1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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.

1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Event	1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Offaly Kerry 1–13 (16) 1–13 (16)
Date	24 September 1972
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Fintan Tierney (Cavan)[1][2]
Attendance	72,032
← 1971

1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final replay

Offaly Kerry 1–19 (22) 0–13 (13)
Date	15 October 1972
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Paddy Devlin (Tyrone)[3]
Attendance	66,136
1973 →

Match 1

Summary

Mick O'Dwyer brought the sides level to force a replay.^[4]

Details

24 September 1972

Final

Offaly	1–13 – 1–13	Kerry
T McTague 0–6, J Cooney 1–2, P Fenning 0–2, J Smith 0–2, K Kilmurray 0–1		B Lynch 1–7, M O'Dwyer 0–5, M O'Connell 0–1

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 72,032

Referee: Fintan Tierney (Cavan)

Match 2

Summary

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]

Details

15 October 1972

Final replay

Offaly	1–19 – 0–13	Kerry
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

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 66,136

Referee: Paddy Devlin (Tyrone)^[3]

Offaly

Kerry

Offaly (is this the replay or the drawn game?)

• 1 M. Furlong
• 2 M. Ryan
• 3 P. McCormack
• 4 L. Coughlan
• 5 E. Mulligan
• 6 S. Lowry
• 7 M. Heavey
• 8 W. Bryan
• 9 S. Evans
• 10 S. Cooney
• 11 K. Kilmurray
• 12 T. McTague (c)
• 13 S. Darby
• 14 J. Smith
• 15 P. Fenning

Subs used

17 M. Connor for S. Cooney

22 N. Clavin for E. Mulligan

18 M. Wright for L. Coughlan

Subs not used

16 N. Kinnarney

19 L. Hanlon

20 J. Gunning

21 S. Kilroy

Kerry

• 1 É. Fitzgerald
• 2 D. O'Sullivan
• 3 P. O'Donoghue
• 4 S. Mac Gearailt
• 5 T. Prendergast (c)
• 6 M. Ó Sé
• 7 P. Lynch
• 8 M. O'Connell
• 9 J. O'Keeffe
• 10 B. Lynch
• 11 D. Kavanagh
• 12 É. O'Donoghue
• 13 M. Gleeson
• 14 L. Higgins
• 15 M. O'Dwyer

Subs used in drawn game and replay

17 D. Crowley for S. Mac Gearailt

16 P. Griffin for M. Gleeson

18 J. Walsh for B. Lynch

Subs not used

19 J. Saunders

20 M. O'Sullivan

21 G. Power

22 J. Coffey

Trainer

J. Culloty