1972 Italian general election, Historical background
In December, four bombings struck the Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome (Altare della Patria), the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, and in Milan the Banca Commerciale and the Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura. The latter bombing, known as the Piazza Fontana bombing of 12 December 1969, killed 17 and injured 88.


1972 Italian general election, Historical background
Communist Secretary Luigi Longo suffered a stroke in late 1968; although partially recovering in the following months, from February 1969 he was assisted in most decisions by Enrico Berlinguer acting as cive-secretary. Longo resigned the position of party secretary in 1972, supporting the choice of Berlinguer as his successor.


1972 Italian general election, Historical background
Berlinguer's unexpected stance made waves: he gave the strongest speech by a major Communist leader ever heard in Moscow. He refused to "excommunicate" the Chinese communists, and directly told Leonid Brezhnev that the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact countries (which he termed the "tragedy in Prague") had made clear the considerable differences within the Communist movement on fundamental questions such as national sovereignty, socialist democracy, and the freedom of culture.


1972 Italian general election, Historical background
Arturo Michelini, leader of the Italian Social Movement, died in 1969, and the party's first and charismatic leader Giorgio Almirante regained control. He attempted to revitalise the party by pursuing an aggressive policy against left-wing student uprisings; the 1968 student movement had been devastating for the party's youth organisation. Following Michelini's failed approach of inserimento, Almirante introduced a double strategy of hard anti-systemic discourse combined with the creation of a broader "National Right" (Destra Nazionale) coalition.


1972 Italian general election, Results
Mathematically, the election seemed to give the same results of four years before, the three major parties receiving quite the same preferences. However, the success of the operation of the National Right by anti-constitutional, neo-fascist MSI, gave a golden share to the PSI, because the Christian Democrats had no more possibilities to look at their right to build a democratic government, the alliance with the Socialists becoming quite obliged. Incumbent Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti tried to continue his centrist strategy, but his attempt only lasted a year.


1972 Italian general election, Results
Former Premier Mariano Rumor so returned at the head of the government with his traditional centre-left alliance between DC, PSI, PSDI and PRI, but he was abandoned by the Republicans after eight months. He continued with a new squad, but he couldn't withstand the shocks deriving by the divorce referendum of 1974. After the consequent great controversies between Catholics and secularists, former Premier Aldo Moro persuaded the Socialists to accept a minority government composed only of the Christian Democrats and the Republicans. However, new problem arose from the regional elections of 1975, which marked a great success of the left, which consequently called for new national elections. When the Republicans too left Moro in 1976, no possibilities of a new government remained, and an early general election was found necessary.


1972 Italian general election in Veneto
The Italian general election of 1972 took place on 7 May 1972.


1972 Italian general election in Veneto
In Veneto Christian Democracy was, as usual, the largest party with 53.0% of the vote.


1972 Jai Andhra movement
Jai Andhra movement is a 1972 political movement in support for the creation of Andhra state in the light of injustices felt by the people of the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema Regions. This was after the HC and SC upheld the Mulki rules in existence at the time. This disenfranchised a vast majority of the population of the state from obtaining jobs in their own state capital. In ensuing protests and police firing eight people were killed.


1972 Jai Andhra movement
Prominent leaders from Coastal Andhra: Tenneti Viswanadham, Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju, Gouthu Latchanna, Jupudi Yegnanarayana, N. Srinivasulu Reddy, B. V. Subba Reddy, Kakani Venkataratnam, Vasantha Nageswara Rao, M. Venkaiah Naidu, Nissankararao Ventakaratnam, prominent student leader from Andhra University, and many others participated in the agitation. It was a sequel to the 1969 Telangana movement. Over 400 people sacrificed their lives for the movement. One of the main opinions expressed was "Development is seen only in and around Hyderabad and it is time the coastal districts also develop rapidly".


1972 Jai Andhra movement, Grievances of the Andhra Regions
People from the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions felt that Mulki rules were unfair to them and they were "being treated like aliens in their own land". The agitators, most of whom were students, felt that the Mulki rules in place were unjust, unfortunate and further deepened the rift between Telangana and other regions. The proponents of separate Andhra Pradesh viewed their demand as logical in light of the separate Telangana movement.


1972 Jai Andhra movement, The movement
Under the Mulki rules in force at the time, anyone who had lived in Hyderabad for 15 years was considered a local, and was thus eligible for certain government posts. When the Supreme Court upheld the Mulki rules at the end of 1972, the Jai Andhra movement, with the aim of re-forming a separate state of Andhra, was started in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions.


1972 Jai Andhra movement, The movement
In 1972, Gouthu Latchanna took a leading role in the Jai Andhra movement started by students of Andhra University demanding the division of Andhra Pradesh into old Andhra state and Telangana state on the issue of "Mulkhi" rules. He was imprisoned in Mushirabad Central Jail and released in 1973. All the ministers hailing from the Andhra region in the PV Narasimha Rao Govt. resigned, and formed a parallel Government with Vijayawada as the Capital. BV Subba Reddy was elected as the Chief Minister and Kakani Venkataratnam was the Deputy CM. The parallel govt was run for a few months, even after the PV Narasimha Rao Govt. was replaced by President's rule. The movement subsided only after Indira Gandhi came up with the 6-point formula to resolve the crisis to everyone's satisfaction.


1972 Jai Andhra movement, Police firing
Thirteen people killed in 3 places in Andhra on 21 November during the bandh call given by student body. In the police firing eight people were killed on 23 December in Vijayawada. Kakani Venkataratnam, a former minister, died of shock at the height of separate Andhra agitation on 25 December 1972, when eight people were killed in police firing.


1972 Jai Andhra movement, Aftermath
Removal of Mulkhi rules and all other demands were met and a six-point formula was put in place.


1972 Jai Andhra movement, Aftermath
After nine ministers from Seemandhra region in the P. V. Narasimha Rao cabinet resigned, he had to resign as Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on 10 January 1973, and President's rule was imposed in the state.


1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament
The 1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament was an invitational association football tournament held from June 5 to 20 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ten teams participated in that edition.


1972 Jamaican general election
General elections were held in Jamaica on 29 February 1972. The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 37 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 78.9%.


1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held over January 1972. Syed Mir Qasim was appointed Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. For the first time, women entered the Jammu and Kashmir assembly in the 1972 assembly elections. That year, ten women filed their nominations, six of them contested and four won. This made the percentage of women legislators 5.33% in the Jammu Kashmir assembly.


