1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Football match

Event

1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Kerry	Offaly

0–10	0–7

Date

28 September 1969

Venue

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee

John Moloney

Attendance

67,828

← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 82nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Kerry claimed a three-point win, thanks mostly to three great saves by goalkeeper Johnny Culloty.

This was also the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Offaly.

Half-time entertainment was provided by way of an Irish dancing routine from the "Hurling Boys from Omagh", County Tyrone.

Details

28 September 1969

Kerry	0–10 – 0–7	Offaly
M. O'Connell (0–02) M. O'Dwyer (0–02) D. J. Crowley (0–02) M. Gleeson (0–02) L. Higgins (0–01) B. Lynch (0–01)		T. McTague (0–03) S. Evans (0–02) W. Bryan (0–01) P. Keenan (0–01)

Croke Park, DublinReferee: John Moloney (Tipperary)

Kerry

Offaly


	1	Johnny Culloty (c)
	2	Séamus Murphy
	3	Paudie O'Donoghue
	4	Séamus MacGearailt
	5	Tom Prendergast
	6	Mick Morris
	7	Mícheál Ó Sé
	8	Mick O'Connell
	9	Din Joe Crowley
	10	Brendan Lynch
	11	Pat Griffin
	12	Éamonn O'Donoghue
	13	Michael Gleeson
	14	Liam Higgins
	15	Mick O'Dwyer
Substitutes:
	16	Donie O'Sullivan
	17	Mick Fleming
	18	John O'Keeffe
	19	Derry Crowley
	20	Dom O'Donnell
	21	Weeshie Fogarty
Manager:
Jackie Lyne


	1	Martin Furlong
	2	Paddy McCormack
	3	Greg Hughes
	4	Johnny Egan (c)
	5	Eugene Mulligan
	6	Nick Clavin
	7	Mick Ryan
	8	Larry Coughlan
	9	Willie Bryan
	10	Pat Keenan	#18'
	11	Ambrose Hickey	#17'
	12	Tony McTague
	13	Sean Kilroy	#16'
	14	Seán Evans
	15	Seán Cooney
Substitutes:
	16	Pat Monaghan	#13'
	17	Frank Costello	#11'
	18	Kevin Kilmurray	#10'
	19	Mick O'Rourke
	20	Joe Flynn
	21	Brian Guinan
	22	Leo Grogan
	23	Har McEvoy
Manager:
Fr. Tom Scully

Linesmen:

Sideline Official

References

High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
"Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
The Hurling Boys, Omagh, at the 1969 All Ireland Final. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
Away shirt worn by Kerry to avoid colours clash

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Pre-1928

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927

Beginning of
Sam Maguire

Seasons

Finals

80-minute
experiment

Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Finals	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Post-experiment

Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Finals	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

Seasons	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Associated competitions

Provincial Championships
Tailteann Cup
Tommy Murphy Cup (formerly)
Minor Championship (final formerly held on same day)

Statistics and awards

Kerry county football team matches

All-Ireland
SFC finals

Pre-1928

Post-
Sam Maguire

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

v t e Offaly county football team matches
All-Ireland SFC finals	1961 1969 1971 1972 1981 1982
Leinster SFC finals	1907 1945 1954 1960 1961 1962 1967 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1997 2006

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