1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Dublin (17th win)
Captain	Desmond Foley
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
Player of the Year	Lar Foley (Dublin)
← 1962 1964 →

The 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 77th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Dublin were the winners.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results

Connacht

Leitrim v Sligo

9 June 1963
Quarter-Final

Leitrim	1-10 – 1-9	Sligo

Sligo
Attendance: 4,000

Galway v Mayo

16 June 1963
Semi-Final

Galway	2-8 – 1-6	Mayo

Castlebar
Attendance: 12,000

Leitrim v Roscommon

23 June 1963
Semi-Final

Leitrim	1-8 – 1-5	Roscommon

Sligo
Attendance: 7,000

Galway v Leitrim

14 July 1963
Final

Galway	4-11 – 1-6	Leitrim

Castlebar
Attendance: 20,000

Leinster

Offaly v Longford

19 May 1963
Quarter-Final

Offaly	2-5 – 1-2	Longford

Cusback Park, Mullingar
Attendance: 12428
Referee: J Hatton

Dublin v Meath

2 June 1963
Quarter-Final

Dublin	2-6 – 2-5	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 21,931
Referee: Eamonn Moules

Offaly v Laois

30 June 1963
Semi-Final

Offaly	0-9 – 2-7	Laois

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 22000
Referee: P Kelly

Dublin v Laois

14 July 1963
Final

Dublin	2-11 – 2-9	Laois

Croke Park, Dublin

Munster

Cork v Waterford

16 June 1963
Semi-Final

Cork	2-14 – 2-1	Waterford

Fermoy

Kerry v Tipperary

23 June 1963
Semi-Final

Kerry	5-10 – 1-6	Tipperary

Listowel

Kerry v Cork

14 July 1963
Final

Kerry	1-18 – 3-7	Cork

Killarney

Ulster

Antrim v Tyrone

2 June 1963
Preliminary Round

Antrim	2-9 – 0-3	Tyrone

Belfast
Attendance: 5,000

Down v Monaghan

9 June 1963
Quarter-Final

Down	6-11 – 1-3	Monaghan

Newry

Armagh v Antrim

16 June 1963
Quarter-Final

Armagh	1-8 – 2-3	Antrim

Lurgan

Donegal v Fermanagh

16 June 1963
Quarter-Final

Donegal	2-12 – 1-6	Fermanagh

Ballybofey

Cavan v Derry

23 June 1963
Quarter-Final

Cavan	3-9 – 2-8	Derry

Ballinascreen
Attendance: 6,000

Down v Armagh

7 July 1963
Semi-Final

Down	0-9 – 0-5	Armagh

Belfast
Attendance: 15,000

Donegal v Tyrone

14 July 1963
Semi-Final

Donegal	4-5 – 0-6	Tyrone

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 20,000

Down v Donegal

28 July 1963
Final

Down	2-11 – 1-4	Donegal

Cavan
Attendance: 35,000

All-Ireland Championship

Galway v Kerry

4 August 1963
Semi-Final

Galway	1-7 – 0-8	Kerry

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 37,193

Dublin v Down

18 August 1963
Semi-Final

Dublin	2-11 – 0-7	Down

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 70,072

Main article: 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Dublin v Galway

22 September 1963
Final

Dublin	1-9 – 0-10	Galway

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 87,106

References

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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