1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Aftermath
In 1971 an insurrection broke out in erstwhile East Pakistan, and subsequently war broke out between India and Pakistan which ended in the creation of Bangladesh. Sheikh Abdullah, watching the alarming turn of events in the subcontinent, realized that for the survival of this region there was an urgent need to stop pursuing confrontational politics and promoting the solution of issues by a process of reconciliation and dialogue rather than confrontation. Critics of the sheikh hold the view that he sold the goal of a plebiscite for gaining the chief minister's chair.


1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Aftermath
He started talks with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for normalizing the situation in the region and came to an accord called 1974 Indira-Sheikh accord by giving up the demand for a plebiscite instead of the people being given the right to self-rule by a democratically elected government (as envisaged under article 370 of the Constitution of India) rather than the puppet government which till then ruled. Syed Mir Qasim most famously offered to resign from the office of the chief minister to encourage and institutionalize the landmark 1974 Indira-Sheikh accord in 1975.


1972 Japan Series
The 1972 Japan Series was the 23rd edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. It matched the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants against the Pacific League champion Hankyu Braves. This was the fifth time in the last six years that the two teams had met in the Japan Series, with the Giants having won all previous matchups. The Giants defeated the Braves in five games to win their eighth consecutive title.


1972 Japan Soccer League
The 1972 season in Japanese football introduced a Second Division to the Japan Soccer League. Nine clubs were chosen from the 1971 Japanese Regional Leagues; when Nagoya Mutual Bank resigned from the League, a tenth club was chosen from the Kansai League.


1972 Japan Soccer League, League tables, JSL First Division
No relegation took place as the First Division was being expanded to 10 clubs.


1972 Japan Soccer League, League tables, JSL Second Division
Toyota Motors, later one of the Japanese big names as Nagoya Grampus, was crowned the inaugural Second Division champion. Tanabe Pharmaceutical, a club from Osaka, followed them into the expanded 10-team First Division. No relegations took place, to keep the Second Division at 10 clubs.


1972 Japan national football team
This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1972.


1972 Japanese general election
General elections were held in Japan on 10 December 1972. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 271 of the 491 seats. Voter turnout was 71.76%.


1972 John Player League
The 1972 John Player League was the fourth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Kent County Cricket Club.


1972 KFK competitions (Ukraine)
The 1972 KFK competitions in Ukraine were part of the 1972 Soviet KFK competitions that were conducted in the Soviet Union. It was 9th season of the KFK in Ukraine since its introduction in 1964.


1972 KFK competitions (Ukraine), Promotion
None of KFK teams were promoted to the 1973 Soviet Second League, Zone 1.


1972 KFK competitions (Ukraine), Promotion
However, to the Class B were promoted following teams that did not participate in the KFK competitions:


1972 Kansas City Chiefs season
The 1972 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 3rd season in the National Football League, the 10th as the Kansas City Chiefs, and the 13th overall. It would begin with the Chiefs moving into the newly constructed Arrowhead Stadium and ended with an 8–6 record and second-place finish in the AFC West.


1972 Kansas City Chiefs season
The Chiefs introduced the newly completed Arrowhead Stadium to the general public. The last original member of the 1960 Dallas Texans team departed on July 12 when safety Johnny Robinson announced his retirement at training camp. Meanwhile, starting quarterback Len Dawson ended speculation about his retirement by signing a two-year contract. Franchise owner Lamar Hunt became the first AFL figure to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on July 29.


1972 Kansas City Chiefs season
After two different construction strikes and a myriad of other delays, Arrowhead Stadium was officially dedicated on August 12, when the Chiefs registered a 24–14 preseason victory against the St. Louis Cardinals. Running back Ed Podolak scored the first touchdown in the facility. Regular season ticket prices for the team's first season at Arrowhead were USD$8 for box seats and $7 for reserved seating.


1972 Kansas City Chiefs season
On September 17, the Chiefs lost a 20–10 decision against Miami (the first win in Miami's perfect season) in the first official game at the new Arrowhead Stadium, in front of a crowd of 79,829. A standing-room-only crowd of 82,094 was in attendance for a 27–14 victory against Oakland on November 5, the largest “in-house” attendance total for an NFL contest in Arrowhead's history. After a 5–3 start, a three-game losing streak effectively eliminated the club from playoff contention. An 8–6 record was only good enough for a second-place finish in the AFC West behind Oakland. Linebacker Willie Lanier became the first Chiefs player to receive the prestigious NFL Man of the Year Award in the offseason.


1972 Kansas City Chiefs season
In week six, the Chiefs dropped a shocking 21–20 decision at home to the lowly Philadelphia Eagles, who entered the game 0–5 and would win only once more (also a one-point victory over the Houston Oilers, who finished 1–13). It would be the only time the Chiefs and Eagles met until 1992, and Kansas City would never visit Philadelphia before 1998.


1972 Kansas City Royals season
The 1972 Kansas City Royals season was their fourth in Major League Baseball. The Royals finished fourth in the American League West at 76-78, 16 1/2 games behind the Oakland Athletics. John Mayberry, in his first season with Kansas City, led the team with 25 home runs and 100 runs batted in. Mayberry was the first Royals player to drive in at least 100 runs in a season.


1972 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1972 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1972 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1972 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1972 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1972 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 1972 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Big Eight Conference during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Don Fambrough, the Jayhawks compiled a 4–7 record (2–5 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 305 to 208. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.


1972 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The team's statistical leaders included David Jaynes with 2,253 passing yards, Jerome Nellums with 684 rushing yards and Bruce Adams with 704 receiving yards. Don Perkins and Pat Ryan were the team captains.


1972 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 1972 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The team's head football coach was Vince Gibson. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.


1972 Kansas gubernatorial election
The 1972 Kansas gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Democrat Robert Docking defeated Republican nominee Morris Kay with 62.0% of the vote.


1972 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 1972 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The Golden Flashes offense scored 191 points while the defense allowed 196 points. Led by head coach Don James, the Golden Flashes participated in the Tangerine Bowl. Future college head coaches Nick Saban (Alabama) and Gary Pinkel (Missouri) played on the team.


1972 Kentucky Derby
The 1972 Kentucky Derby was the 98th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 6, 1972, with 130,564 people in attendance.


