Down entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cavan in the Ulster final.
On 28 September 1969, Kerry won the championship following a 0-10 to 0-7 defeat of Offaly in the All-Ireland final. This was their 21st All-Ireland title, their first in seven championship seasons.
The throw-in for the Munster quarter-final between Clare and Limerick was delayed by 25 minutes.
At the Ulster semi-final between Cavan and Derry an 80-year-old retired farmer collapses and dies.
The All-Ireland semi-final between Cavan and Offaly ends level and goes to a replay. It is the first time since 1960 that a semi-final ended in a draw which was the Down vs Offaly game.
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1969 All Ireland Senior Football Championship news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message The 1969 All Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 83rd staging of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship the Gaelic Athletic Association s premier inter county Gaelic football tournament The championship began on 4 May 1969 and ended on 28 September 1969 1969 All Ireland Senior Football ChampionshipChampionship detailsDates4 May 28 September 1969Teams31All Ireland ChampionsWinning teamKerry 21st win CaptainJohnny CullotyAll Ireland FinalistsLosing teamOffalyCaptainJohnny EganProvincial ChampionsMunsterKerryLeinsterOffalyUlsterCavanConnachtMayoChampionship statisticsNo matches played35Player of the YearMick O Dwyer 1968 1970 Down entered the championship as the defending champions however they were defeated by Cavan in the Ulster final On 28 September 1969 Kerry won the championship following a 0 10 to 0 7 defeat of Offaly in the All Ireland final This was their 21st All Ireland title their first in seven championship seasons Kerry s Mick O Dwyer was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year Contents 1 Results 1 1 Connacht Senior Football Championship 1 2 Leinster Senior Football Championship 1 3 Munster Senior Football Championship 1 4 Ulster Senior Football Championship 1 5 All Ireland Senior Football Championship 2 Championship statistics 2 1 Miscellaneous 2 2 Scorers 3 ReferencesResults editConnacht Senior Football Championship edit Quarter final Sligo v Roscommon 15 June 1969 Quarter finalSligo1 6 2 12RoscommonMarkievicz Park SligoR Hayden 1 0 M Kearins 0 3 S Davey 0 1 D Kearins 0 1 D McHugh 0 1 M Fallon 0 8 M O Gara 1 1 R Creaven 1 0 D Earley 0 1 J Kelly 0 1 A O Sullivan 0 1 Semi finals Leitrim v Mayo 22 June 1969 Semi finalLeitrim1 8 6 13MayoPairc Sean Mac Diarmada Carrick on ShannonB Wrynne 0 6 H O Carroll 1 0 D Gannon 0 1 D O Grady 0 1 J Nealon 3 0 W Magee 2 1 J Corcoran 1 2 S O Dowd 0 4 J Langan 0 2 M McIntyre 0 2 J Morely 0 1 PJ Loftus 0 1 Referee P O Connor Roscommon Galway v Roscommon 6 July 1969 Semi finalGalway0 8 0 1RoscommonDunlo GAA Grounds BallinasloeJ Keenan 0 5 C Dunne 0 2 M Meade 0 1 J Kelly 0 1 Referee M Loftus Mayo Finals Galway v Mayo 20 July 1969 FinalGalway1 8 0 11MayoPearse Stadium GalwayJ Keenan 1 3 C Dunne 0 2 L Sammon 0 2 P Donnellan 0 1 J Corcoran 0 6 S O Dowd 0 2 W McGee 0 1 D Griffith 0 1 J Langan 