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 edit
Teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reach the semi-final.
Results edit
Division I edit
Division II edit
Division III edit
Mayo, Kerry and Galway were tied at the top, so had a playoff round which Kerry won. Clare and Cork were at the bottom.
Division IV edit
Finals edit
References edit
- ^ 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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