1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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.

1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamCork (5th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamTyrone
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterMeath
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtGalway

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
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
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
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

  1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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