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1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates 7 May 1972 - 15 October 1972
Teams 31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Offaly (2nd win)
Captain Tony McTague
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kerry
Captain Tom Prendergast
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Offaly
Ulster Donegal
Connacht Roscommon
Championship statistics
No. matches played 34
Top Scorer Colours of Offaly.svg Tony McTague (0-36)
Player of the Year Colours of Offaly.svg Willie Bryan
1971
1973

The 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 86th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 7 May 1972 and ended on 15 October 1972.

Offaly entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 15 October 1972, Offaly won the championship following a 1-19 to 0-13 defeat of 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.

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Final


First round



Second round



Quarter-finals




Semi-finals



Final


Quarter-finals



Semi-finals



Final


Preliminary round


Quarter-finals





Semi-finals




Final


Semi-finals



Finals




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