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.
Match Summary Kerry had to play without their captain, Seán Brosnan, who had a heavy cold.Irish Independent 1905-current, Monday, September 25, 1939. Dan Spring (later TD, and father of Tánaiste Dick Spring) scored both Kerry goals. Meath rued their missed chances - they shot 11 wides.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
This was the fifth of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.
It was also the first championship meeting of Kerry and Meath.
To avoid a colour clash, Kerry wore the red and white of Dingle, county champions at the time."Kerry Colours", The Kerryman, 05/12/1953, 9.14
Details
Kerry 1 Dan O'Keeffe 2 Billy Myers 3 Joe Keohane 4 Tadhg Healy 5 Bill Dillon 6 Bill Casey 7 Eddie Walsh 8 Paddy Kennedy 9 Jimmy O'Gorman 10 Murt Kelly 11 Tom O'Connor (c) 12 Johnny Walsh 13 Charlie O'Sullivan 14 Dan Spring 15 Tim Landers
Subs 16 Tony McAuliffe 17 Seán Brosnan 18 M. McCarthy 19 Mick Raymond 20 Johnny Moriarty 21 Jim Bawn Fitzgerald 22 Martin Regan
Trainer Con Brosnan
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