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| Event | 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 24 September 1972 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Fintan Tierney (Cavan) [1] [2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 72,032 | ||||||
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| Date | 15 October 1972 | ||||||
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| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Paddy Devlin (Tyrone) [3] | ||||||
| Attendance | 66,136 | ||||||
The 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 85th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Mick O'Dwyer brought the sides level to force a replay. [4]
Paddy Devlin from Tyrone, who later took charge of the 1974 final, oversaw the replay. [3]
Offaly won the replay.
Tony McTague scored sixteen points in the two games.
Paddy Fenning scored Offaly's goal. [5]
This was Kerry's biggest ever defeat in an All-Ireland final. [5]
It was also the last time Micks O'Connell and O'Dwyer played at Croke Park. [6]
| Offaly | 1-19 - 0-13 | Kerry |
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| T McTague 0-10, P Fenning 1-1, M Connor 0-2, S Darby, 0-2, W Bryan 0-3, K Kilmurray 0-1. | M O'Connell 0-7, B Lynch 0-2, L Higgins 0-2, M O'Dwyer 0-2. |
        Offaly | Kerry |
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Does it present any advantage in an All-Ireland final replay to have scored the equaliser in the drawn game? A look back on the last six drawn football finals shows honours even in that regard... In 1972, Mick O'Dwyer's leveller was in vain when Kerry lost the replay heavily to Offaly...
The 1972 final replay loss to Offaly was the last time Mick O'Connell and Mick O'Dwyer played in Croke Park.
