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.
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Finals
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Semi-finals
Final
See main article: 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tony McTague | Offaly | 1-33 | 36 | 6 | 6.00 | |
2 | Jack Berry | Wexford | 2-18 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 | |
3 | Joe Corcoran | Mayo | 1-20 | 23 | 4 | 5.75 | |
4 | Jack Donnelly | Kildare | 0-20 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 | |
5 | Seán Woods | Monaghan | 2-11 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tony McTague | Offaly | 0-10 | 10 | Cavan |
Tony McTague | Offaly | 0-10 | 10 | Westmeath | |
3 | John Nealon | Mayo | 3-0 | 9 | Leitrim |
Tony Brennan | Meath | 1-6 | 9 | Kildare | |
Seán Woods | Monaghan | 1-6 | 9 | Armagh | |
6 | Seán Sheridan | Wexford | 2-2 | 8 | Carlow |
Seán Woods | Monaghan | 1-5 | 8 | Down | |
Jack Donnelly | Kildare | 0-8 | 8 | Meath | |
Mick Fallon | Roscommon | 0-8 | 8 | Sligo | |
10 | Pat Lynn | Antrim | 2-1 | 7 | Donegal |
Willie Magee | Mayo | 2-1 | 7 | Leitrim | |
Jack Berry | Wexford | 2-1 | 7 | Longford | |
Tony McTague | Offaly | 1-4 | 7 | Wexford | |
Joe Corcoran | Mayo | 0-7 | 7 | Kerry | |
Jack Donnelly | Kildare | 0-7 | 7 | Dublin | |
Jack Berry | Wexford | 0-7 | 7 | Offaly | |
John Cummins | Tipperary | 0-7 | 7 | Waterford | |
Seán O'Neill | Down | 0-7 | 7 | Monaghan |
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