All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1975
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 May 1975 - 28 September 1975 |
| Teams | 33 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Kerry (23 win) |
| Captain | Mickey "Ned" O'Sullivan |
| Manager | Mick O'Dwyer |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Dublin |
| Captain | Seán Doherty |
| Manager | Kevin Heffernan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Derry |
| Connacht | Sligo |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 35 |
| Goals total | 101 (2.8 per game) |
| Points total | 762 (21. 7 per game) |
| Top Scorer | Jimmy Keaveney (1-38) |
| Player of the Year | John O'Keeffe |
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The 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 89th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 25 May 1975 and ended on 28 September 1975.
Dublin were the defending champions. London fielded a team in the senior championship for the first time.
On 28 September 1975, Kerry won the championship following a 2-12 to 0-11 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their 23rd All-Ireland title, their first in five championship seasons.
Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the championship's top scorer with 1-38. Kerry's John O'Keeffe was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
The usual knock-out four-province setup was used. London played in the Connacht Senior Football Championship for the first time. Leinster Championship format change saw, Second round dropped this year first round winners go straight to the Quarter-finals. Kilkenny return to Leinster football for 1 year for the 1st time since 1963.
As a result of a decision taken at the Gaelic Athletic Association's (GAA) annual congress the previous year, as of 1975 all provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and the All-Ireland final itself were reduced to 70 minutes playing time. Prior to this all championship matches were eighty minutes in duration for the past 5 years.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
First round
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