The 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 76th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match This year's final was played on 22 September.
Summary Brian McDonald took the line ball that led to Dublin's goal, which was finished by Simon Behan after a small-rectangle scuffle involving six defenders and four attackers. Galway narrowed the gap to one point near the end, but John Timmons put Dublin two ahead. Referee Eamonn Moules (Wicklow) denied Galway a last-minute penalty.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
Galway were beaten by a Simon Behan goal.
Man of the match was Leo Hickey.
Details
Dublin: Pascal Flynn; Leo Hickey, Lar Foley, Bill Casey; Des McKane, Paddy Holden, Mick Kissane; Des Foley, John Timmons; Brian McDonald, Mickey Whelan, Gerry Davey; Simon Behan, Des Ferguson, Noel Fox.
Galway: Michael Moore; Seán Meade, Noel Tierney, Bosco McDermott; John Donnellan, Enda Colleran, Martin L. Newell; Mick Garrett, Mick Reynolds; Cyril Dunne, Mattie McDonagh, Pat Donnellan; John Keenan, Seán Cleary, Séamus Leydon. Sub: Brian Geraghty for Seán Cleary.
Dublin 1 P. Flynn 2 L. Hickey 3 L. Foley 4 B. Casey 5 D. McKane 6 P. Holden 7 M. Kissane 8 D. Foley (c) 9 J. Timmons 10 B. McDonald 11 M. Whelan 12 G. Davey 13 S. Behan 14 D. Ferguson 15 N. Fox
Subs 16 F. McPhillips 17 C. Kane 18 P. Downey 19 A. Donnelly 20 É. Breslin 21 P. Synnott 22 S. Lee 23 S. Coen 24 K. Heffernan
Galway 1 M. Moore 2 E. Colleran 3 N. Tierney 4 S. Meade 5 B. McDermott 6 J. Donnellan 7 M. L. Newell 8 M. Garrett (c) 9 M. Reynolds 10 C. Dunne 11 M. McDonagh 12 P. Donnellan 13 J. Keenan 14 S. Cleary 15 S. Leydon
Sub used B. Geraghty for S. Cleary
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