0 1 Attendance 25 000Referee L Maguire Cavan Mayo v Galway 3 August 1969 Final replayMayo1 11 1 8GalwayMacHale Park CastlebarJ Corcoran 0 5 J Nealon 1 1 D Griffith 0 4 S O Dowd 0 1 J Keenan 0 4 L Sammon 1 0 J Duggan 0 2 T Keenan 0 2 C Dunne 0 1 Referee J Maloney Tipperary Leinster Senior Football Championship edit First round Carlow v Wicklow 27 April 1969 First roundCarlow1 13 2 7WicklowPairc Eanna GoreyB Hayden 0 4 E O Gorman 1 0 B O Brien 0 3 B Rice 0 2 P McNally 0 2 E Walker 0 1 T Moran 0 1 M mcNamee 0 6 F O Neill 1 0 G Farrell 1 0 K Melia 0 1 Referee S Aldridge Kildare Second round Wexford v Carlow 11 May 1969 Second roundWexford2 7 1 10CarlowNowlan Park KilkennyReferee L Shannon Dublin Westmeath v Louth 1 June 1969 Second roundWestmeath1 7 1 6LouthCroke Park DublinP Buckley 0 5 T Dolan 1 1 P Bradley 0 1 J Judge 1 3 M McKeown 0 2 L Leech 0 1 Attendance 10 292Referee L McCormack Wexford v Carlow 1 June 1969 Second round replayWexford2 9 2 7CarlowCroke Park DublinS Sheridan 2 2 J Berry 0 6 D Asple 0 1 B Hayden 1 2 E Walker 1 1 J King 0 4 Referee P o hAodha Louth Quarter finals Dublin v Laois 4 May 1969 Quarter finalDublin3 7 1 5LaoisDr Cullen Park CarlowD Foley 1 2 S Foley 1 1 P Delaney 0 4 L Deegan 1 0 H Mulhare 1 3 J Lawlor 0 1 B Lawlor 0 1 Attendance 10 000Referee B Hayden Carlow Kildare v Meath 25 May 1969 Quarter finalKildare2 16 1 11MeathCroke Park DublinJ Donnelly 0 8 M Mullins 2 0 P Dunny 0 4 K Kelly 0 1 J Doyle 0 1 P Connolly 0 1 J Dalton 0 1 T Brennan 1 6 B Cunningham 0 2 T O Dowd 0 1 M Mellitt 0 1 T Kearns 0 1 Attendance 18 033Referee P Kelly Dublin Wexford v Longford 8 June 1969 Quarter finalWexford3 5 1 8LongfordCroke Park DublinJ Berry 2 1 J Sheridan 1 2 W Howlin 0 1 P Cleere 0 1 L Devine 1 0 J Hanniffy 0 5 M Hopkins 0 1 P Burke 0 1 T Mulvihill 0 1 Offaly v Westmeath 29 June 1969 Quarter finalOffaly3 14 1 8WestmeathCroke Park DublinT McTague 0 10 S Evans 1 1 S Kilroy 1 1 S Cooney 1 1 W Bryan 0 1 Tommy Dolan 1 1 P Buckley 0 4 G Kane 0 1 D Murtagh 0 1 D Dolan 0 1 Referee P Hughes Louth Semi finals Kildare v Dublin 15 June 1969 Semi finalKildare0 18 0 7DublinDr Cullen Park CarlowJ Donnelly 0 7 P Dunny 0 3 M Mullins 0 2 J Doylke 0 2 P Connolly 0 2 J Dalton 0 1 J Balfe 0 1 S O Connor 0 2 F Delaney 0 2 M Whelan 0 1 D Foley 0 1 W Casey 0 1 Referee B Hayden Carlow Offaly v Wexford 13 July 1969 Semi finalOffaly3 9 1 10WexfordCroke Park DublinT McTague 1 4 S Kilroy 1 1 P Monaghan 1 1 W Bryan 0 1 M O Rourke 0 1 A Hickey 0 1 Jack Berry 0 7 P Cleere 1 0 S Sheridan 0 2 Referee P Hughes Louth Final Offaly v Kildare 27 July 1969 FinalOffaly3 7 1 8KildareCroke Park DublinPat Monaghan and Pat Keenan 1 1 Mick O Rourke 1 0 Tony McTague 0 3 0 2f Sean Kilroy and Kevin Kilmurray 0 1 Jack Donnelly 0 5f Tommy Carew 1 1 Kevin Kelly 0 2 Attendance 37 567Referee Brendan Hayden Carlow Munster Senior Football Championship edit Quarter finals Limerick v Clare 4 May 1969 Quarter finalLimerick1 6 1 10ClareGaelic Grounds LimerickE Cregan 1 0 M Tynan 0 2 M Graham 0 2 P Doherty 0 1 M Callopy 0 1 M Chambers 1 1 M McInerney 0 4 W O Donoghue 0 3 M Maloney 0 1 P McMahon 0 1 Referee P Halbert Cork Tipperary v Waterford 