1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

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1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Galway (1st win)
Captain Joe Waldron
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kerry
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.

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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. [1] This was their first All-Ireland title.

Results

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Semi-finals

27 August 1972Semi-final Galway 4-05 - 1-09 Tyrone Pearse Stadium, Galway
2 September 1972Semi-final Kildare 0-06 - 0-13 Kerry St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Final

22 October 1972Final Galway 2-06 - 0-07 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin

Statistics

Miscellaneous

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References

  1. Carney, Jim (27 April 2011). "Three brilliant victories in the All-Ireland U-21 Championship". The Tuam Herald. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2017.