1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Offaly (2nd win)
Captain Willie Bryan
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Offaly
Ulster Donegal
Connacht Roscommon
Championship statistics
Player of the Year Willie Bryan (Offaly)
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The 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to October, 1972. Offaly won their second ever All-Ireland title in a row, defeating Kerry by 1-19 to 0-13 after a replay.

Results

Connacht

11 June 1972
Quarter-Final
Roscommon 1-11 – 0-5 Leitrim

18 June 1972
Semi-Final
Sligo 2-7 – 1-10 Mayo

25 June 1972
Semi-Final
Galway 2-12 – 3-9 Roscommon

2 July 1972
Semi-Final Replay
Sligo 0-17 – 1-18 Mayo

9 July 1972
Semi-Final Replay
Galway 0-7 – 1-8 Roscommon

16 July 1972
Final
Roscommon 5-8 – 3-10 Mayo
Castlebar
Attendance: 25,000

Leinster

25 June 1972
Semi-Final
Offaly 2-17 – 3-5 Meath
Croke Park
Referee: B Hayden

23 July 1972
Final
Offaly 1-18 – 2-8 Kildare
Croke Park
Attendance: 30074
Referee: G Hoey

Munster

11 June 1972
Semi-Final
Kerry 1-12 – 0-9 Tipperary

11 June 1972
Semi-Final
Cork 2-08 – 0-09 Waterford

16 July 1972
Final
Kerry 2-21 – 2-15 Cork

Ulster

4 June 1972
Preliminary Round
Derry 0-13 – 0-7 Fermanagh

4 June 1972
Quarter-Final
Tyrone 0-13 – 1-7 Armagh

11 June 1972
Quarter-Final
Cavan 3-9 – 0-6 Monaghan

18 June 1972
Quarter-Final
Donegal 1-8 – 0-8 Down

25 June 1972
Quarter-Final
Derry 2-9 – 2-5 Antrim
Ballinascreen

2 July 1972
Semi-Final
Donegal 0-12 – 2-6 Cavan

9 July 1972
Semi-Final
Tyrone 1-8 – 0-9 Derry

16 July 1972
Semi-Final Replay
Donegal 2-11 – 1-9 Cavan
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

30 July 1972
Final
Donegal 2-13 – 1-11 Tyrone
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Championship

13 August 1972
Semi-Final
Kerry 1-22 - 1-12 Roscommon

22 August 1972
Semi-Final
Offaly 1-17 - 2-10 Donegal

24 September 1972
Final
Offaly 1-13 - 1-13 Kerry

15 October 1972
Final Replay
Offaly 1-19 - 0-13 Kerry