1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Galway (1st win) Captain Joe Waldron Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Kerry Captain Manager 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.http://www.tuamherald.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2014/03/28/4023757-three-brilliant-victories-in-the-allireland-u21-championship Three brilliant victories in the All-Ireland U-21 Championship The Tuam Herald 15 July 2017 27 April 2011 Jim Carney 16 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180516073119/http://www.tuamherald.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2014/03/28/4023757-three-brilliant-victories-in-the-allireland-u21-championship dead 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 1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship