1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Cork (5th win) Captain Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Tyrone Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Cork Leinster Meath Ulster Tyrone Connacht Galway The 1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 41st 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.https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0928/238817-minor_foot_roh/ All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour RTÉ Sport 20 September 2011 19 November 2012 Results Connacht Minor Football Championship Quarter-final 1972 Quarter-final Galway 2-11 - 2-07 Sligo McHale Park, Castlebar Semi-finals 1972 Semi-final Roscommon 2-10 - 1-08 Mayo Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon 1972 Semi-final Galway 2-10 - 0-05 Leitrim St Jarlath's Park, Tuam Final 16 July 1972 Final Galway 4-11 - 1-11 Roscommon McHale Park, Castlebar Leinster Minor Football Championship First round 1972 First round Laois 4-12 - 2-08 Kilkenny Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 1972 First round Carlow 0-06 - 2-11 Wexford Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Second round 1972 Second round Dublin 4-09 - 3-06 Westmeath Trim 1972 Second round Longford 0-06 - 1-10 Wicklow O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Third round 1972 Third round Laois 1-07 - 1-08 Wexford Dr Cullen Park, Carlow 1972 Third round Louth 1-09 - 2-07 Wicklow Croke Park, Dublin Quarter-finals 1972 Quarter-final Meath 2-15 - 3-04 Wicklow Croke Park, Dublin 1972 Quarter-final Kidare 1-06 - 1-17 Wexford Dr Cullen Park, Carlow Semi-finals 1972 Semi-final Dublin 1-11 - 0-06 Wexford Dr Cullen Park, Carlow 1972 Semi-final Meath 1-11 - 0-07 Offaly O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Final 23 July 1972 Final Meath 3-08 - 1-10 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin Munster Minor Football Championship Quarter-finals 1972 Quarter-final Limerick 2-05 - 0-12 Waterford FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock 1972 Quarter-final Tipperary 2-10 - 0-02 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Semi-finals 1972 Semi-final Cork 1-14 - 0-08 Waterford Midleton 1972 Semi-final Tipperary 2-07 - 2-12 Kerry Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy Final 16 July 1972 Final Cork 2-14 - 1-14 Kerry Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Ulster Minor Football Championship Quarter-finals 1972 Quarter-final Donegal 1-11 - 2-12 Monaghan St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown 1972 Quarter-final Derry 1-05 - 0-05 Antrim Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen Semi-finals 1972 Semi-final Cavan 0-10 - 1-06 Down St. Tiernach's Park, Clones 1972 Semi-final Derry 1-07 - 1-15 Tyrone O'Neill Park, Dungannon Final 30 July 1972 Final Cavan 1-06 - 3-06 Tyrone St. Tiernach's Park, Clones All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-finals 13 August 1972 Semi-final Cork 2-08 - 0-11 Galway 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. Croke Park, Dublin P Devlin (Tyrone) 20 August 1972 Semi-final Tyrone 3-10 - 0-10 Meath 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. Croke Park, Dublin J Dennigan (Cork) Final 24 September 1972 Final Cork 3-11 - 2-11 Tyrone 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. Croke Park, Dublin M Hayden (Roscommon) References 1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship