The 1963 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 75th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 27 January 1963. The championship ran from 7 April to 13 October 1963.
Macroom entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by University College Cork in the semi-finals.
The final was played on 13 October 1963 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork between University College Cork and St. Nicholas' in what was their first ever meeting in the final. University College Cork won the match by 1-06 to 1-05 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first title in three years.
Garda's Bernard Coughlan was the championship's top scorer with 5-09.
Team changes To Championship
Promoted from the Cork Junior Football Championship Douglas
Results First round
Muskerry, St. Michael's, Seandún, Macroom, Urhan, Fermoy, University College Cork, Carbery and Mitchelstown received byes in this round.
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Bernard CoughlanGarda5-092454.802Bill CarrollSt. Nicholas'4-041653.20Mick BarrettMitchelstown1-131635.334Dan HarnedyUCC2-081443.505Jimmy BrohanSt. Michael's2-071326.50Billy O'LearyDuhallow0-131326.507Éamonn RyanImokilly3-021125.50Denis PhilpottUCC0-111142.759Tom MonaghanMitchelstown3-011033.33Joe O'SullivanBeara0-101025.00
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Tom MonaghanMitchelstown3-009CarberyPat GalvinMuskerry0-099Garda3Bernard CoughlanGarda2-028Beara4Éamonn RyanImokilly2-017LeesMick QuaneSt. Nicholas'2-017ImokillyJimmy BrohanSt. Michael's1-047SeandúnBilly O'LearyDuhallow0-077Delaneys8Michael CoughlanSt. Nicholas'2-006AvondhuD. HurleySt. Finbarr's2-006DuhallowBill CarrollSt. Nicholas'2-006GardaJimmy BrohanSt. Michael's1-036MacroomNed FlynnUCC1-036FermoyMick BarrettMitchelstown1-036CarberyMoss HodnettImokilly0-066LeesJoe O'SullivanBeara0-066GardaBilly O'LearyDuhallow0-066St. Finbarr'sMick BarrettMitchelstown0-066Carbery
Miscellaneous
UCC GAA become the first club since Glen Rovers/St. Nicholas' in 1954 to complete the double. On 5 May 1963, the Urhan-Macroom match was abandoned just before half time when the father of Macroom captain Niall FitzGerald collapsed and died while watching the match. St. Nicholas' qualify for the final for the first time since 1954.
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