Championship details | |
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Dates | May 2 - September 26, 1965 |
Teams | 31 |
All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Galway (6th win) |
Captain | Enda Colleran |
Manager | John "Tull" Dunne. (St Grellan's, Ballinasloe) |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Kerry |
Captain | Jer D. O'Connor |
Manager | Jim Brosnan |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Dublin |
Ulster | Down |
Connacht | Galway |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 30 |
Player of the Year | Martin Newell (Galway) |
← 1964 1966 → |
The 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 79th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 2 May 1965 and ended on 26 September 1965.
Limerick rejoin the Munster football championship for the first time since 1952.
The decider was a repeat of the 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, between Galway and Kerry. There was no change in the outcome as Galway defeated Kerry again by 0-12 to 0-09. It was Galway’s second title in succession, on their way to "Three In A Row".