1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship


The 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 89th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 25 May 1975 and ended on 28 September 1975.
Dublin were the defending champions. London fielded a team in the senior championship for the first time.
On 28 September 1975, Kerry won the championship following a 2-12 to 0-11 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their 23rd All-Ireland title, their first in five championship seasons.
Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the championship's top scorer with 1-38. Kerry's John O'Keeffe was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Format

The usual knock-out four-province setup was used. played in the Connacht Senior Football Championship for the first time.
Leinster Championship format change saw, Second round dropped this year first round winners go straight to the Quarter-finals. Kilkenny return to Leinster football for 1 year for the first time since 1963.

Rule change

As a result of a decision taken at the Gaelic Athletic Association's annual congress the previous year, as of 1975 all provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and the All-Ireland final itself were reduced to 70 minutes playing time. Prior to this all championship matches were eighty minutes in duration for the past 5 years.

Results

[Connacht [Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals

Finals

[Leinster Senior Football Championship]

First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

[Munster Senior Football Championship]

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

[Ulster Senior Football Championship]

Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]

Semi-finals
Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

;Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Jimmy KeaveneyDublin1-384158.20
2Mickey KearnsSligo1-202345.75
3John EganKerry5-72245.50
4Seán O'ConnellDerry1-172054.00
5Tony HoeyLouth1-161936.33
5Kieran FinlayMonaghan1-161936.33
5Tony McTagueOffaly0-191936.33
8Willie WalshCork3-81735.66
9Seán DalyArmagh3-71628.00
10Brendan LynchKerry0-141443.50

;Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Murt ConnorOffaly3-211Laois
1Seán DalyArmagh2-511Fermanagh
3Mickey KearnsSligo0-1010Galway
3Jimmy KeaveneyDublin0-1010Wexford
5John EganKerry2-39Tipperary
5Willie WalshDown2-39Derry
5Tony McTagueOffaly0-99Kildare
5Jimmy KeaveneyDublin0-99Derry
9Willie BrennanLaois2-28Offaly
9John EganKerry2-28Sligo
9Tony HoeyLouth1-58Dublin
9Tony MurphyCork0-88Clare