1972 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 1972 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.


1972 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 1972 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 78th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board. The draw for the first-round fixtures took place on 2 March 1972. The championship began on 14 May 1972 and ended on 29 October 1972.


1972 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Fenians won the championship after a 3-10 to 1-06 defeat of Bennettsbridge in the final. It was their second championship title overall and their first in two championship seasons.


1972 King's Cup
The 1972 King's Cup finals were held from November 18 to November 28, 1972, once again in Bangkok. This was the 5th edition of the international football competition. South Korea were set to defend the title they won in 1969, 1970 and 1971


1972 King's Cup
The tournaments schedule was changed from previous editions and only featured one group with 5 teams. The winners and runners up entered a final.


1972 Kingston-upon-Thames by-election
The Kingston-upon-Thames by-election of 4 May 1972 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) John Boyd-Carpenter was appointed chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority. The seat was retained by the Conservatives, with Norman Lamont winning. He held the seat for 25 years until it was abolished in 1997. (Lamont is best known for serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1990–1993, during the Premiership of John Major.)


1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster
The 1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster occurred on 14 August when an Interflug Ilyushin Il-62 crashed shortly after take-off from Berlin-Schönefeld Airport in Schönefeld, East Germany, on a holiday charter flight to Burgas, Bulgaria. The accident was caused by a fire in the aft cargo bay. All 156 passengers and crew died. To date, it is the deadliest aviation accident in Germany.


1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster, Aircraft and crew
The aircraft was a Soviet-built Ilyushin IL-62 aircraft, registered DM-SEA, powered by four Kuznetsov NK-8 engines. It first flew in April 1970, and up until the accident had acquired 3,520 flight-time hours.


1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster, Aircraft and crew
The aircrew consisted of 51-year-old captain Heinz Pfaff, 35-year-old first officer Lothar Walther, 32-year-old flight engineer Ingolf Stein, and 38-year-old navigator Achim Flilenius. The flight crew members had 8,100, 6,041, 2,258, and 8,570 hours of experience, respectively.


1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster, Crash
The Interflug flight left Berlin-Schönefeld Airport at 16:30 local time. Because of the summer holiday, the number of passengers – mainly tourists bound for the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast – almost reached the full capacity of the airliner. Takeoff proceeded normally, and the aircraft then headed southeast towards Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic.


1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster, Crash
At 16:43, thirteen minutes into the flight and 8,900 metres (29,200 ft) above the city of Cottbus, East Germany, the crew reported problems with the elevator; the aircraft was by this time approximately 10 degrees off its designated route. The flight requested a return to Schönefeld but didn't think the situation critical enough for an immediate landing at the nearest airport. At 16:51, the crew carried out a fuel dump to decrease landing weight. Meanwhile, flight attendants reported smoke in the rear section of the cabin.


1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster, Crash
With Berlin-Schönefeld Airport already in sight a few kilometres south, the flight issued a mayday at 16:59:25, indicating problems controlling the aircraft's altitude. At this time, the flight crew was likely unaware that the fire had been consuming portions of the rear of the aircraft. A few seconds later, the tail section, weakened by the fire, separated from the aircraft, causing it to enter an uncontrolled descent. Due to the forces of the dive, the rest of the aircraft broke up in mid-air, the debris landing in the town of Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany.


1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster, Cause
The pilot's last messages suggested that a fire in the rear of the aircraft was responsible for the accident. This part of the aircraft was not accessible from the cabin and had no smoke detectors, so the crew was unable to immediately grasp the severity of the situation. The fire was caused by a hot-air tube leak, through which air heated to some 300 °C (570 °F) escaped, damaging the insulation of electrical wires and the aircraft flight control system. After takeoff, the resulting short circuit caused 2,000 °C (3,600 °F) sparks, lighting a fire in Cargo Bay 4. The fire then spread until smoke reached the passenger cabin and the fuselage was weakened. Ultimately, the tail section failed in flight.


1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster, Memorial
At the Wildau Cemetery, close to Königs Wusterhausen, a memorial commemorates the victims whose names are written on a black stone marker.


1972 LFF Lyga
The 1972 LFF Lyga was the 51st season of the LFF Lyga football competition in Lithuania. It was contested by 15 teams, and Nevezis Kedainiai won the championship.


1972 LPGA Championship
The 1972 LPGA Championship was the 18th LPGA Championship, held June 8–11 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.


1972 LPGA Championship
Kathy Ahern shot a final round 69 (−4) to win her only major title, six strokes ahead of runner-up Jane Blalock. Ahern began the final round with a one-stroke lead over three players; after five straight birdies on the front nine, she had a six-stroke lead and shot even par on the final nine.


1972 LPGA Championship
Three weeks later, Ahern was a runner-up by a stroke at the U.S. Women's Open at Winged Foot, then won the week after at the George Washington Classic near Philadelphia.


1972 LPGA Tour
The 1972 LPGA Tour was the 23rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 5 to November 5. The season consisted of 29 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, five. Whitworth led the money list with earnings of $65,063.


1972 LPGA Tour
The season saw the first tournament with a $100,000 purse, the Dinah Shore Colgate Winner's Circle ($110,000). It also saw the first player to win over $50,000 in a season, Whitworth. There were two first-time winners in 1972: Betty Burfeindt and Betsy Cullen. This season saw the return, for 1972 only, of the LPGA major, the Titleholders Championship. It also saw the last of Betsy Rawls' 55 LPGA wins.


1972 LPGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1972 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


1972 LPGA Tour, Jane Blalock suspension and lawsuit
After she finished the second round of the Bluegrass Invitational held in Louisville, Kentucky, Jane Blalock was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. Tourney director Gene McAuliff said Blalock did not mark her ball properly on the 17th green and then failed to take a two-stroke penalty for the infraction as required.


1972 LPGA Tour, Jane Blalock suspension and lawsuit
Less than two weeks later, the LPGA executive board suspended Blalock for one year "for actions inconsistent with the code of ethics of the organization". The executive board claimed Blalock had been under suspicion for over a year, that she had moved her ball illegally on multiple occasions and that there were witnesses to these happenings, plus that Blalock had admitted to her guilt. Twenty-seven other LPGA Tour players signed a petition arguing that probation, a fine, and disqualification from the Louisville tournament were not enough punishment. LPGA Executive Director Bud Erickson asked Blalock to feign a back injury so to avoid bad publicity but she refused.


