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1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates 25 April 1971 - 26 September 1971
Teams 31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Offaly (1st win)
Captain Willie Bryan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Galway
Captain Liam Sammon
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Offaly
Ulster Down
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
No. matches played 32
Top Scorer Colours of Offaly.svg Tony McTague (1-35)
Player of the Year Colours of Offaly.svg Eugene Mulligan
1970
1972

The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 85th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 25 April 1971 and ended on 26 September 1971.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the Munster final.

On 26 September 1971, Offaly won the championship following a 1-14 to 2-8 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.

Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 1-35. Offaly's Eugene Mulligan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

The Second Round returns to Leinster football championship this year.

Quarter-final


Semi-finals



Finals



First round



Second round


Quarter-finals






Semi-finals



Final


Quarter-finals



Semi-finals



Final


Preliminary round


Quarter-finals





Semi-finals



Final


Semi-finals



Final



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