1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained

Year:1957
Team:Louth
Titles:3rd
Manager:Jim "Sogger" Quigley
Team2:Cork
Leinster:Louth
Munster:Cork
Ulster:Tyrone
Connacht:Galway
Next:1958

The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Cork ended Galway's spell an All Ireland champions by just a point in the All Ireland semi-final.

Louth won their third, and so-far last, title.[1] [2] [3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

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Connacht Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

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Leinster Final

GK1Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCB2Ollie Reilly (Hunterstown Rovers)
FB3Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
LCB4Jim Meehan (Naomh Mhuire)
RHB5Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)
CHB6Jim McArdle (Roche Emmets)
LHB7Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF8Kevin Beahan (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)
MF9Dan O'Neill (St Dominic's)
RHF10Séamus O'Donnell (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF11Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)
LHF12Alfie Monk (Naomh Mhuire)
RCF13Seán Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF14Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
LCF15Jim Roe (St Mary's)
Substitutes:
19Barney McCoy (St Mary's) for Reilly
20Frank Lynch (Geraldines) for Monk
GK1
RCB2
FB3
LCB4
RHB5
CHB6
LHB7
MF8
MF9
RHF10
CHF11
LHF12
RCF13
FF14
LCF15

Munster Senior Football Championship

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Munster Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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Ulster Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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All Ireland Final

See main article: 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA . 2011-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030727/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1941_1970.html . 2012-03-21 . dead .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx . 2011-07-16 . dead .
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-09-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf . 2011-09-28 .