1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Galway (1st win)
Captain	Joe Waldron
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Kildare
Ulster	Tyrone
Connacht	Galway

The 1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the ninth staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Kerry in the Munster final.

On 22 October 1972, Galway won the championship following a 2-6 to 0-7 defeat of KErry in the All-Ireland final.^[1] This was their first All-Ireland title.

Results

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Semi-finals

27 August 1972 Semi-final	Galway	4-05 - 1-09	Tyrone	Pearse Stadium, Galway

2 September 1972 Semi-final	Kildare	0-06 - 0-13	Kerry	St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Final

22 October 1972 Final	Galway	2-06 - 0-07	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin

Statistics

Miscellaneous

Tyrone win the Ulster title for the first time in their history.

References

↑ Carney, Jim (27 April 2011). "Three brilliant victories in the All-Ireland U-21 Championship". The Tuam Herald. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships
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