The 1963 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 32nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Kerry (7th win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Westmeath |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Westmeath |
| Ulster | Down |
| Connacht | Mayo |
Kerry entered the championship as defending champions.
On 22 September 1963, Kerry won the championship following a 1–10 to 0–2 defeat of Westmeath in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their second title in succession.[1]
Results edit
Connacht Minor Football Championship edit
Quarter-Final
Leitrim 2-7 Sligo 0-7 Manorhamilton.
Semi-Finals
Roscommon 4-11 Leitrim 1-7 Castlebar.
Mayo 3-7 Galway 3-4 Tuam.
Final
Mayo 3-5 Roscommon 1-5 Castlebar Ref: George O'Toole Leitrim.
Leinster Minor Football Championship edit
Preliminary round
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
1963 Westmeath 2–14 Dublin 3–07 Tullamore
Munster Minor Football Championship edit
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
1963 Kerry 0–11 (11) Cork 0–04 (4) Cork Athletic Grounds
Ulster Minor Football Championship edit
Preliminary round
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
1962 Down 2–05 Armagh 0–08
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship edit
Semi-Finals
August 4 Kerry 1-14 Mayo 2-7 Croke Park.
Final
| 22 September 1963 Final | Kerry | 1-10 - 0-02 | Westmeath | Croke Park, Dublin |
Championship statistics edit
Miscellaneous edit
- Westmeath qualify for the All-Ireland final for the first time in their history.
References edit
- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.