1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained

Year:1969
Dates:4 May – 28 September 1969
Teams:31
Connacht:Mayo
Munster:Kerry
Leinster:Offaly
Ulster:Cavan
Matches:35
Poty: Mick O'Dwyer
Team:Kerry
Titles:21st
Captain:Johnny Culloty
Team2:Offaly
Captain2:Johnny Egan
Previous:1968
Next:1970

The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 83rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 4 May 1969 and ended on 28 September 1969.

Down entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cavan in the Ulster final.

On 28 September 1969, Kerry won the championship following a 0–10 to 0–7 defeat of Offaly in the All-Ireland final. This was their 21st All-Ireland title, their first in seven championship seasons.

Kerry's Mick O'Dwyer was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Finals

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

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: 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Tony McTagueOffaly1-333666.00
2Jack BerryWexford2-182446.00
3Joe CorcoranMayo1-202345.75
4Jack DonnellyKildare0-202036.66
5Seán WoodsMonaghan2-111728.50
Single game

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RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Tony McTagueOffaly0-1010Cavan
Tony McTagueOffaly0-1010Westmeath
3John NealonMayo3-09Leitrim
Tony BrennanMeath1-69Kildare
Seán WoodsMonaghan1-69Armagh
6Seán SheridanWexford2-28Carlow
Seán WoodsMonaghan1-58Down
Jack DonnellyKildare0-88Meath
Mick FallonRoscommon0-88Sligo
10Pat LynnAntrim2-17Donegal
Willie MageeMayo2-17Leitrim
Jack BerryWexford2-17Longford
Tony McTagueOffaly1-47Wexford
Joe CorcoranMayo0-77Kerry
Jack DonnellyKildare0-77Dublin
Jack BerryWexford0-77Offaly
John CumminsTipperary0-77Waterford
Seán O'NeillDown0-77Monaghan