1972 LPGA Tour, Jane Blalock suspension and lawsuit
Fellow LPGA Tour golfer Sandra Palmer defended Blalock. In addition to saying she had never seen Blalock commit any rules violations,  Palmer stated she didn't understand why the alleged infractions weren't reported at the time they happened and why other players signed Blalock's scorecards without reporting the incidents. Palmer also said, "If you see an infraction of the rules, you should point it out immediately. You don't wait until three years later to report something. Once you've signed that card, you're as guilty as the person who committed the violation." The LPGA executive went on to warn Palmer in regards to her statements. Palmer was also placed on probation for one year by the LPGA Tour and ordered not to make further statements of support for Jane Blalock.


1972 LPGA Tour, Jane Blalock suspension and lawsuit
Jane Blalock filed a lawsuit against the LPGA Tour. In the suit, Blalock's lawyers motioned the court asking that Blalock be allowed to continue playing while the suit was resolved. U.S. District Court Judge Charles A. Moye Jr. granted the motion. Moye did however rule that any money Blalock earned while her case was being resolved would be placed in a court trust. Blalock went on to win two more times in 1972, at the Dallas Civitan Open and the Lady Errol Classic.


1972 LSU Tigers football team
The 1972 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.


1972 LSU Tigers football team
LSU and Southeastern Conference rival Ole Miss became the last major universities to desegregate their varsity football squads this season.


1972 LSU Tigers football team
LSU introduced a new helmet logo, a tiger head above the letters "LSU" inside a purple circle, a logo which was used through 1976. Also, player names were placed on jerseys for the first time.


1972 LSU Tigers football team, Season summary, Ole Miss
Bert Jones set school career records for completions, touchdowns and total offense.


1972 La Flèche Wallonne
The 1972 La Flèche Wallonne was the 36th edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 23 April 1972. The race started in Verviers and finished in Marcinelle. The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team.


1972 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1972. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Harold Wilson), Deputy Leader (Edward Short), Labour Chief Whip (Bob Mellish), Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Douglas Houghton), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Baron Shackleton), and Labour Chief Whip in the Lords (Baron Beswick) were automatically members. The Labour Lords elected one further member, Baron Champion.


1972 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
There was a tie for twelfth place, which required a run-off election between Peter Shore and John Silkin. However, Silkin withdrew, leaving Shore to take the final place in the cabinet, without an election.


1972 Labour Party deputy leadership election
The 1972 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place in April 1972 after Roy Jenkins resigned as deputy leader over the decision to hold a referendum on Britain's entry into the Common Market.


1972 Labour Party deputy leadership election
Edward Short, formerly Education Secretary in the government of Harold Wilson, was regarded as a "unity" candidate, and won the election over his main rival, the left-winger Michael Foot, who had unsuccessfully stood for the deputy leadership in 1970 and 1971.


1972 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Results
As a result of the first round, Crosland was eliminated. The remaining two candidates would face each other in a second round. The next day's The Glasgow Herald reported that both Short and Crosland attracted more votes than had been expected and that Short was the favourite to pick up most of Crosland's votes.


1972 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Results
Reporting on the result, The Glasgow Herald's political correspondent John Warden stated that Short was "reckoned to be the least divisive of the three candidates for the post". The same report noted that Short called for "unity and toleration in the Labour Party" in the wake of his victory. An editorial in the same newspaper argued the result was a foregone conclusion after the first ballot, but warned that be settling for a compromise candidate "Labour may not have solved their difficulties".


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1972 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 1972 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season.


1972 Lafayette Leopards football team
In their second year under head coach Neil Putnam, the Leopards compiled a 3–7 record. Steven Huntzinger and Donald Meyer were the team captains.


1972 Lafayette Leopards football team
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.


1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision
On June 29, 1972, North Central Airlines Flight 290 collided in mid-air with Air Wisconsin Flight 671 over Lake Winnebago near Appleton, Wisconsin, in the United States. Both aircraft crashed into the lake, killing all 13 people on board.


1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, Flight history, North Central Airlines Flight 290
North Central Airlines Flight 290 was a regularly scheduled flight which usually originated in Houghton, Michigan, and stopped at Ironwood, Michigan, and Green Bay, Oshkosh, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before terminating at  Chicago, Illinois. On June 29, 1972, bad weather in northern Michigan necessitated cancellation of the Houghton-Ironwood and Ironwood-Green Bay legs, and the flight originated at Green Bay, using a replacement crew sent from Chicago to Green Bay.


1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, Flight history, North Central Airlines Flight 290
The flight, a Convair CV-580,  departed Green Bay at around 10:30 a.m. CDT, proceeding to Oshkosh under visual flight rules (VFR). At 10:36:11 a.m. CDT, the air traffic controller at Oshkosh cleared Flight 290 to land. The flight crew's acknowledgment five seconds later was the last communication with North Central Flight 290.


1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, Flight history, Air Wisconsin Flight 671
Air Wisconsin Flight 671 was a regularly scheduled flight from Chicago, Illinois, to Appleton, Wisconsin, with a stopover at Sheboygan County Memorial Airport west of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Operating a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, it departed Chicago at 9:28 a.m. CDT on June 29, 1972, bound for Sheboygan under an instrument flight rules (IFR) plan; en route, the flight crew abandoned its IFR plan and completed the first leg of the flight under VFR.


1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, Flight history, Air Wisconsin Flight 671
The flight departed Sheboygan 13 minutes late, at 10:23 a.m. CDT, bound for Appleton, operating under VFR. At about 10:30 a.m. CDT, the flight crew contacted the Air Wisconsin office in Appleton, stating that they anticipated arriving at Appleton at 10:44 a.m. CDT. This was the last communication with Air Wisconsin Flight 671.


1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, Collision
Operating in bright sunshine beneath a scattered cloud layer, Flights 290 and 671 collided at 10:36:47 a.m. CDT over Wisconsin's Lake Winnebago about 6 nautical miles (6.9 mi; 11 km) south of Appleton and 2.5 nautical miles (2.9 mi; 4.6 km) east of Neenah, Wisconsin, at an altitude of about 2,500 feet (762 m). A mid-air explosion and fire ensued, and both aircraft crashed into the lake.


