| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| 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 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. [1]
Quarter-final
| 1972Quarter-final | Galway | 2-11 - 2-07 | Sligo | McHale Park, Castlebar |
Semi-finals
| 1972Semi-final | Roscommon | 2-10 - 1-08 | Mayo | Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon |
| 1972Semi-final | Galway | 2-10 - 0-05 | Leitrim | St Jarlath's Park, Tuam |
Final
| 16 July 1972Final | Galway | 4-11 - 1-11 | Roscommon | McHale Park, Castlebar |
First round
| 1972First round | Laois | 4-12 - 2-08 | Kilkenny | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny |
| 1972First round | Carlow | 0-06 - 2-11 | Wexford | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny |
Second round
| 1972Second round | Longford | 0-06 - 1-10 | Wicklow | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
Third round
| 1972Third round | Laois | 1-07 - 1-08 | Wexford | Dr Cullen Park, Carlow |
| 1972Third round | Louth | 1-09 - 2-07 | Wicklow | Croke Park, Dublin |
Quarter-finals
| 1972Quarter-final | Meath | 2-15 - 3-04 | Wicklow | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 1972Quarter-final | Kidare | 1-06 - 1-17 | Wexford | Dr Cullen Park, Carlow |
Semi-finals
| 1972Semi-final | Dublin | 1-11 - 0-06 | Wexford | Dr Cullen Park, Carlow |
| 1972Semi-final | Meath | 1-11 - 0-07 | Offaly | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
Final
| 23 July 1972Final | Meath | 3-08 - 1-10 | Dublin | Croke Park, Dublin |
Quarter-finals
| 1972Quarter-final | Limerick | 2-05 - 0-12 | Waterford | FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock |
| 1972Quarter-final | Tipperary | 2-10 - 0-02 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
Semi-finals
| 1972Semi-final | Tipperary | 2-07 - 2-12 | Kerry | Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy |
Final
| 16 July 1972Final | Cork | 2-14 - 1-14 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney |
Quarter-finals
| 1972Quarter-final | Donegal | 1-11 - 2-12 | Monaghan | St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown |
| 1972Quarter-final | Derry | 1-05 - 0-05 | Antrim | Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen |
Semi-finals
| 1972Semi-final | Cavan | 0-10 - 1-06 | Down | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
| 1972Semi-final | Derry | 1-07 - 1-15 | Tyrone | O'Neill Park, Dungannon |
Final
| 30 July 1972Final | Cavan | 1-06 - 3-06 | Tyrone | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
Semi-finals
| 13 August 1972Semi-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 1972Semi-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 1972Final | 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) |
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