1956–57 National Football League (Ireland)

1956–57 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1956 – 18 May 1957
League champions
Winners	Galway (2nd win)
Captain	Jack Mahon
League runners-up
Runners-up	Kerry
Captain	Jerome O'Shea
	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 National Football League was the 26th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Galway beat Kerry in the final, which was remembered as one of the greatest games for years. Kerry lead 0-5 to 0-4 at half-time. The "goal of the century", created by Seán Purcell and scored by Frank Stockwell, secured victory.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Format

Results

Finals

18 May 1957
Final

Galway	1-8 – 0-6	Kerry
Frank Stockwell goal		Tadhgie Lyne, Paudie Sheehy 0-2 each; Mick Murphy, Tom Long 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)^[5]

References

^ GAA Final Teams
^ GAA Archive^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Jack Mahon - HoganStand
^ Terrace Talk 1957 Kerry v Galway
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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[1] GAA Final Teams

[2] GAA Archive^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Jack Mahon - HoganStand

[4] Terrace Talk 1957 Kerry v Galway

[5] "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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