1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, Collision
The National Transportation Safety Board noted that the North Central crew would have had to look toward the sun to see the approaching Air Wisconsin plane and concluded that they took no evasive action. Some eyewitnesses believed that the Air Wisconsin Twin Otter began a turn seconds before the collision, but the NTSB did not find sufficient evidence to conclude that the Air Wisconsin crew took evasive action. The rate of closure during the final five seconds before the collision was 688 ft/s (469 mph; 755 km/h).


1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, Aircraft
The North Central aircraft involved, N50858, had been completed as a Convair CV-340/440 on May 25, 1953; it later was converted to CV-580 standard. The Air Wisconsin Twin Otter had been completed on October 6, 1966. Both aircraft were destroyed by the collision and subsequent water impact. Their wreckage was found on the lake bottom scattered over an area roughly one mile (1.6 km) long by one-half mile (0.8 km) wide.


1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, Casualties
The North Central plane had two passengers and a crew of three – Captain James Cuzzort, First Officer Alton Laabs, and Flight Attendant Frances Rabb; on board, while the Air Wisconsin flight was carrying six passengers and a crew of two – Captain David Jacobs and First Officer Michael Gaffin. All 13 people aboard the two planes died in the collision and subsequent crash, and the NTSB observed that the accident was not survivable.


1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, Investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board released its report on the accident on  April 25, 1973. It was "unable to determine why each crew failed to see and avoid the other aircraft," and concluded that the crash resulted from "the failure of both flight crews to detect visually the other aircraft in sufficient time to initiate evasive action," and stated that it believed "that the ability of both crews to detect the other aircraft in time to avoid a collision was reduced because of the atmospheric conditions and human visual limitations."


1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, Investigation
The NTSB speculated that both flight crews could have been scanning instruments in preparation for descent to their respective destinations at the time of the collision, and this could have reduced their chances of spotting one another. The report also noted that the decision by both flight crews to fly under VFR rather than IFR and the fact that neither captain requested in-flight advisories deprived both aircraft of air traffic control support, and that such support to even one of the aircraft would have ensured sufficient separation to avoid a collision.


1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, Investigation
The NTSB recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration create a standardized method for training and grading flight crews in visual search techniques and time-sharing between instrument checks and visual searches, and that the FAA expedite the development of anticollision systems.


1972 Lamar Cardinals football team
The 1972 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1972 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. The team finished the season with an 8–3 overall record and a 3–2 conference record.


1972 Language violence in Sindh
1972 Language violence in Sindh occurred starting on 7 July 1972 when the Sindh Assembly passed The Sind Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972 which established Sindhi language as the sole official language of the province resulting in language violence in Sindh, Pakistan.


1972 Language violence in Sindh
The proclamation of Sindhi as the official language of Sindh caused the Daily Jang, an Urdu language newspaper in Karachi, to publish a full-page story on their front page surrounded by a banner with the statement "Urdu ka janaza hai zara dhoom se nikle" (It is the funeral of Urdu thus should be a flaunting one) by Rais Amrohvi. Due to the clashes, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto compromised and announced that Urdu and Sindhi will both be official languages of Sindh. The making of Sindhi as an equal language to Urdu for official purposes frustrated the Urdu-speaking people as they did not speak the Sindhi language.


1972 Laotian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Laos on 2 January 1972 to elect members of the National Assembly, the lower chamber of Parliament. The elections were contested by around 200 candidates, and more than two-thirds of incumbent MPs lost their seats. Voter turnout was 67.8%.


1972 Laotian parliamentary election
This would be the last election held in Laos before the Communists seized power in 1975. To date, it is also the last contested election held in the country.


1972 Latvian SSR Higher League
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1972 Latvian SSR Higher League, Overview
It was contested by 13 teams, and Jurnieks won the championship.


1972 Lebanese general election
General elections were held in Lebanon between 16 and 30 April 1972. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 54.4%.


1972 Lebanese general election, Background
According to the 1960 constitution, the 99 seats were divided amongst ethnic and religious groups:


1972 Lebanese general election, Results
The majority of MPs – 63 of the 100 – were elected as independents. However, 52 of them were considered to be members of parliamentary blocs, including 9 in the Faranjiyyah bloc, 9 in the Skaff bloc, 7 in the Assad bloc (which also included the 2 Democratic Socialist Party MPs), 7 in the Karami bloc, 6 in the Hamada bloc, 4 in the Armenian Revolutionary Federation block (which also included the party's single MP), 4 in the Arslan bloc, 3 in the Jumblatt bloc (which also included the five Progressive Socialist Party MPs) and 3 in the Salam bloc.


1972 Lebanese general election in Beirut III
Voting to elect five members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Beirut III district (one of three electoral districts in the city) in 1972, as part of the national general election of that year. Beirut III, consisting of the predominantly Muslim part of the city, had 4 Sunni Muslim seats and 1 Greek Orthodox seat (for more information about the Lebanese election system, see Elections in Lebanon).


1972 Lebanese general election in Beirut III
The election in Beirut III was fiercely contested, with small margins between winning and losing sides. Two lists of candidates were in the fray in Beirut III, a list led by incumbent Prime Minister of Lebanon Saeb Salam and a list led by former Prime Minister Abdallah El-Yafi. There were also a number of independent candidates.


1972 Lebanese general election in Beirut III
The election of Nasserist politician Najah Wakim, a leader of the Union of Working People's Forces, for the Greek Orthodox seat was one of the big surprises of the 1972 election. He did not run on any of the major lists, but Wakim unseated the veteran Greek Orthodox politician Nasim Majdalani. The Greek Orthodox community held a demonstration protesting against Wakim's election, arguing that he had been elected by Sunni voters.


1972 Lebanese general election in Beirut III, Results
In addition to the candidates in the table above, there were eight Sunni and three Greek Orthodox candidates that each received less than 4,000 votes.


1972 Leeds City Council election
The final Leeds municipal elections were held on 5 May 1972, with a third of the councillors up for re-election. The wide-reaching reforms set out in the Local Government Act 1972 had scheduled the council's abolition to coincide with its replacement by the enlarged successor Leeds metropolitan district on 1 April 1974. Prior to the election, a by-election had resulted in Labour gaining the seat in Castleton from the Liberals.


