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1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 52nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Kerry had to play without their captain, Seán Brosnan, who had a heavy cold. Dan Spring (later TD, and father of Tánaiste Dick Spring) scored both Kerry goals. Meath rued their missed chances - they shot 11 wides.

This was the fifth of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.

It was also the first championship meeting of Kerry and Meath.

To avoid a colour clash, Kerry wore the red and white of Dingle, county champions at the time.

Details

Kerry

Subs
16 Tony McAuliffe
17 Seán Brosnan
18 M. McCarthy
19 Mick Raymond
20 Johnny Moriarty
21 Jim Bawn Fitzgerald
22 Martin Regan
Trainer
Con Brosnan

References