The 1973 All-Ireland Football Championship was the 87th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 13 May 1973 and ended on 23 September 1973.
Offaly were the defending champions but were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 23 September 1973, Cork won the championship following a 3–17 to 2–13 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 4th All-Ireland title, their first in 28 championship seasons.
Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 1–25. Cork's Billy Morgan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster Senior Football Championship
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
Tyrone won their first Ulster title since 1957. Offaly win the Leinster title for the third year in succession. It is the first time in their history that they claim the coveted "three-in-a-row". It is the first time since Laois in 1938 that a team claimed three successive Leinster titles. The All Ireland semi-final between Cork and Tyrone was the first championship meeting between the teams. Cork end their second longest drought without the All Ireland title of 28 years.
Top scorers
Overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Tony McTagueOffaly1–252847.002John TobinGalway0–212145.253Billy FieldCork2–142036.66Jimmy BarrettCork4–82045.005Patsy HetheringtonTyrone0–181844.50Ray CumminsCork0–181844.507Seán O'NeillDown1–141735.668Mick O'DwyerKerry1–121527.509Jimmy Barry-MurphyCork5–11535.0010Damian ReidLouth0–141443.50
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition1Billy FieldCork1–811ClareTony McTagueOffaly0–1111Meath3Willie McGeeMayo3–09MeathÉamonn McPartlandFermanagh3–09AntrimGerry McCannAntrim3–09FermanaghMick O'DwyerKerry1–69TipperaryBilly FieldCork1–69Kerry8Tommy O'MalleyMayo2–28AntrimJohn CooneyOffaly2–28MeathJimmy BarrettCork2–28KerryLarry KerinsArmagh2–28DownTony McTagueOffaly0–88KildareJohn TobinGalway0–88OffalyRay CumminsCork0–88Galway
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