1972 Leeds City Council election
Labour repeated all of the gains of the previous year's gains (in the 1971 Leeds City Council election), with the exceptions of the Castleton and Osmondthorpe seats - both of which they already held; the latter being their solitary gain in the 1969 election. Much like Labour's performance in the 1969 election, the Conservatives halted their decline - at least in vote share (like Labour, their total vote actually fell a further 5,000, setting a new party low). Having won full representation in West Hunslet, the Liberals defended the seat and retained their total of four. Turnout fell to 34.4%, from 37.8% the year before.


1972 Leeds City Council election
The reaction from the Labour leader, Albert King, was one of contentment: "This is a satisfactory evening for us, and the gains were more or less in line with what I expected". The Conservatives meanwhile were reported to be relieved, with their leader Frank Marshall commenting that the results were better than expected a couple of months ago, and pointing to a significantly reduced Labour vote in Burley from the year before as a reason for optimism for the future.


1972 Leeds City Council election
The sixteen gains for Labour were enough to re-take control of the council from the Conservatives for its last years of existence.


1972 Leeds City Council election, Election result
The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


1972 Lehigh Engineers football team
The 1972 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season.


1972 Lehigh Engineers football team
In their eighth year under head coach Fred Dunlap, the Engineers compiled a 5–6 record. Tom Benfield and Brian Derwin were the team captains.


1972 Lehigh Engineers football team
After a decisive victory over Hofstra to start the season, the Engineers briefly appeared in the national NCAA College Division coaches poll, ranking No. 12. A loss to No. 1 Delaware in their second matchup dropped them to No. 20, and a loss the next week to Rutgers pushed Lehigh out of the top 20 altogether. Lehigh remained unranked the rest of the year.


1972 Lehigh Engineers football team
Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


1972 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
An election for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 20 December 1972, following former Prime Minister William McMahon's resignation after his defeat at the 1972 federal election. Billy Snedden was successful in winning the leadership, narrowly beating Nigel Bowen by 30 votes to 29 on the fifth ballot. The previous ballot was tied at 29 each, with one MP not voting. James Killen, John Gorton, and Malcolm Fraser had earlier been eliminated from contention, in that order.


1972 Liberian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Liberia on 4 April 1972. The changes to the constitution would lower the voting age from 21 to 18, and had been announced by President William Tolbert shortly after taking office. On 15 February the date of the referendum was set to coincide with a by-election for the Vice Presidency. The change required a two-thirds majority in favour, and was approved by voters.


1972 Liberty Bowl
The 1972 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 18, 1972, in Memphis, Tennessee. In the 14th edition of the Liberty Bowl, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeated the Iowa State Cyclones, 31–30.


1972 Liberty Bowl, Background
The Cyclones finished 5th in the Big Eight Conference, after falling from 8–4 to 5–5–1 in their second straight bowl appearance. The Yellow Jackets were in a bowl for the third straight year under first year head coach Bill Fulcher. This was the first Liberty Bowl for both teams. The game was nationally televised in primetime on ABC.


1972 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
An Iowa State fumble led to a Cam Bonifay field goal to make it 3-0 Georgia Tech less than two minutes into the game. Iowa State responded with two touchdowns in the first quarter, one of them on a George Amundson touchdown pass and the other on a Moses Moore touchdown run. Jimmy Robinson caught a touchdown pass from backup quarterback Jim Stevens to make it 14-9 midway through the second quarter. Gary Faulkner returned an interception for a touchdown to make it 17-14 with 1:46 remaining in the 1st half.


1972 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
But on the ensuing kickoff return, Moore returned it 93 yards for a touchdown to make it 21-17 at halftime. Rob Healy caught a touchdown pass from Stevens to make it 24-21 Georgia Tech. Iowa State responded with a Goedjen field goal with 1:40 remaining in the third to make it a 24-24 tie going into the final quarter. Kevin McNamara caught a touchdown pass from Stevens to make it 31-24 with 11:28 remaining. On a pitchout pass attempt by Stevens, the Cyclones recovered the ball at the Jacket 33 with the chance to tie/win.


1972 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
An Ike Harris touchdown from George Amundson had made it 31-30 with 1:36 to go. But on the ensuing two-point conversion, Amundson threw the ball away, and Mark Fields recovered the ensuing onside kick for Georgia Tech to clinch the game. Jim Stevens completed 12 of 15 passes for 157 yards and three touchdowns and was named Most Valuable Player.


1972 Liberty Bowl, Aftermath
Majors announced that he would leave Iowa State to coach Pittsburgh, and he was replaced by Earle Bruce. Fulcher left Georgia Tech the following season. While Georgia Tech has not returned to the Liberty Bowl since this game, Iowa State returned in 2012 and 2017.


1972 Liechtenstein Landtag size referendum
A referendum on increasing the number of members of the Landtag from 15 to 21 was held in Liechtenstein on 2 July 1972. As happened in 1945, the proposal was rejected by voters.


1972 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season
Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1972 season was the club's 42nd year of existence, the 19th year in professional football and the 13th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.


1972 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 1972 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 78th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887.


1972 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
On 10 December 1972, South Liberties won the championship after a 4-08 to 1-05 defeat of Patrickswell in the final. It was their fourth championship title overall and their first championship title since 1890.


1972 Little League World Series
The 1972 Little League World Series took place between August 22 and August 26 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Taipei Little League of Taipei City, Taiwan, defeated the Edison Little League of Hammond, Indiana, in the championship game of the 26th Little League World Series.


1972 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 1972. One seat in each of the forty wards was up for election.


1972 Liverpool City Council election, Ward results
This data is compared with the election results for 1969, when the councillors were elected for a three-year term.


1972 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 1972 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 58th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 20 April 1972. The race started and finished in Liège. The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team.


1972 Long Beach State 49ers football team
The 1972 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University, Long Beach during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.


1972 Long Beach State 49ers football team
Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by fourth year head coach Jim Stangeland, and played the majority of their home games at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California. One home game was played at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California, and another at Falcon Stadium at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 1–3 PCAA).


1972 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season 85–70, good for second place in the National League West division. This was the first season where the players' last names appeared on the back of the uniforms.


1972 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1972 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1972 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1972 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1972 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1972 Los Angeles Dodgers season, 1972 Major League Baseball draft
This was the eighth year of a Major League Baseball Draft. The Dodgers drafted 42 players in the June draft and eight in the January draft.


