1963 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1963 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (7th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamWestmeath
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterWestmeath
UlsterDown
ConnachtMayo

The 1963 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 32nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Kerry entered the championship as defending champions.

On 22 September 1963, Kerry won the championship following a 1–10 to 0–2 defeat of Westmeath in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their second title in succession.[1]

Results

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Quarter-Final

Leitrim 2-7 Sligo 0-7 Manorhamilton.

Semi-Finals

Roscommon 4-11 Leitrim 1-7 Castlebar.

Mayo 3-7 Galway 3-4 Tuam.

Final

Mayo 3-5 Roscommon 1-5 Castlebar Ref: George O'Toole Leitrim.

Preliminary round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

1963 Westmeath 2–14 Dublin 3–07 Tullamore

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

1963 Kerry 0–11 (11) Cork 0–04 (4) Cork Athletic Grounds

Preliminary round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

1962 Down 2–05 Armagh 0–08

Semi-Finals

August 4 Kerry 1-14 Mayo 2-7 Croke Park.

Final

22 September 1963 Final Kerry 1-10 - 0-02 Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Westmeath qualify for the All-Ireland final for the first time in their history.

References

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  1. ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.