1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Final

Event	1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Dublin Galway 1-9 0-10
Date	22 September 1963
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Eamon Moules, Wicklow Man of the match = Leo Hickey
Attendance	87,106
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Eamon Moules, Wicklow

The 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 76th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Brian McDonald scored Dublin's goal in a small-rectangle scuffle involving six defenders and four attackers. Galway narrowed the gap to 1 point near the end, but John Timmons put Dublin two ahead. The referee (Eamon Moules, Wicklow) denied Galway a last-minute penalty.

Galway were beaten by a Simon Behan goal.

Man of the match was Leo Hickey

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