1972 Los Angeles Dodgers season, 1972 Major League Baseball draft
This was a weak draft class whose most notable player was Dennis Lewallyn, a pitcher who played for the Dodgers and two other teams from 1975 to 1981 with a 4–4 record and 4.48 ERA. The top draft pick was shortstop John Harbin from Newberry College who played in only 83 games in the Dodgers farm system in 1972 and was quickly out of baseball.


1972 Los Angeles Rams season
The 1972 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 35th year with the National Football League and the 27th season in Los Angeles. The Rams looked to improve on their 8–5–1 record from 1971 and make the playoffs for the first time since 1969. After a win against the New Orleans Saints at home, the Rams tied the Chicago Bears, 13–13, their third straight season with a tie. This was followed by an embarrassing loss to the Atlanta Falcons, 31–3.


1972 Los Angeles Rams season
However, the Rams would then pick up their winning ways, beating the San Francisco 49ers 31–7 at home, the Philadelphia Eagles 34–3 in Philly, and the Cincinnati Bengals 15–12 at home. However, following this three-game winning streak, the Rams struggled, losing several close games as they lost five of their last six to end the season 6–7–1. This was the last time the Rams missed the playoffs until 1981, as they started a dynasty the next season that won the NFC West seven consecutive times, from 1973–1979. They also finished in second place in 1980.


1972 Los Angeles Rams season
After two seasons as head coach of the Rams, Tommy Prothro was dismissed in late January 1973 and succeeded by Chuck Knox, previously the offensive line coach of the Detroit Lions.


1972 Los Angeles Rams season, Offseason
On July 13, 1972, Robert Irsay and Willard Keland bought the Los Angeles Rams from the estate of Dan Reeves and transferred ownership to Carroll Rosenbloom, in exchange for ownership of the Baltimore Colts.


1972 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
The 1972 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana Tech University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. In their sixth year under head coach Maxie Lambright, the team compiled a 12–0 record, were National Football Foundation College Division national champion, NCAA College Division Mideast Region champion, Southland Conference champion, and defeated Tennessee Tech in the Grantland Rice Bowl.


1972 Louisiana gubernatorial election
The 1972 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on February 1, 1972. Edwin Edwards defeated Republican candidate David Treen to become Governor of Louisiana.


1972 Louisiana gubernatorial election
Party primaries were held on November 6, 1971 and a run-off was held for the Democratic nomination on December 18, 1971. These were the last closed primaries for Governor of Louisiana before the state adopted its current primary election system.


1972 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Campaign
Early in the campaign, conventional wisdom of many political analysts predicted that the race's top candidates would be Gillis Long, Jimmie Davis, and C.C. "Taddy" Aycock. However, the two candidates to make the runoff, Edwin Edwards and J. Bennett Johnston, were relative newcomers to the Louisiana political scene.


1972 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Campaign
Cousins Gillis and Speedy Long both ran in a rematch of their 1964 primary race for Congress when Speedy defeated Gillis.


1972 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 1972 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season and final season under head coach Lee Corso, the Cardinals compiled a 9–1 record (4–1 MVC, tied first), and were ranked eighteenth in the final AP Poll.


1972 Louisville Cardinals football team
Corso's overall record in four seasons was 28–11–3 (.702). After the season in early January, he left for Indiana in the Big Ten Conference, and assistant T. W. Alley, age 30, was promoted to head coach.


1972 Macdonald Brier
The 1972 Macdonald Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 6–11 at the St. John's Arena in St. John's, Newfoundland.


1972 Macdonald Brier
Manitoba, skipped by Orest Meleschuk easily won the event, after posting a 9-1 round robin record, only losing to Quebec's Bill Kent rink, which finished second. Meleschuk and his rink of Dave Romano, John Hanesiak and Pat Hailley went on to win a gold medal at the 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom World Curling Championship, amidst controversy.


1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship
The 1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Canada's national women's curling championship was held February 28 to March 2 at the Saskatoon Arena, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was the first year the event was sponsored by Macdonald Tobacco, which was also the main sponsor of the Brier at the time, Canada's men's curling championship.


1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship
Team Saskatchewan, skipped by the hometown Vera Pezer rink won the title, by finishing with the best round robin record of 8-1. It was the fourth straight title for Saskatchewan, and second straight for the Pezer rink.


1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship
The attendance for the week was 15,714, a record at the time.


1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Polly BeatonThird: Doreen DesHarnais Second: Jan Blingert Lead: Terry Kope


1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Sharon Bettesworth Third: Barbara BentonSecond: Kay Minchin Lead: Sheila Reeves


1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Audrey Williamson Third: Mabel Mitchell Second: Florence Yeo Lead: Dru Dickens


1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Sheila McLeod Third: Barbara DouglasSecond: Ann Robinson Lead: Isabelle Lougheed


1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Sue-Anne Bartlett Third: Ann Bright Second: Frances Hiscock Lead: Mavis Pike


1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Helen Rowe Third: Rita Williams Second: Sharon Nelson Lead: Maureen Banyard


1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Helen Sillman Third: Norma KnudsonSecond: Marilyn Walker Lead: Elaine Tetley


1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Marie Toole Third: Jennie BoomhowerSecond: Cathy Dillon Lead: Pauline Johnston


1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1972.


1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 296 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.


1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1972 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1972, to elect 270 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.


1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Results
Indian National Congress won most number of seats and a clear majority. Vasantrao Naik, the incumbent Chief Minister was reelected for the post. S. K. Wankhede became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and RamkrishnaVyankatesh Bet became Deputy Speaker. Dinkar Balu Patil was Leader of the Opposition.


