# 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 67th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Leitrim return to Connacht championship after 3 years.
Kerry were the winners.

## Results
### Leinster Senior Football Championship
#### Final

| GK | 1 | Niall O'Neill (Dundalk Gaels) |
| RCB | 2 | Jack Bell (St Mary's) |
| FB | 3 | Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells) |
| LCB | 4 | Jim Tuft (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| RHB | 5 | Paddy McArdle (St Mary's) |
| CHB | 6 | Paddy Markey (St Mary's) |
| LHB | 7 | Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| MF | 8 | Hubert Reynolds (Oliver Plunketts) |
| MF | 9 | Michael McDonnell (Darver Volunteers) |
| RHF | 10 | Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts) |
| CHF | 11 | Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers) |
| LHF | 12 | Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's) |
| RCF | 13 | John Callan (St Mary's) |
| FF | 14 | Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) (c) |
| LCF | 15 | Hugh O'Rourke (Civil Service, Dublin) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Jim Conlon (Stabannon Parnells) for Tuft |
| GK | 1 | Joe O'Neill (Ferns St Aidan's) |
| RCB | 2 | John Morris (St John's Volunteers) |
| FB | 3 | Nick Redmond (Banba, Dublin) |
| LCB | 4 | John Fardy (Gusserane O'Rahilly's) |
| RHB | 5 | Mick O'Hanlon (Gusserane O'Rahilly's) |
| CHB | 6 | Willie Goodison (St John's Volunteers) |
| LHB | 7 | John J. Culleton (Gusserane O'Rahilly's) |
| MF | 8 | Padge Kehoe (St Aidan's, Enniscorthy) |
| MF | 9 | Aidan McCormack (St Aidan's, Ballymitty) |
| RHF | 10 | Larry Larkin (Gusserane O'Rahilly's) |
| CHF | 11 | Billy Rackard (Rathnure) |
| LHF | 12 | Rory Deane (Bunclody) |
| RCF | 13 | Billy Kelly (Seán McDermotts, Dublin) |
| FF | 14 | Nicky Rackard (Rathnure) (c) |
| LCF | 15 | Des O'Neill (Rathnure) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Matt Foley (Gusserane O'Rahilly's) for Larkin |

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

| GK | 1 | Johnny Foley (Kerins O'Rahilly's) |
| RCB | 2 | James Murphy (Garda, Cork) |
| FB | 3 | Ned Roche (Knocknagoshel) |
| LCB | 4 | Donie Murphy (Killarney Legion) |
| RHB | 5 | Colm Kennelly (Ballylongford) |
| CHB | 6 | John Cronin (Milltown/Castlemaine) |
| LHB | 7 | Seán Murphy (Geraldines, Dublin) |
| MF | 8 | Brendan O'Shea (Multyfarnham, Westmeath) |
| MF | 9 | Bobby Buckley (UCC, Cork) |
| RHF | 10 | Paudie Sheehy (UCC, Cork) (c) |
| CHF | 11 | Jim Brosnan (UCC, Cork) |
| LHF | 12 | Tadhg Lyne (Dr Crokes) |
| RCF | 13 | Tom Ashe (Dingle) |
| FF | 14 | Seán Kelly (Civil Service, Dublin) |
| LCF | 15 | Jackie Lyne (Killarney Legion) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Gerald O'Sullivan (St Mary's) for Jim Brosnan |
| | 17 | Mixie Palmer (Kenmare) for Kennelly |
| | 18 | Mick Brosnan (UCC, Cork) for Palmer |
| | 19 | Jim Brosnan for Ashe |
| GK | 1 | Niall O'Neill (Dundalk Gaels) |
| RCB | 2 | Jim Conlon (Stabannon Parnells) |
| FB | 3 | Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells) |
| LCB | 4 | Jim Tuft (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| RHB | 5 | Paddy McArdle (St Mary's) |
| CHB | 6 | Paddy Markey (St Mary's) |
| LHB | 7 | Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| MF | 8 | Hubert Reynolds (Oliver Plunketts) |
| MF | 9 | Michael McDonnell (Darver Volunteers) |
| RHF | 10 | Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts) |
| CHF | 11 | Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers) |
| LHF | 12 | Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's) |
| RCF | 13 | Kevin Beahan (St Mary's) |
| FF | 14 | Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) (c) |
| LCF | 15 | Hugh O'Rourke (Civil Service, Dublin) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Jack Bell (St Mary's) for Tuft |
| | 17 | Kevin Connolly (Cooley Kickhams) for O'Rourke |
| | 18 | Paddy Beahan (St Mary's) for O'Brien |
| | 19 | Fintan Wynne (St Bride's) for Smith |
| | 20 | Peter Judge (Oliver Plunketts) for Jim Conlon |

#### Final
## Championship statistics
### Miscellaneous

* Leitrim return to Connacht championship after 3-year break.
* O'Kennedy Park GAA Grounds replaces Barrett's Park, in New Ross in honor of Seán O'Kennedy.
* Casement Park, opens in Belfast named after a 1916 rising leader Roger Casement.
* Louth play Westmeath in the Leinster championship for the first time since 1938.
* Munster semi-final between Kerry and Clare caused Clare to withdraw from the championship for a year due to a one-sided game 6–10 to 0–2.
* The Leinster semi-final between Louth and Meath was a historic 9th year in a row of meeting in the Leinster championship a famous 13th meeting between them in 9 years.
* The All Ireland semi-final between Roscommon and Armagh was the first championship meeting between them.
* Armagh play in their first All Ireland final but are beaten by Kerry.