1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 71st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Event	1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Dublin Derry 2–12 (18) 1–9 (12)
Date	28 September 1958
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Simon Deignan (Cavan)
Attendance	73,371
← 1957 1959 →

Match

Summary

Dublin won comfortably over Derry, appearing in their first final, with goals by Owen Gribben and Paddy Farnan.^{[1][clarification needed]}

Details

September 28, 1958

Dublin	2-12 – 1-9	Derry
O. Freaney 0-7, K. Hefferan 0-3, P. Franan 1-1, J. Joyce 1-0 & J. Timmons 0-1.		S. O'Connell 0-5, O. Gribbin 1-1, B. Mullan, D. McKeever & J. McKeever 0-1.

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 73,371

Referee: Simon Deignan (Cavan)

Dublin

• 1 P. O'Flaherty
• 2 L. Foley
• 3 M. Wilson
• 4 Joe Timmons
• 5 C. O'Leary
• 6 J. Crowley
• 7 J. Boyle
• 8 John Timmons
• 9 S. Murray
• 10 P. Haughey
• 11 O. Freaney
• 12 D. Ferguson
• 13 P. Farnan
• 14 J. Joyce
• 15 K. Heffernan (c)

Subs used

16 M. Whelan for S. Murray

18 P. Downey for John Timmons

Subs not used

17 J. Brennan

19 B. Morris

20 C. Leaney

21 T. Gillen

22 D. McCann

Trainer

P. O'Reilly

Derry

• 1 P. Gormley
• 2 P. McLarnon
• 3 H. F. Gribben
• 4 T. Doherty
• 5 P. Breen
• 6 C. Mulholland
• 7 P. Smith
• 8 J. McKeever (c)
• 9 P. Stuart
• 10 S. O'Connell
• 11 B. Murray
• 12 D. McKeever
• 13 B. Mullan
• 14 O. Gribben
• 15 C. Higgins

Subs used

18 R. Gribben (player-manager) for Higgins

19 L. O'Neill for Mullan

17 C. O'Neill for Breen

Other subs

16 H. Cassidy

20 W. Cassidy

#? T. Scullion

#? S. Young

#? L. Mulholland

#? T. J. Doherty

Player-manager

R. Gribben

Legacy

Players from both teams involved in the game had a golden jubilee reunion in 2008, organised with the help of Dublin's 1970s footballers such as Alan Larkin.^[2]