1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 110th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match
Summary
Kerry bridged an 11-year gap, the longest in their history, helped by nine Maurice Fitzgerald points. Fitzgerald also broke Billy O'Shea's leg on the pitch.Mayo in their second final appearance in a row, were hoping to bridge a gap that stretched back to their All-Ireland SFC title winning team of 1951. They failed, and would lose again to Kerry in 2004 and 2006. Subsequent All-Ireland SFC final defeats followed for Mayo at the hands of Donegal in 2012 and Dublin in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020... Tyrone in 2021...
Details
Kerry
- 1 D. O'Keeffe
- 2 K. Burns
- 3 Barry O'Shea
- 4 S. Stack
- 5 S. Moynihan
- 6 L. O'Flaherty
- 7 E. Breen
- 8 D. Ó Sé
- 9 W. Kirby
- 10 P. Laide
- 11 L. Hassett
- 12 D. O'Dwyer
- 13 Billy O'Shea
- 14 D. Ó Cinnéide
- 15 M. Fitzgerald
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Mayo
- 1 P. Burke
- 2 K. Mortimer
- 3 P. Holmes
- 4 D. Flanagan
- 5 F. Costello
- 6 J. Nallen
- 7 N. Connelly
- 8 P. Fallon
- 9 D. Heaney
- 10 M. Sheridan
- 11 C. McManamon
- 12 J. Casey
- 13 C. McDonald
- 14 L. McHale
- 15 D. Nestor
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