1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Final

Event

1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Galway	Cork

2-13	3-7

Date

7 October 1956

Venue

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee

Peter McDermott

Attendance

70,772

The 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 69th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Galway claimed a three-point win, mainly thanks to Frank Stockwell's 2-5 (plus one goal disallowed).^[1] It was the 4th time Galway had won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and their first win since 1938.

The "terrible twins" were central to Galway's footballing success this year.^[2] The "Terrible Twins" refers to Frank Stockwell and Seán Purcell.

References

↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
↑ Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 14 April 2011. In 1956 the ‘terrible twins’ guided them to victory over Cork by 2 – 13 to 3 – 7.

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