1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
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Event | 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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Date | 24 September 1939 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Referee | J Flaherty (Offaly) | ||||||
Attendance | 46,828 | ||||||
The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 52nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Kerry had to play without their captain Sean Brosnan who had a heavy cold. [1] Dan Spring (later TD, and father of Tánaiste Dick Spring) scored both Kerry goals. Meath rued their missed chances - they shot 11 wides.[2]
It was the fifth of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.[3]
This was the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Meath.
To avoid a colour clash, Kerry wore the red and white of Dingle, the county champions at the time.[4]
![Team colours](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Kit_body_whitehorizontal.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png)
Kerry kit from the 1939 Final
References
- ^ Irish Independent 1905-current, Monday, September 25, 1939.
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ "Kerry Colours", The Kerryman, 05/12/1953, 9.14
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