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1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates 5 May 1963 - 22 September 1963
Teams 31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Dublin (17th win)
Captain Des Foley
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Galway
Captain Mick Garrett
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Down
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
No. matches played 30
Top Scorer Colours of Dublin.svg Mickey Whelan (1-20)
Player of the Year Colours of Dublin.svg Lar Foley
1962
1964

The 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 77th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 5 May 1963 and ended on 22 September 1963.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.

On 22 September 1963, Dublin won the championship following a 1-9 to 0-10 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 17th All-Ireland title and their first in five championship seasons.

Dublin's Mickey Whelan was the championship's top scorer with 1-20. His teammate Lar Foley was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Quarter-final


Semi-finals



Final


First round





Quarter-finals





Semi-finals



Final


Quarter-final


Semi-finals



Final


Preliminary round


Quarter-finals





Semi-finals



Final


Semi-finals



Final



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