1952–53 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1952–53 National Football League was the 22nd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
| League details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 October 1952 – 9 May 1953 |
| League champions | |
| Winners | Dublin (1st win) |
| Captain | Mossy Whelan |
| League runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Cavan |
| Captain | Mick Higgins |
← 1951–52 1953–54 → | |
Dublin defeated Cavan in the final, wearing St Vincents' white and blue shirts — not just to prevent a colour clash, but because fourteen of their team were Vincents' men (the exception being goalkeeper Tony O'Grady of the Air Corps club).[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Format
Teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reach the semi-final.
Results
Division III
Mayo, Kerry and Galway were tied at the top, so had a playoff round which Kerry won. Clare and Cork were at the bottom.
References
- From The Press Box: Seventy Years of Great Moments in Irish Sport by Peter Byrne
- Mayo results archive, 1953
- GAA Final Teams
- Pride in the Jersey
- "GAA Archive". Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- "Cavan's finals". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
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