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Event | 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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Date | 23 September 1951 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Referee | Bill Delaney (Laois) | ||||||
Attendance | 78,201 | ||||||
The 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 64th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Mayo and Meath met to decide the destination of the Sam Maguire Cup.
Mayo won their second title in a row with goals by Tom Langan and Joe Gilvarry.[1]
This was Mayo's second consecutive All-Ireland football title.[2] They have not won an All-Ireland football title since. It is said that a legendary curse overshadows Mayo football since 1951 - see Sports-related curses.[3][4][5][6]
23 September 1951
Final |
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2–8 – 0–9 | ![]() |
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Gls: T Langan & J Gilvarry (1-0). Pts: E Mongey, & J Gilvarry & P Irwin (0-1) & P Carney (0-5, four free). |
Pts: P. Meegan & P. McDermott (0-2), C. Hand, J. Reilly, M. McDonnell, F. Byrne & D. Taafle (0-1). |
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Mayo players Willie Casey, Paddy Jordan and former GAA President Dr. Mick Loftus belatedly received their All-Ireland senior football medals 55 years later. Though squad members, they had not appeared as substitutes in the final and had initially been denied their medals.[7]