1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained

Year:1960
Dates:1 May – 25 September 1960
Teams:30
Munster:Kerry
Leinster:Offaly
Ulster:Down
Connacht:Galway
Matches:31
Poty: James McCartan Sr.
Team:Down
Titles:1st
Captain:Kevin Mussen
Team2:Kerry
Captain2:Paudie Sheehy
Previous:1959
Next:1961

The 1960 All-Ireland Football Championship was the 74th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 1 May 1960 and ended on 25 September 1960.

Fermanagh back in the Ulster championship for the first time since 1948.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 25 September 1960, Down won the championship following a 2–10 to 0–8 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their first All-Ireland title.

Down's James McCartan Sr. was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

(Croke Park, Dublin)

GK1Willie Nolan
RCB2Paddy McCormack
FB3Greg Hughes
LCB4John Egan
RHB5Phil O'Reilly
CHB6Mick Brady
LHB7Seán Ryan
MF8Seán Foran
MF9Charlie Wrenn
RHF10Donie Hanlon (c)
CHF11Seán Brereton
LHF12Tommy Greene
RCF13Mick Casey
FF14Peter Carey
LCF15Harry Donnelly
Substitutes:

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

See main article: 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Scorers

Overall
Single game

Notes and References

  1. News: 1960: Down break new ground for a rich harvest. Irish Independent. 1 November 2017. 17 September 2010. Martin. Breheny.