1962–63 National Football League (Ireland)

1962–63 National Football League
League details
Dates October 1962 – 21 October 1963
League champions
Winners Kerry (7th win)
Captain Niall Sheehy
League runners-up
Runners-up New York

The 1962–63 National Football League was the 32nd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

New York again got a bye to the final. Kerry beat them by 8 points.[1][2]

Results

Division IV

Final

31 March 1963
Kerry 0-11 – 0-3 Clare

Group A

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Kerry 4 3 1 0 7 Advance to Knockout Phase
Kildare 4 2 2 0 6
Carlow 4 2 0 2 4
Cork 4 1 1 2 3
Wexford 4 0 0 4 0

[4]

Group B

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Clare 4 3 1 0 7
Limerick 4 3 0 1 6
Tipperary 4 1 1 2 3
Kilkenny 4 1 0 3 2
Waterford 4 1 0 3 2

Knockout Stage

Finals

12 May 1963
Home Final
Kerry 0-9 – 1-5 Down
Tom Long, Bernie O'Callaghan 0-3 each; Willie Doran, Mick O'Connell, Mick O'Dwyer 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 57,180[5]
Referee: P McArdle (Louth)[5]

21 October 1963
Final
Kerry 1-18 – 1-10 New York
Mick O'Dwyer 0-7; Tomo Burke 1-1; Bernie O'Callaghan 0-3; Derry O'Shea, Denis O'Sullivan 0-2 each; Pat Aherne, JD O'Connor, Mick Fleming 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Tom Frawley (New York)[5]

References

  1. ↑ GAA Final Teams
  2. ↑ Terrace Talk 1963
  3. ↑ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1963/League
  4. ↑ "National League Placings", Irish Press, 5 March 1963, p.11
  5. 1 2 3 "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-903464-15-1


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