18 May 1969 Quarter finalTipperary0 10 1 7WaterfordNed Hall Park ClonmelJ Cummins 0 5 M Keating 0 3 B O Callaghan 0 2 G Mooney 1 0 V Kirwan 0 3 T O Riordan 0 2 T Walsh 0 2 Referee S O Connor Limerick Waterford v Tipperary 8 June 1969 Quarter final replayWaterford0 15 0 10TipperaryFraher Field DungarvanV Kirwan 0 5 T Riordan 0 3 T Walsh 0 3 T Cunningham 0 2 P Walsh 0 2 M Power 0 1 J Cummins 0 7 P O Connell 0 1 P Blythe 0 1 M Egan 0 1 Referee S O Connor Limerick Semi finals Cork v Clare 25 May 1969 Semi finalCork2 4 0 5ClareCork Athletic Grounds CorkD Coughlan 1 1 E Philpott 1 1 B O Neill 0 1 TF Hayes 0 1 M O Donoghue 0 2 S Griffin 0 1 M Garry 0 1 M Maloney 0 1 Waterford v Kerry 15 June 1969 Semi finalWaterford2 7 1 18KerryFraher Field DungarvanT Walsh 1 2 P Walsh 1 1 V Kirwan 0 4 P Moynihan 0 5 M Fleming 1 1 M O Connell 0 4 M O Dwyer 0 3 B Lynch 0 2 DJ Crowley 0 2 T Prendergast 0 1 Final Cork v Kerry 20 July 1969 FinalCork1 4 0 16KerryCork Athletic Grounds CorkTF Hayes 1 1 R Cummins 0 1 D Long 0 1 B O Neill 0 1 M O Connell 0 6 M O Dwyer 0 3 B Lynch 0 2 P Griffin 0 1 E O Donoghue 0 1 M Gleeson 0 1 L Higgins 0 1 DJ Crowley 0 1 Attendance 29 985Referee J Maloney Tipperary Ulster Senior Football Championship edit Preliminary round Tyrone v Derry 1 June 1969 Preliminary roundTyrone0 8 2 8DerryO Neill Park DungannonB Dolan 0 2 S Donaghy 0 2 I Donnelly 0 1 S Graham 0 1 S McElhaddon 0 1 K Teague 0 1 C McGuigan 2 0 P O Loane 0 6 S O Connell 0 2 Referee L Maguire Monaghan Quarter finals Antrim v Donegal 8 June 1969 Quarter finalAntrim2 10 0 14DonegalCasement Park BelfastP Lynn 2 1 M Greene 0 6 G McCann 1 1 L Boyle 0 1 A Scullion 0 1 M McLoone 0 3 N Granaghan 0 3 D O Carroll 0 3 S Ferriter 0 2 P McShea 0 1 J Quigley 0 1 A Gallagher 0 1 Referee L Maguire Monaghan Armagh v Monaghan 15 June 1969 Quarter finalArmagh0 8 1 9MonaghanAthletic Grounds ArmaghJ Smith 0 4 K France 0 2 T McCreesh 0 1 P Duffy 0 1 S Woods 1 6 E Tavey 0 1 B Dowling 0 1 G Fitzpatrick 0 1 Referee F Green Antrim Fermanagh v Cavan 15 June 1969 Quarter finalFermanagh2 4 1 9CavanSt Molaise Park IrvinestownMcPartlan 1 2 V Greene 1 0 PT Treacy 0 1 G Magee 0 1 G Cusack 1 2 S Duggan 0 2 O Brady 0 2 H Newman 0 2 JJ O Reilly 0 1 Referee G Griffin Donegal Down v Antrim 22 June 1969 Quarter finalDown0 8 0 4AntrimPairc Esler NewryP Doherty 0 3 C McAlarney 0 2 J Murphy 0 2 M Cole 0 1 L Boyle 0 2 M Green 0 1 S McQuillan 0 1 Referee F Tierney Cavan Semi finals Cavan v Derry 29 June 1969 Semi finalCavan2 3 0 9DerrySt Tiernach s Park ClonesG Cusack 1 0 P Murray 1 0 D Coyle 0 1 C Gallagher 0 1 S Duggan 0 1 S Lagan 0 2 T McGuinness 0 2 S O Connell 0 2 C McGuigan 0 1 F O Loane 0 1 L Diamond 0 1 Referee P Hughes Louth Down v Monaghan 6 July 1969 Semi finalDown2 15 1 7MonaghanAthletic Grounds ArmaghS O Neill 0 7 J Murphy 1 1 J Purdy 1 0 S Morgan 0 3 P Rooney 0 1 C McAlarney 0 1 H McGrath 0 1 M Cole 0 1 S Woods 1 5 B Dowling 0 1 T McCrudden 0 1 Referee F Tierney Cavan Cavan v Derry 13 July 1969 Semi final replayCavan1 8 0 6DerrySt Tiernach s Park ClonesG Cusack 1 2 C Gallagher 0 3 S Duggan 0 2 JJ O Reilly 0 1 S O Connell 0 3 T McGuinness 0 1 M Niblock 0 1 F O Loan 