Gaelic football competition
1950–51 National Football League was the 20th staging of the National Football League , an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland .
Thirty counties participated; Kilkenny and Limerick did not participate.[ 1]
Meath won the home final and flew to New York for the real final. Despite some players being weakened by smallpox vaccination , they beat New York by a goal and sailed home in triumph on the SS Nieuw Amsterdam . John 'Lefty' Devine commentated on the radio, and was criticised for his newly acquired New York accent (he was a native of County Clare ).[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
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.
Group stage
Eastern Section
Western Section
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Division II
Tipperary , Carlow , Cork , Wexford , Waterford
Division III
Mayo won, ahead of Galway , Clare , Laois and Kerry .
Division IV
Meath ,Wicklow , Westmeath ,Kildare , Louth and Dublin .
Division V
Roscommon ,Longford , Sligo ,Leitrim , Offaly and Cavan .
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
References
^ "26 Counties in action on Sunday", Irish Independent, 4 October 1950, p. 10
^ Mayo results archive, 1951 ^ "GAA Archive 1949" . Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015 .^ GAA Final Teams ^ "Death of Meath legend Paddy Meegan" - HoganStand ^ Ballina Herald [permanent dead link ] ^ New York Times: 30,000 SEE MEATH GAIN 13-10 VICTORY; IRISH TEAMS DISPLAYING THEIR SKILLS AT THE POLO GROUNDS ^ "National Football League Tables" Irish Press, 31 October 1963, p. 8
^ "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
