Championship details | |
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Dates | 9 May – 26 September 1976 |
Teams | 33 |
All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Dublin (19 win) |
Captain | Tony Hanahoe |
Manager | Kevin Heffernan |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Kerry |
Captain | John O'Keeffe |
Manager | Mick O'Dwyer |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Dublin |
Ulster | Derry |
Connacht | Galway |
Championship statistics | |
Top Scorer | Mikey Sheehy (4-26) |
Player of the Year | Jimmy Keaveney |
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The 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 90th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 9 May 1976 and ended on 26 September 1976.
Kerry were the defending champions.
On 26 September 1976, Dublin won the championship following a 3-8 to 0-10 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 19th All-Ireland title, their first in two championship seasons.
Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.