1951–52 National Football League (Ireland)

1951–52 National Football League
League details
Dates	6 October 1951 – 30 September 1952
League champions
Winners	Cork (1st win)
Captain	Éamonn Young
League runners-up
Runners-up	New York
Captain	Tom "Gega" O'Connor
	← 1950–51 1952–53 →

The 1951–52 National Football League was the 21st staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Cork beat Dublin in the home final and easily dismissed New York in the Polo Grounds final, played at night under floodlights. New York didn't return to the final until 1963.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Format

Teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reaches the home semi-finals. The winner of the home final plays New York in the NFL final.

Results

Division I

Division II

Division III

Cork won, ahead of Galway, Clare, Mayo and Kerry.

Division IV

Finals

27 April 1952
Home Final

Cork	2-3 – 1-5	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 30,070^[5]

Referee: Dan Ryan (Kerry)^[6]

18 May 1952
Final

9:00 p.m. EDT

Cork	1-12 – 0-3	New York
		Tom O'Connor 0-2, Pat McAndrew 0-1

Polo Grounds, New York City

Attendance: 33,914 ^[7]

Referee: Dan Ryan (Kerry)^[8]

References

^ Mayo results archive, 1952
^ GAA Final Teams
^ "COUNTY CORK TEAM FAVORED TONIGHT; Opposes New York All-Stars in Gaelic Football Game at the Polo Grounds" - New York Times
^ "GAA Archive". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
^ "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] Mayo results archive, 1952

[2] GAA Final Teams

[3] "COUNTY CORK TEAM FAVORED TONIGHT; Opposes New York All-Stars in Gaelic Football Game at the Polo Grounds" - New York Times

[4] "GAA Archive". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

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

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

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

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

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