All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1956

Infobox Football All-Ireland


year=1956
team=Galway
titles=4th
captain= Jack Mangan
manager=
top scorer= Frank Stockwell
munster= Cork
leinster= Kildare
ulster= Tyrone
connacht= Galway
poty=Seán Purcell
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The 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to October, 1956. Galway, led by the legendary Seán Purcell and Frank Stockwell in attack, played beautiful attacking football against Cork in the final. The final score, 2-13 to 3-07, showed how free-flowing the game was, given that Gaelic Football matches were played for 60 minutes instead of 70 minutes in the present day. Stockwell finished with a total of 2-05, showing how great "The Terrible Twins" that were Purcell & Stockwell were in that era.

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

emi-Finals

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date = August 5th
Semi-Final
team1 = Cork
score = 0-09 - 0-05
team2 = Kildare
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stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
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date = August 12th
Semi-Final
team1 = Galway
score = 0-08 - 0-06
team2 = Tyrone
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stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
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All-Ireland Final

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date = September 22nd
Final
team1 = Galway
score = 2-13 - 3-07
team2 = Cork
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stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
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