| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5 May – 22 September 1963 |
| Teams | 31 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Dublin (17th win) |
| Captain | Des Foley |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Galway |
| Captain | Mick Garrett |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Down |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 30 |
| Top Scorer |  Mickey Whelan (1–20) |
| Player of the Year | Lar Foley |
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The 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 77th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 5 May 1963 and ended on 22 September 1963. As of 2018, it remains the last All Ireland Senior Football Championship season to be completed without any draws.
Kilkenny dropped from the championship until 1975.
Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 22 September 1963, Dublin won the championship following a 1–9 to 0–10 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final.[1] Their first All-Ireland victory in five championship seasons, this was their 17th All-Ireland triumph.
Dublin's Mickey Whelan was the championship's top scorer with 1–20. His teammate Lar Foley was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
- ^ "1963: a family connection". Eir Sport. Retrieved 6 November 2016.