1952–53 National Football League (Ireland)

{{Short description|Football competition}}

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{{Infobox GAA League

|league = 1952–53 National Football League

|image =

|dates = 19 October 1952 – 9 May 1953

|teams =

|team1 = Dublin

|captain1 = Mossy Whelan

|manager1 =

|titles = 1st

|team2 = Cavan

|captain2 = Mick Higgins

|manager2 =

|two =

|three =

|four =

|previous = 1951–52

|next = 1953–54

}}

The 1952–53 National Football League was the 22nd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Dublin defeated Cavan in the final, wearing St Vincents' white and blue shirts — not just to prevent a colour clash, but because fourteen of their team were Vincents' men (the exception being goalkeeper Tony O'Grady of the Air Corps club).From The Press Box: Seventy Years of Great Moments in Irish Sport by Peter Byrne[http://mayogaablog.com/?page_id=3743 Mayo results archive, 1953][http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/gaa-history/final-teams/0/6/0/0/13/ GAA Final Teams][http://www.prideinthejersey.com/1960LeagueSemi-Final.html Pride in the Jersey]{{Cite web |url=http://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/gaa-archive/gaa-years/2000-2009-(4)/1984-(3) |title=GAA Archive |access-date=2015-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715012429/http://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/gaa-archive/gaa-years/2000-2009-(4)/1984-(3) |archive-date=2015-07-15 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cavancyms.com/cavanallirelandfinals.html |title=Cavan's finals |access-date=2015-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200925/http://www.cavancyms.com/cavanallirelandfinals.html |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}