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The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 53rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Event | 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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Date | 22 September 1940 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Referee | Seamus Burke (KIldare) | ||||||
Attendance | 60,821 | ||||||
Joe Duggan scored a goal for Galway just before half-time, but Kerry hit four points in the second half to secure a narrow victory. The game was plagued by fouls, sixty-two frees being awarded in all.[1]
It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1940s.[2]
It was also the first of three consecutive All-Ireland football finals lost by Galway.[3]
With their 1940 win, Kerry reached 14 All-Ireland titles, drawing level with Dublin.[4] Dublin had been in the lead since 1892. In 1941, Kerry would take the lead; Dublin equalled the new total in 1942, but never again managed to surpass Kerry's total.[4]
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