1997 Kerry Senior Football Championship

The 1997 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 97th staging of the Kerry [Senior Football Championship] since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 27 February 1997. The championship ran from 24 July to 2 November 1997.
Laune [Rangers GAA|Laune Rangers] entered the championship as the defending champions.
The final was played on 2 November 1997 at Austin [Stack Park] in Tralee, between East Kerry and Laune Rangers, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. East Kerry won the match by 1-11 to 0-08 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first title in 27 years.
East Kerry's Paud O'Donoghue was the championship's top scorer with 1-32.

Results

;Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Paud O'Donoghue	East Kerry	1-32	35	6	5.83
2	Pa O'Sullivan	Laune Rangers	0-26	26	5	5.20
3	Dara Ó Cinnéide	West Kerry	1-15	18	4	4.50
4	Eoin Moynihan	Austin Stacks	0-15	15	3	5.00
5	Ian Twiss	Mid Kerry	0-14	14	3	4.66
6	John [Kennedy (Kerry Gaelic footballer)\|John Kennedy]	Shannon Rangers	1-10	13	3	4.33
7	Seán Geaney	West Kerry	3-03	12	4	3.00
7	Darren Aherne	Austin Stacks	0-12	12	3	4.00
9	Jerry Murphy	East Kerry	1-08	11	6	1.83
10	Gary McGrath	Mid Kerry	2-04	10	3	3.33
10	Tom O'Connell	Mid Kerry	0-10	10	2	5.00

;In a single game