1962–63 National Football League
League details
DatesOctober 1962 – 21 October 1963
League champions
WinnersKerry (7th win)
CaptainNiall Sheehy
League runners-up
Runners-upNew York

The 1962–63 National Football League was the 32nd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

New York again got a bye to the final. Kerry beat them by 8 points.[1][2]

Format

Results

Division IV

Final

Kerry0-11 0-3Clare

Knockout stage

Finals

Kerry0-9 1-5Down
Tom Long, Bernie O'Callaghan 0-3 each; Willie Doran, Mick O'Connell, Mick O'Dwyer 0-1 each
Attendance: 57,180[5]
Referee: P McArdle (Louth)[5]

Kerry1-18 1-10New York
Mick O'Dwyer 0-7; Tomo Burke 1-1; Bernie O'Callaghan 0-3; Derry O'Shea, Denis O'Sullivan 0-2 each; Pat Aherne, JD O'Connor, Mick Fleming 0-1 each
Referee: Tom Frawley (New York)[5]

References

  1. GAA Final Teams
  2. "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: :: 1963 League :: Final :: Kerry Vs New York". www.terracetalk.com.
  3. "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1963 League". www.terracetalk.com.
  4. "National League Placings", Irish Press, 5 March 1963, p.11
  5. 1 2 3 "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-903464-15-1


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