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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.
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 | ||||||
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]
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