1996 Kerry Senior Football Championship information
Association football championship
1996 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Dates
14 June - 20 October 1996
Teams
18
Sponsor
Allied Irish Bank
Champions
Laune Rangers (10th title) Mark O'Connor (captain) John Evans (manager)
Runners-up
West Kerry Colm Geaney (captain) Frank Dorgan (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played
21
Goals scored
34 (1.62 per match)
Points scored
469 (22.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)
Seán Geaney (3-17)
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The 1996 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 96th staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889.[1] The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 26 February 1996. The championship ran from 14 June to 20 October 1996.
Laune Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions.[2][3]
The final was played on 20 October 1996 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Laune Rangers and West Kerry, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Laune Rangers won the match by 2-07 to 1-09 to claim their 10th championship title overall and a second title in succession.[4][5]
West Kerry's Seán Geaney was the championship's top scorer with 3-17.
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^"1996". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
^"Laune Rangers '96 victory undoubtedly fed into Kerry ending All-Ireland famine in '97". The Kerryman. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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Global Information
Laune Rangers (10th title)
West Kerry