| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 May – 15 October 1972 |
| Teams | 31 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Offaly (2nd win) |
| Captain | Tony McTague |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kerry |
| Captain | Tom Prendergast |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Offaly |
| Ulster | Donegal |
| Connacht | Roscommon |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 34 |
| Top Scorer |  Tony McTague (0-36) |
| Player of the Year | Willie Bryan |
← 1971 1973 → | |
The 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 86th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 7 May 1972 and ended on 15 October 1972.
Offaly entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 15 October 1972, Offaly won the championship following a 1-19 to 0-13 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final replay.[1] This was their second All-Ireland title.
Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 0-36. Offaly's Willie Bryan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
- ^ "Offaly heroes of 1971 and 1972 to be honoured". Offaly GAA website. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2015.