1963 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Explained

1963 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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Data5:Kerry (7th win)
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Header8:All-Ireland Finalists
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The 1963 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 32nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Kerry entered the championship as defending champions.

On 22 September 1963, Kerry won the championship following a 1–10 to 0–2 defeat of Westmeath in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their second title in succession.[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

Leitrim 2-7 Sligo 0-7 Manorhamilton.

Semi-Finals

Roscommon 4-11 Leitrim 1-7 Castlebar.

Mayo 3-7 Galway 3-4 Tuam.

Final

Mayo 3-5 Roscommon 1-5 Castlebar Ref: George O'Toole Leitrim.

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

1963 Westmeath 2–14 Dublin 3–07 Tullamore

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

1963 Kerry 0–11 (11) Cork 0–04 (4) Cork Athletic Grounds

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

1962 Down 2–05 Armagh 0–08

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

August 4 Kerry 1-14 Mayo 2-7 Croke Park.

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Notes and References

  1. News: All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour. RTÉ Sport. 20 September 2011. 19 November 2012.