League was the 26th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Galway beat Kerry in the final, which was remembered as one of the greatest games for years. Kerry lead 0-5 to 0-4 at half-time. The "goal of the century", created by Seán Purcell and scored by , secured victory.



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