The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 70th All-Ireland Final and marked the culmination of the 1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 1 September 1957, between Kilkenny and Waterford. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 4-10 to 3-12.[2] It was the fifth time for Kilkenny to win a final by a point. An interesting feature of this match was the participation of the English actor John Gregson in the Kilkenny team's parade as part of his role as a GAA player in the film Rooney.[3][4]
^The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (PDF). Dublin: DBA Publications Ltd. 2021. p. 28. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
^Irish Independent, Monday, 2 September 1957; Page: 7
^Considine, Tony (26 November 2020). "Clash of the Titans: We revisit the 'nerve-shattering intensity' of Kilkenny and Waterford's All-Ireland trilogy in the 1950s". www.independent.ie. Retrieved 1 February 2024. As it turned out, English actor John Gregson was the extra man, being filmed for a scene in the 1958 film, Rooney, where he played a GAA player.
^Moynihan, Michael (9 September 2020). "'GAA Collection' a treasure trove of All-Ireland film". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
