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| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Galway (5th win) |
| Captain | John Donnellan[1] |
| Manager | John "Tull" Dunne. (St Grellan's, Ballinasloe) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kerry |
| Captain | Niall Sheehy |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Meath |
| Ulster | Cavan |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 31 |
| Player of the Year | Noel Tierney (Galway) |
← 1963 1965 → | |
The 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 78th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 26 April 1964 and ended on 27 September 1964.
Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Meath in the Leinster final.
It was Galway's second consecutive final, having lost to Dublin in the previous year's decider. The Tribesmen won their 5th All-Ireland title, beating Kerry by 5 points in the final, 0-15 to 0-10. It was the start of the most successful era in Galway football, their "Three In A Row".
- ^ Malin, Brendan (1 October 1964). "They Gave the Cup And Broke His Heart". The Boston Globe. p. 42. Retrieved 11 November 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
John Donnellan is captain of the Galway footballers...