1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date 5 September 1926
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance 37,500
Weather wet
1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Final Replay
Date 17 October 1926
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance 35,500

The 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 39th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Final

A last-minute point by Bill Gorman (Kerry) forced a draw. After the game, Kerry's centre back Jack Murphy put his clothes back on without taking off his playing gear, and died of pneumonia before the replay.[1]

Replay

The Kingdom (Kerry) won the replay with a Tom O'Mahoney goal.[1]

It was the second of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1920s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Dublin who also won three.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.