The 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 86th staging of the
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...
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Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include t ...
's premier inter county, inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 7 May 1972 and ended on 15 October 1972.
Offaly GAA, Offaly entered the championship as the 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, defending champions.
On 15 October 1972, Offaly won the championship following a 1-19 to 0-13 defeat of Kerry GAA, Kerry in the All-Ireland final replay.
This was their second All-Ireland title.
Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 0-36. Offaly's Willie Bryan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster Senior Football Championship
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...
Semi-finals
Finals
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
* Omagh's pitch is named as Healy Park after Michael Healy (Gaelic football), Michael Healy.
* On 14 May 1972, FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock, FitzGerald Park, Killmallock hosted its first game for 20 years the Munster Quarter-Final meeting of Limerick vs Waterford.
* Tyrone GAA, Tyrone qualify for the Ulster final for the first time since 1957.
* Donegal GAA, Donegal become the 8th team to win the Ulster title when they claim their first provincial championship with a 2-13 to 1-11 defeat of Tyrone GAA, Tyrone.
* The All-Ireland semi-final meeting between Donegal GAA, Donegal and Offaly is the very first championship clash between the two teams. It is also Donegal's first championship match to be played at Croke Park, Dublin.
* The All-Ireland final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1952.
* Offaly win back-to-back All-Ireland titles for the first and only time in their history. Their 1-19 to 0-13 All-Ireland final replay victory remains Kerry's biggest ever defeat in a championship decider.
Scoring
;Overall
;Single game
References
{{All-Ireland Senior Football Championship