The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 53rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match This year's final was played on 22 September.
Summary Joe Duggan scored a goal for Galway just before half-time, but Kerry hit four points in the second half to secure a narrow victory. The game was plagued by fouls, sixty-two frees being awarded in all.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
It was the first of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1940s.
It was also the first of three consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals lost by Galway.
With their 1940 win, Kerry reached 14 All-Ireland SFC titles, drawing level with Dublin. Dublin had been in the lead since 1892. In 1941, Kerry would take the lead; Dublin equalled the new total in 1942, but never again managed to surpass Kerry's total.
Details
Kerry 1 D. O'Keeffe 2 B. Myers 3 J. Keohane 4 T. Healy 5 B. Dillon 6 B. Casey 7 E. Walsh 8 S. Brosnan 9 J. Walsh 10 J. O'Gorman 11 T. O'Connor 12 P. Kennedy 13 M. Kelly 14 D. Spring (c) 15 C. O'Sullivan
Sub used P. B. Brosnan for D. Spring
Trainer C. Brosnan
Galway 1 J. McGauran 2 M. Raftery 3 M. Connaire 4 D. O'Sullivan 5 F. Cunniffe 6 B. Beggs 7 C. Connolly 8 J. Dunne (c) 9 J. Duggan 10 J. Flavin 11 J. Burke 12 J. Canavan 13 M. Higgins 13 N. Mulholland 14 B. Nestor
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