Championship details | |
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Dates | 4 May – 28 September 1969 |
Teams | 31 |
All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Kerry (21st win) |
Captain | Johnny Culloty |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Offaly |
Captain | Johnny Egan |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Offaly |
Ulster | Cavan |
Connacht | Mayo |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 35 |
Player of the Year | Mick O'Dwyer |
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The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 83rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 4 May 1969 and ended on 28 September 1969.
Down entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cavan in the Ulster final.
On 28 September 1969, Kerry won the championship following a 0–10 to 0–7 defeat of Offaly in the All-Ireland final. This was their 21st All-Ireland title, their first in seven championship seasons.
Kerry's Mick O'Dwyer was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.