1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Template:Template other 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.

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

Semi-finals

Finals

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Omagh's pitch is named as Healy Park after Michael Healy.
• On 14 May 1972, FitzGerald Park, Killmallock hosted its first game for 20 years the Munster Quarter-Final meeting of Limerick vs Waterford.
• Tyrone qualify for the Ulster final for the first time since 1957.
• 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.
• The All-Ireland semi-final meeting between 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

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Tony McTague	Offaly	0-36	36	5	7.20
2	Joe Winston	Donegal	0-29	29	5	5.80
3	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	0-28	28	5	6.60
4	Mickey Freyne	Roscommon	2-17	23	5	4.60
5	Brendan Lynch	Kerry	1-16	19	5	3.80
6	Dermot Earley	Roscommon	2-12	18	5	3.60
7	Mick O'Connell	Kerry	0-17	17	5	3.40
8	Seán Cooney	Offaly	2-9	15	5	3.00
9	John Tobin	Galway	1-11	14	2	7.00
	Liam Higgins	Kerry	1-11	14	5	2.80

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	John Tobin	Galway	1-9	12	Roscommon
2	Mickey Whelan	Dublin	2-4	10	Westmeath
	Brendan Lynch	Kerry	1-7	10	Offaly
	Tony McTague	Offaly	0-10	10	Kerry
	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	0-10	10	Cork
	Joe Winston	Donegal	0-10	10	Cavan
7	Johnny Byrne	Louth	3-0	9	Longford
	Ray Cummins	Cork	0-9	9	Kerry
	Joe Winston	Donegal	0-9	9	Cavan
10	Johnny Kelly	Roscommon	2-2	8	Mayo
	Tom King	Carlow	0-8	8	Wexford
	Mick Fay	Meath	0-8	8	Longford
	Tony McTague	Offaly	0-8	8	Meath
	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	0-8	8	Roscommon