1952–53 National Football League (Ireland)

(Redirected from 1952-53 National Football League (Ireland)) Football competition

1952–53 National Football League
League details
Dates	19 October 1952 – 9 May 1953
League champions
Winners	Dublin (1st win)
Captain	Mossy Whelan
League runners-up
Runners-up	Cavan
Captain	Mick Higgins
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952–53 National Football League was the 22nd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Dublin defeated Cavan in the final, wearing St Vincents' white and blue shirts — not just to prevent a colour clash, but because fourteen of their team were Vincents' men (the exception being goalkeeper Tony O'Grady of the Air Corps club).

Format

Teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reach the semi-final.

Results

Division I

Division II

Division III

Mayo, Kerry and Galway were tied at the top, so had a playoff round which Kerry won. Clare and Cork were at the bottom.

Division IV

Finals

12 April 1953
Semi-Final

Cavan	3-6 – 2-5	Kerry

Croke Park, Dublin

25 April 1953
Final

Dublin	4-6 – 0-9	Cavan

Croke Park, DublinAttendance: 37,605Referee: Séamus Hayes (Tipperary)

References

From The Press Box: Seventy Years of Great Moments in Irish Sport by Peter Byrne
Mayo results archive, 1953
GAA Final Teams
Pride in the Jersey
"GAA Archive". Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
"Cavan's finals". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

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