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Football match
1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Roscommon
1–12
(15)
1–6
(9)
Date23 September 1962
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeEamonn Moules (Wicklow)
Attendance75,771
1961 1963

The 1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 75th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

This marked the first occasion on which the final was televised.

Pre-match

Roscommon played Sligo in the 1962 Connacht final and were behind for much of the match. Sligo were blighted by a sudden string of injuries, missed a 50 while two points ahead in the final minute, and then gifted soon-to-be All-Ireland finalists Roscommon a goal, allowing them to progress at Sligo's expense in what is considered "one of the great football tragedies in Connacht".

Match summary

Garry McMahon scored a goal for Kerry after 35 seconds and Kerry hit a point quickly after, and victory was never in doubt. McMahon's goal was the fastest in All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final history. Until Garristown man Dean Rock scored for Dublin against Mayo in the 2020 final.

Match details

Kerry Roscommon

References

  1. ^ Furlong, Brendan (17 November 2021). "Eamonn 'Fitch' Moules, referee of first televised All-Ireland football final, dies aged 97: Wicklowman also took charge of 1963 decider and a National League final in New York". The Irish Times. Wicklow GAA is mourning the passing of Eamonn 'Fitch' Moules who had the proud record of refereeing the first televised All-Ireland senior football final in which Kerry defeat Roscommon by 1–12 to 1–6 in 1962. Aged 97 on Tuesday, Eamonn passed away this week. He was a household name in Wicklow GAA circles, when he refereed both the 1962 and 1963 All-Ireland football finals. In 1963 Moules was in charge of the final which saw Dublin defeat Galway by 1–9 to 0–10.
  2. Sweeney, Eamonn (8 July 2007). "About time Lady Luck gave Sligo the time of day". Sunday Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 8 July 2007.
  3. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  4. "DDTV Video: Murphy strike against Mayo named Goal of the Championship". Donegal Daily. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012. According to Ger Canning, RTÉ's commentator for the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final.

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