1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained

Year:	1937
Team:	Kerry
Titles:	12th
Team2:	Cavan
Leinster:	Laois
Munster:	Kerry
Ulster:	Cavan
Connacht:	Mayo
Next:	1938

The 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 51st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. In the All Ireland semifinal Cavan ended Mayo's day as All Ireland Champions. Kerry won the title.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

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Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

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Final

GK 1 Martin Farrell (Graiguecullen) RCB 2 Joe Brennan (Edenderry) FB 3 Tom Delaney (Stradbally) LCB 4 Dan Walsh (Army Metro) RHB 5 Chris Delaney (Tullamore) CHB 6 Mick Delaney (Stradbally) LHB 7 Jim Slater (Graiguecullen) MF 8 Jack Delaney (Stradbally) (c) MF 9 Bill Delaney (Stradbally) RHF 10 Danny Douglas (Army Metro) CHF 11 Tommy Murphy (Graiguecullen) LHF 12 Syd Harkins (Portlaoise) RCF 13 Mick Haughney (Graiguecullen) FF 14 Tom Keogh (Portlaoise) LCF 15 Jack McDarby (Graiguecullen)

GK 1 Hugh Callan (Dundalk Gaels) RCB 2 Peter Martin (Wolfe Tones) FB 3 Eddie Boyle (Cooley Kickhams) LCB 4 Jim Culligan (Newtown Blues) RHB 5 Paddy McManus (Wolfe Tones) CHB 6 Eugene Callan (Seán McDermott's, Dublin) LHB 7 Jim Thornton (Cooley Kickhams) MF 8 Jimmy Coyle (Seán McDermott's, Dublin) MF 9 Paul Matthews (Athy, Kildare) RHF 10 Mick Callaghan (Cooley Kickhams) CHF 11 James McKevitt (Cooley Kickhams) LHF 12 Paddy Cluskey (Darver Young Irelands) RCF 13 Harry Devine (St Bride's) FF 14 Paddy Hoey (Dundalk Gaels) LCF 15 Peter McKevitt (Cooley Kickhams) Substitutes: 16 Tom McKeown (Wolfe Tones) for Callan

Munster Senior Football Championship

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Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Finals

See main article: 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. ----

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Lettekenny's pitch is named O'Donnell Park after Hugh O'Donnell.
• There was 3 replays in the Leinster Football championship 1 in the preliminary round game between Wexford vs Louth and 2 Quarterfinals between Offaly vs Laois and Dublin vs Louth.
• The last year that All Ireland Semifinals were no longer outside Rotation cycle.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA . 2011-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030358/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1911_1940.html . 2012-03-21 . dead .
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-07-22 . 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 .