Year: | 1977 |
Dates: | 8 May – 25 September 1977 |
Teams: | 33 |
Connacht: | Roscommon |
Munster: | Kerry |
Leinster: | Dublin |
Ulster: | Armagh |
Poty: | Jimmy Keaveney |
Team: | Dublin |
Titles: | 20th |
Captain: | Tony Hanahoe |
Manager: | Tony Hanahoe |
Team2: | Armagh |
Captain2: | Jimmy Smyth |
Manager2: | Gerry O'Neill |
Topscorer: | Jimmy Keaveney (2-27) |
Previous: | 1976 |
Next: | 1978 |
The 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 91st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 8 May 1977 and ended on 25 September 1977.
Kilkenny returned to the Leinster Senior Football Championship.
Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 25 September 1977, Dublin won the championship following a 5-12 to 3-6 defeat of Armagh in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 20th All-Ireland title and their second championship in succession.
Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the championship's top scorer with 2-27. Keaveney was also the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
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See main article: 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jimmy Keaveney | Dublin | 2-27 | 33 | 5 | 6.60 | |
Dermot Earley | Roscommon | 1-30 | 33 | 5 | 6.60 | ||
3 | Vincent Henry | Offaly | 1-18 | 21 | 2 | 10.50 | |
4 | Jimmy Smyth | Armagh | 1-16 | 19 | 6 | 3.16 | |
5 | Brendan Kelly | Derry | 2-11 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 | |
Damien Reid | Louth | 1-14 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 | ||
7 | Willie Brennan | Laois | 2-10 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 | |
Willie Cullen | Carlow | 2-10 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 | ||
9 | Barry Walsh | Kerry | 2-9 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 | |
10 | Tommy Carew | Kildare | 3-5 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jimmy Keaveney | Dublin | 2-6 | 12 | Armagh |
2 | Brendan Kelly | Derry | 2-5 | 11 | Tyrone |
Vincent Henry | Offaly | 1-8 | 11 | Wexford | |
Ken Rennicks | Meath | 1-8 | 11 | Laois | |
5 | Willie Brennan | Laois | 2-4 | 10 | Louth |
Barry Walsh | Kerry | 2-4 | 10 | Tipperary | |
B. McGrath | Clare | 1-7 | 10 | Waterford | |
Vincent Henry | Offaly | 0-10 | 10 | Wicklow | |
Damien Reid | Louth | 0-10 | 10 | Laois | |
10 | John Tobin | Galway | 2-3 | 9 | London |
Dermot Earley | Roscommon | 0-9 | 9 | Galway |