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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1973

1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates 13 May 1973 - 23 September 1973
Teams 31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Cork (4th win)
Captain Billy Morgan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Galway
Captain Liam Sammon
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Offaly
Ulster Tyrone
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
No. matches played 31
Top Scorer Colours of Offaly.svg Tony McTague (1-25)
Player of the Year Colours of Cork.svg Billy Morgan
1972
1974

The 1973 All-Ireland Football Championship was the 87th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 13 May 1973 and ended on 23 September 1973.

Offaly were the defending champions but were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.

On 23 September 1973, Cork won the championship following a 3-17 to 2-13 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 4th All-Ireland title, their first in 28 championship seasons.

Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 1-25. Cork's Billy Morgan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Quarter-final


Semi-finals



Final


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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