The 1937 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the ninth staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Louth entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship.

Cavan won the championship following a 1-11 to 1-5 defeat of Wexford in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.^[1]

Results

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Final

25 July 1937^[2]

Wexford	2–07–2-05	Louth
Dunbar (1-3, 1f), Howlin (1-0), Thorpe (0-2), Murphy (0-1), Williams (0-1)

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: S. Synnott (Dublin)

GK 1 Michael Kehoe (Gusserane O'Rahilly's) RCB 2 James Dwyer (Slaney Harriers) FB 3 Nick Butler (St John's Volunteers) (c) LCB 4 Harry Kenny (Slaney Harriers) RHB 5 Dermot Hall (St John's Volunteers) CHB 6 Tom Hurley (St John's Volunteers) LHB 7 John Morris (St John's Volunteers) MF 8 Jack Murphy (Starlights) MF 9 Patrick Foley (Gusserane O'Rahilly's) RHF 10 Patrick Dunbar (Starlights) CHF 11 Edward Roice (St John's Volunteers) LHF 12 William Howlin (St John's Volunteers) RCF 13 James Williams (Mulgannon Harriers) FF 14 Tom Redmond (St John's Volunteers) LCF 15 Sam Thorpe (Slaney Harriers)

GK 1 Martin O'Brien (Glyde Rangers) RCB 2 M.G. Byrne (St. Mary's College) FB 3 Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands) LCB 4 Tom McArdle (Dundalk Gaels) RHB 5 Kevin Devin (St. Mary's College) CHB 6 Frank Rock (St. Mary's College) (c) LHB 7 Peter Woods (Glyde Rangers) MF 8 Niall Hardy (St. Mary's College) MF 9 Brian Reynolds (Darver Young Irelands) RHF 10 Chris O'Higgins (St. Mary's College) CHF 11 Ollie Halpin (St Magdalene's) LHF 12 Kevin O'Dowda (St. Mary's College) RCF 13 Willie Murtagh (Dundalk Gaels) FF 14 Aidan Goulding (St. Mary's College) LCF 15 Jim Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)

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