Championship details | |
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Dates | 11 May – 21 September 1980 |
Teams | 33 |
All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Kerry (26th win) |
Captain | Ger Power |
Manager | Mick O'Dwyer |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Roscommon |
Captain | Danny Murray |
Manager | Tom Heneghan |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Offaly |
Ulster | Armagh |
Connacht | Roscommon |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 33 |
Top Scorer | Matt Connor (5-31) |
Player of the Year | Jack O'Shea |
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The 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 94th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 11 May 1980 and ended on 21 September 1980.
Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 21 September 1980, Kerry won the championship following a 1-9 to 1-6 defeat of Roscommon in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 26th All-Ireland title and their third in succession.
Offaly's Matt Connor was the championship's top scorer with 5-31. Kerry's Jack O'Shea was named as the Texaco Footballer of the Year.