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1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates 1 May 1966 - 25 September 1966
Teams 31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Galway (7th win)
Captain Enda Colleran
Manager John "Tull" Dunne
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Meath
Captain Dave Carty
Manager Peter McDermott
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Meath
Ulster Down
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
No. matches played 32
Top Scorer Colours of Leinster Council.svg P. T. Treacy (4-12)
Player of the Year Colours of Galway.svg Mattie McDonagh
1965
1967

The 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 80th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 1 May 1966 and ended on 25 September 1966.

Galway entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive championship title.

On 25 September 1966, Galway won the championship following a 1-10 to 0-7 defeat of Meath in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their third championship in succession.

Fermanagh's P. T. Treacy was the championship's top scorer with 4-12. Galway's Mattie McDonagh was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

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Final


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