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1961–62 National Football League
League details
DatesOctober 1961 – 13 May 1962
League champions
Winners Down (2nd win)
Captain Paddy Doherty
League runners-up
Runners-up Dublin
Captain Kevin Heffernan

The 1961–62 National Football League was the 31st staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

The final featured on the Amharc Γ‰ireann newsreel. SeΓ‘n O'Neill scored a late penalty to win the game. [1] [2] [3]

Format

Results

Finals

Down2-5 – 1-7 Dublin
Attendance: 56,515
Referee: M McArdle (Louth) [4]

References

  1. ^ GAA Final Teams
  2. ^ Photo Archive
  3. ^ Amharc Γ‰ireann
  4. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN  9781903464151

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