1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

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.

1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamGalway (1st win)
CaptainJoe Waldron
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKerry
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtGalway

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

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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

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Miscellaneous

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

References

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  1. ^ Carney, Jim (27 April 2011). "Three brilliant victories in the All-Ireland U-21 Championship". The Tuam Herald. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2017.