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The 1972 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over twenty (20) roster rounds and four finals series matches between 1 April and 16 September 1972.

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1972 TANFL Premiership Season
General Information
Founded12 June 1879 in Hobart, Tasmania
Previous NamesTFA (1879–1886)
STFA (1887–1896)
STFL (1897)
STFA (1898–1905)
TFL (1906–1927)
TANFL PresidentMr Merv McNeair O.B.E
Participating Clubs Clarence Kangaroos
Glenorchy Magpies
Hobart Tigers
New Norfolk Eagles
North Hobart Demons
Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums North Hobart Oval
Bellerive Oval
KGV Football Park
TCA Ground
Boyer Oval
Queenborough Oval
1972 TANFL Premiership Season.
PremiersSandy Bay 18.9 (117) v New Norfolk 10.14 (74)
Minor PremierSandy Bay (4th)
Wooden SpoonerNth Hobart
Grand Final attendance17,304 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance196,039 for 60 matches at 3,267
Total Finals Series attendance51,391 for 4 matches at 12,847
Total aggregate attendance247,430 for 64 matches at 3,866

Participating Clubs

1972 TANFL Club Coaches

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

State Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 23 September 1972)

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 30 September 1972)

State Trial Matches

Trial Match One (Saturday, 22 April 1972)

Trial Match Two (Saturday, 29 April 1972)

Trial Match Three (Saturday, 27 May 1972)

Interstate Matches

See: 1972 Australian National Football Carnival
Match One (Saturday, 17 June 1972)

Match Three (Wednesday, 21 June 1972)

Match Five (Saturday, 24 June 1972)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

Medal Winners

1972 TANFL Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Sandy Bay 20155021151608131.560
2 New Norfolk 20146020291764115.056
3 Hobart 201010018641858100.340
4 Clarence 20911019291838105.036
5 Glenorchy 20911019971962101.836
6 North Hobart 2031701494239262.512
Source: [ citation needed ]

Round 1

(Saturday, 1 April & Monday, 3 April 1972)

Round 2

(Saturday, 8 April 1972)

Round 3

(Saturday, 15 April 1972)

Round 4

(Tuesday, 25 April & Saturday, 29 April 1972)

Round 5

(Saturday, 6 May 1972)

Round 6

(Saturday, 13 May 1972)

Round 7

(Saturday, 20 May 1972)

Round 8

(Saturday, 27 May 1972)

Round 9

(Saturday, 3 June 1972)

Round 10

(Saturday, 10 June & Monday, 12 June 1972)

Round 11

(Saturday, 17 June 1972)

Round 12

(Saturday, 24 June 1972)

Round 13

(Saturday, 1 July 1972)

Round 14

(Saturday, 8 July 1972)

Round 15

(Saturday, 15 July 1972)

Round 16

(Saturday, 22 July 1972)

Round 17

(Saturday, 29 July 1972)

Round 18

(Saturday, 5 August 1972)

Round 19

(Saturday, 12 August 1972)

Round 20

(Saturday, 19 August 1972)

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 26 August 1972)

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 2 September 1972)

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 9 September 1972)

Grand Final

(Saturday, 16 September 1972)

Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.

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