0 1 Referee G Griffin Donegal Final Cavan v Down 27 July 1969 FinalCavan2 13 2 6DownCasement Park BelfastG Cusack 1 3 H McInerney 1 1 D Coyle 0 2 C Gallagher 0 2 S Duggan 0 2 JJ O Reilly 0 2 H Newman 0 1 P Doherty 1 2 M Cole 1 0 S O Neill 0 3 J Murphy 0 1 Attendance 40 000Referee T Johnston Fermanagh All Ireland Senior Football Championship edit Semi finals Kerry v Mayo 10 August 1969 Semi finalKerry0 14 1 10MayoCroke Park DublinM O Dwyer 0 5 M O Connell 0 3 B Lynch 0 2 P Griffin 0 2 E O Donoghue 0 1 M Gleeson 0 1 J Corcoran 0 7 D Griffith 1 0 W McGee 0 2 S O Dowd 0 1 Attendance 35 258Referee P Kelly Dublin Offaly v Cavan 24 August 1969 Semi finalOffaly0 12 1 9CavanCroke Park DublinT McTague 0 10 S Evans 0 1 S Cooney 0 1 H McInerney 1 0 C Gallagher 0 3 E Cusack 0 2 O Brady 0 1 R Carolan 0 1 H Newman 0 1 S Duggan 0 1 Attendance 35 195Referee J Moloney Tipperary Offaly v Cavan 14 September 1969 Semi final replayOffaly3 8 1 10CavanCroke Park DublinP Keenan 1 1 S Evans 1 1 S Kilroy 1 0 T McTague 0 3 K Kilmurray 0 1 S Cooney 0 1 A Hickey 0 1 E Cusack 1 2 C Gallagher 0 3 S Duggan 0 3 H McInerney 0 2 Attendance 51 334Referee J Moloney Tipperary Final Kerry v Offaly 28 September 1969 FinalKerry0 10 0 7OffalyCroke Park DublinM O Connell 0 2 DJ Crowley 0 2 M Gleeson 0 2 M O Dwyer 0 2 L Higgins 0 1 B Lynch 0 1 T McTague 0 3 S Evans 0 2 W Bryan 0 1 P Keennan 0 1 Attendance 67 828Referee J Moloney Tipperary Main article 1969 All Ireland Senior Football Championship FinalChampionship statistics editMiscellaneous edit St Coman s Park Roscommon changed its name to Dr Hyde Park after Ireland s 1st President Douglas Hyde The throw in for the Munster quarter final between Clare and Limerick was delayed by 25 minutes At the Ulster semi final between Cavan and Derry an 80 year old retired farmer collapses and dies The All Ireland semi final between Cavan and Offaly ends level and goes to a replay It is the first time since 1960 that a semi final ended in a draw which was the Down vs Offaly game Scorers edit Overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average 1 Tony McTague Offaly 1 33 36 6 6 00 2 Jack Berry Wexford 2 18 24 4 6 00 3 Joe Corcoran Mayo 1 20 23 4 5 75 4 Jack Donnelly Kildare 0 20 20 3 6 66 5 Sean Woods Monaghan 2 11 17 2 8 50 Single game Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition 1 Tony McTague Offaly 0 10 10 Cavan Tony McTague Offaly 0 10 10 Westmeath 3 John Nealon Mayo 3 0 9 Leitrim Tony Brennan Meath 1 6 9 Kildare Sean Woods Monaghan 1 6 9 Armagh 6 Sean Sheridan Wexford 2 2 8 Carlow Sean Woods Monaghan 1 5 8 Down Jack Donnelly Kildare 0 8 8 Meath Mick Fallon Roscommon 0 8 8 Sligo 10 Pat Lynn Antrim 2 1 7 Donegal Willie Magee Mayo 2 1 7 Leitrim Jack Berry Wexford 2 1 7 Longford Tony McTague Offaly 1 4 7 Wexford Joe Corcoran Mayo 0 7 7 Kerry Jack Donnelly Kildare 0 7 7 Dublin Jack Berry Wexford 0 7 7 Offaly John Cummins Tipperary 0 7 7 Waterford Sean O Neill Down 0 7 7 MonaghanReferences edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1969 All Ireland Senior Football Championship amp oldid 1218250442, wikipedia, 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