1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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All-Ireland Champions | |
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Winning team | Cork (5th win) |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Tyrone |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Meath |
Ulster | Tyrone |
Connacht | Galway |
The 1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 42st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
Mayo entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship.
On 24 September 1972, Cork won the championship following a 3-11 to 2-11 defeat of Tyrone in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title overall and their first in three championship seasons.[1]
Results
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Semi-finals
13 August 1972 Semi-final | Cork | 2-08 - 0-11 | Galway | Croke Park, Dublin |
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J Ahern 1-2, S Ó Sé 1-0, L Goode 0-2, R Wilmot 0-1, D O'Hare 0-1, J Barry-Murphy 0-1. | J Duffy 0-5, D Smyth 0-2, M Hughes 0-1, K Clancy 0-1, T Mullins 0-1, M Conroy 0-1. | Referee: P Devlin (Tyrone) |
20 August 1968 Semi-final | Tyrone | 3-10 - 0-10 | Meath | Croke Park, Dublin |
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M Harte 1-3, F McGuigan 1-2, J Cunningham 1-0, J Hughes 0-2, P Quinn 0-1, M Quinn 0-1, B O'Neill 0-1. | E O'Brien 0-4, B McGuinness 0-3, J Kennedy 0-1, M Ryan 0-1, G Dempsey 0-1. | Referee: J Dennigan (Cork) |
Final
24 September 1972 Final | Cork | 3-11 - 2-11 | Tyrone | Croke Park, Dublin |
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J Barry-Murphy 2-1, J Ahern 0-5, L Goode 1-1, L Gould 0-3, D O'Hare 0-1. | M Harte 1-0, M Quinn 1-0, J Hughes 0-5, P McGuigan 0-4, B O'Neill 0-2. | Referee: M Hayden (Roscommon) |
References
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