1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 64th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Mayo and Meath met to decide the destination of the Sam Maguire Cup.

Match

Summary

Mayo won their second title in a row with goals by Tommy Langan and Joe Gilvarry.
This was Mayo's second consecutive All-Ireland SFC title. They have not won an All-Ireland SFC title since. It is said that a legendary curse overshadows Mayo football since 1951 – see Sports-related curses and Mayo county football team#Curse.

Details

Mayo

1 S. Wynne
2 J. Forde
3 P. Prendergast
4 S. Flanagan
5 J. Staunton
6 H. Dixon
7 P. Quinn
8 É. Mongey
9 J. McAndrew
10 P. Irwin
11 P. Carney
12 S. Mulderrig
13 M. Flanagan
14 T. Langan
15 J. Gilvarry

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Meath

1 K. Smyth
2 M. O'Brien
3 P. O'Brien
4 K. McConnell
5 S. Heery
6 C. Kelly
7 C. Hand
8 D. Taaffe
9 P. Connell
10 F. Byrne
11 M. McDonnell
12 P. Meegan
13 B. Smyth
14 J. Reilly
15 P. McDermott

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55 years later...

Mayo players Willie Casey, Paddy Jordan and former GAA President Dr. Mick Loftus belatedly received their All-Ireland senior football medals 55 years later. Though squad members, they had not appeared as substitutes in the final and had initially been denied their medals.