| All-Ireland Champions | |
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| Winning team | Kerry (17th win) |
| Captain | Jas Murphy |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Armagh |
| Captain | Sean Quinn |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Louth |
| Ulster | Armagh |
| Connacht | Roscommon |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1952 1954 → | |
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.[1][2][3]
| Galway | 1–8 – 0–2 | Leitrim |
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| Sligo | 1–6 – 2–6 | Mayo |
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| P Carney (1-3, one point a‘50’), M Mulderrig (0-1), P Solan (0-1) & S O’Donnell (1-1). |
| Roscommon | 4–4 – 0–3 | Galway |
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| Roscommon | 1–6 – 0–6 | Mayo |
|---|---|---|
| P Carney (0-3, frees), M Flanagan (0-1) & P Solan (0-2). |
Attendance: 15,000
[edit]| Wicklow | 4–7 – 2–10 | Longford |
|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 1–9 – 2–1 | Kildare |
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| S.Brennan 1-1, T.McCarthy 1-0 |
| Louth | 2–11 – 0–5 | Westmeath |
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| Meath | 2–6 – 2–5 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
Attendance: 29,753
| Wexford | 1–9 – 0–11 | Laois |
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| Offaly | 1–7 – 0–9 | Carlow |
|---|---|---|
Attendance: 11,745
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)
| Louth | 1–10 – 0–4 | Wicklow |
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| Offaly | 0–7 – 1–7 | Wexford |
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Referee: W Delaney (Laois)
| Louth | 1–7 – 1–6 | Meath |
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 Louth | 1–07 – 0–07 |  Wexford |
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| Hugh O'Rourke (1-0), Jim McDonnell (0-3, 1f), Dermot O'Brien (0-2), Peadar Smith (0-1), John Callan (0-1) | Rory Deane (0-6, 4f), Willie Kelly (0-1) |
Attendance: 28,739
Referee: Bill Delaney (Laois)
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| Waterford | 2–4 – 0–4 | Tipperary |
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Referee: J. White
| Kerry | 6–10 – 0–2 | Clare |
|---|---|---|
| P. Sheehy (3-3), T. Lyne (0-2), J. Brosnan (0-2), S. Kelly (1-2) & J. Lyne (2-1). |
| Cork | 1–7 – 1–5 | Waterford |
|---|---|---|
| D. Kellaher (1-1), T. Kelleher (0-2), M. Cahill (0-3) & J. J. Henichion (0-1) |
| Kerry | 2–7 – 2–3 | Cork |
|---|---|---|
| P. Sheehy (0-1), T. Lyne (0-4), J. Brosnan (0-1), S. Kelly (1-0), J. Lyne (0-1) & Sub T. Ashe (1-0). | N. Fitzgerald (1-0), D. Kellaher (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & M.Cahill (0-1). |
| Derry | 1–11 – 2–5 | Down |
|---|---|---|
| Tyrone | 8–7 – 0–3 | Donegal |
|---|---|---|
| Armagh | 1–8 – 1–4 | Antrim |
|---|---|---|
Attendance: 6,000
| Cavan | 2–7 – 0–2 | Monaghan |
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| Cavan | 2–10 – 2–4 | Tyrone |
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| Armagh | 4–11 – 1–5 | Derry |
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| Armagh | 1–6 – 0–5 | Cavan |
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Attendance: 30,000
[edit] Armagh | 0–8 – 0–7 |  Roscommon |
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Attendance: 40,372
 Kerry | 3–6 – 0–10 | Louth |
|---|---|---|
| T. Ashe (2-0), S. Kelly (1-1), P. Sheehy (0-2), T. Lyne (0-1), G. O'Sullivan (0-1) M. Brosnan (0-1) | J. McDonnell (0-7, 3f), J. Regan (0-2), P. Smith (0-1) |
Attendance: 62,408
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| Kerry | 0–13 – 1–6 | Armagh |
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| J. Brosnan (0-4), J. J. Sheehan (0-3), T. Lyne (0-4), T. Ashe (0-1) & J.Lyne (0-1). | M. McEvoy (1-2), G. O'Neill (0-2), J. Cunnningham & B. Seeley (0-1). |
Attendance: 86,155
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)
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