1951–52 National Football League (Ireland)

1951–52 National Football League
League details
Dates	6 October 1951 – 30 September 1952
League champions
Winners	Cork (1st win)
Captain	Éamonn Young
League runners-up
Runners-up	New York
Captain	Tom "Gega" O'Connor
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

The 1951–52 National Football League was the 21st staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Cork beat Dublin in the home final and easily dismissed New York in the Polo Grounds final, played at night under floodlights. New York didn't return to the final until 1963.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Format

Teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reaches the home semi-finals. The winner of the home final plays New York in the NFL final.

Results

Division III

Cork won, ahead of Galway, Clare, Mayo and Kerry.

Finals

Cork v Dublin

27 April 1952
Home Final

Cork	2-3 – 1-5	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 30,070^[5]
Referee: Dan Ryan (Kerry)^[6]

Cork v New York

18 May 1952
Final
9:00 p.m. EDT

Cork	1-12 – 0-3	New York
		Tom O'Connor 0-2, Pat McAndrew 0-1

Polo Grounds, New York
Attendance: 33,914 ^[7]
Referee: Dan Ryan (Kerry)^[8]

References

↑ Mayo results archive, 1952
↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ "COUNTY CORK TEAM FAVORED TONIGHT; Opposes New York All-Stars in Gaelic Football Game at the Polo Grounds" - New York Times
↑ GAA Archive
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

National Football Leagues

Seasons	1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Finals Records and statistics Winning players

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