Championship details | |
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Dates | 13 May – 23 September 1984 |
Teams | 32 |
All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Kerry (28th win) |
Captain | Ambrose O'Donovan |
Manager | Mick O'Dwyer |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Dublin |
Captain | Tommy Drumm |
Manager | Kevin Heffernan |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Dublin |
Ulster | Tyrone |
Connacht | Galway |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 34 |
Top Scorer | Barney Rock (5-24) |
Player of the Year | Jack O'Shea |
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The 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 98th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 13 May 1984 and ended on 23 September 1984.
Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 23 September 1984, Kerry won the championship following a 0–14 to 1–6 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 28th All-Ireland title.
Dublin's Barney Rock was the championship's top scorer with 5-24. Kerry's Jack O'Shea was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.