1972 Maine Black Bears football team
The 1972 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. In its sixth season under head coach Walter Abbott, the team compiled a 3–6 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished fifth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference. James Reid and Robert McConnell were the team captains.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the 43rd such game, was played on July 25, 1972. The all-stars from the American League and the National League faced each other at Atlanta Stadium, home of the Atlanta Braves. The National League came away with a 4–3 win in 10 innings.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
This was the third All-Star Game hosted by the Braves (1936 and 1955), but the first All-Star Game to be hosted by the team in Atlanta (the previous two being hosted in their previous homes of Boston and Milwaukee, respectively). This would be the only All-Star Game played in Atlanta Stadium, as the Braves had moved to Turner Field when the exhibition returned to Atlanta in 2000.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
After seeing their 8 All-Star Game winning streak ended in 1971, the game would mark the start of an 11-game winning streak for the NL, the longest winning streak by either league in the exhibition's history. This was also the final All-Star Game for Roberto Clemente before his death in a plane crash on New Year's Eve.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, American League roster
The American League roster included 13 future Hall of Fame players and coaches, denoted in italics.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, National League roster
The National League roster included 16 future Hall of Fame players and coaches, denoted in italics.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Starting lineups
While the starters were elected by the fans, the batting orders and starting pitchers were selected by the managers.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
The American League opened the game's scoring in the top of the third, with Steve Blass in to relieve Bob Gibson. Bill Freehan walked, and advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Jim Palmer. Rod Carew singled, allowing Freehan to score.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
The National League would not answer until the bottom of the sixth inning, with Gaylord Perry pitching in relief. With two outs, César Cedeño singled. Hank Aaron then hit a two-run home run to give the National League the lead.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
The AL would respond in the top of the eighth inning against Bill Stoneman in his second inning of relief. Carlton Fisk singled, and after a strikeout, Cookie Rojas (pinch hitting for Rod Carew) hit a two-run home run.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
Wilbur Wood was in his second inning of relief when, in the bottom of the ninth inning, the National League evened the score. Billy Williams and Manny Sanguillén hit back-to-back singles, with Sanguillen's sending Williams to third base. Lee May hit into a fielder's choice, forcing Sanguillen out at second, but permitting Williams to score. After Ron Santo grounded into a double play, the score was tied at 3, forcing extra innings.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
In the bottom of the tenth inning, Dave McNally came on in relief for the AL. The first batter he faced, Nate Colbert (pinch hitting for Tug McGraw), walked. Colbert advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Chris Speier. Joe Morgan singled, scoring Colbert and ending the game.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
Tug McGraw was credited with the win. Dave McNally was charged with the loss.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
This was the fifth All-Star Game to reach extra innings. After this one, the National League was 5–0 in those extra inning games.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
The home run hit by Hank Aaron was the last one in an All-Star Game by a player from the host team for 25 years. This did not happen again until Sandy Alomar, Jr. of the Cleveland Indians homered at Jacobs Field in the 1997 All-Star Game.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
The homer by Cookie Rojas, a native of Cuba, was the first one ever hit in an All-Star Game for the American League by a player who was born outside the United States.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
Nate Colbert, who scored the winning run, brought the wrong uniform with him to Atlanta. The San Diego Padres' slugger donned his road jersey with SAN DIEGO on it instead of his home one with PADRES on it. Both of San Diego's jerseys in 1972 and 1973 were gold. Seven days after the All-Star Game, Colbert racked up 13 RBI in a doubleheader vs. the Braves in the same stadium, setting a Major League record for a twinbill which was tied in 1993 by Mark Whiten for the St. Louis Cardinals.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
With Toby Harrah injured, the Texas Rangers did not have an active player on the AL squad in their first season in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers were originally the second incarnation of the Washington Senators, leaving the nation's capital in November 1971 after 11 seasons.


1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
Players from the Red Sox and Giants debuted double-knit uniforms in this game. After the Pirates (1970), Cardinals and Orioles (each in 1971) were the first teams to switch, two-thirds of MLB (16 of 24) donned new double-knits to begin 1972. The three remaining teams wearing flannels full-time, the Expos, Royals and Yankees, switched to double-kits to start 1973.


1972 Major League Baseball draft, First round selections
The following are the first round picks in the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.


1972 Major League Baseball draft, Background
The Montreal Expos had perhaps their best draft in franchise history. The Expos grabbed outfielder Ellis Valentine in round two of the June regular phase and then selected catcher Gary Carter one round later. The Pirates also did well, selecting pitcher John Candelaria in round two and second baseman Willie Randolph in round seven.


1972 Major League Baseball draft, Background
Some of the significant picks from the regular phase in June included Dennis Eckersley and Rick Manning (Cleveland). Scott McGregor (New York Yankees) in round one. Also selected in the first round were Chet Lemon (Oakland), Larry Christenson (Philadelphia) and the number one pick, Dave Roberts (San Diego). Roberts went directly to the Padres starting third base position from the University of Oregon campus. The biggest steal was pulled off by the Texas Rangers when they selected infielder Mike Hargrove from Northwestern State University in the 25th round.


1972 Major League Baseball draft, Background
Jerry Manuel and Mike Ondina became the first pair of high school teammates to be drafted in the first round of a Major League draft. Both attended Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova, California.


1972 Major League Baseball season
The 1972 Major League Baseball season was the first to have games cancelled by a player strike. It was also the last season in which American League pitchers would hit for themselves on a regular basis; the designated hitter rule would go into effect the following season.


1972 Major League Baseball season, Labor strike and more moving
1972 was affected by a players' strike over pension and salary arbitration. The strike erased the first week and a half of the season, and the Leagues decided to just excise the lost portion of the season with no makeups. As a result, an uneven number of games were lost by each team; some as few as six, some as many as nine. The lack of makeups, even when they affected the playoffs, led to the Boston Red Sox losing the American League East by half a game to the Detroit Tigers, who played one more game (156 to 155).


1972 Major League Baseball season, Labor strike and more moving
1972 marked the first year for the Texas Rangers, who had moved to Arlington from Washington, D.C. (where they played as the Washington Senators) after the 1971 season. The team was one of the worst ever fielded by the franchise, losing 100 games for the first time since 1964. Manager Ted Williams hated it in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and resigned at the end of the season.


1972 Major League Baseball season, Labor strike and more moving
To make room for the Rangers in the American League West Division, one of the teams already in that division would have to switch to the East Division. Technically, both the Chicago White Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers were the easternmost teams in the West Division, but only one of them could move, although the Minnesota Twins lobbied to keep the Rangers in the East because it wanted both the Brewers and White Sox as division rivals.


1972 Major League Baseball season, Labor strike and more moving
It was decided that Milwaukee, as the newer franchise, would make the move, even though the White Sox wanted to go to the East since five of the league's original franchises were in that division, and that the Cubs were in the National League East.


1972 Major League Baseball season, Labor strike and more moving
The Brewers would become division rivals of the Twins and White Sox in 1994 with the formation of the American League Central, but this would last only through 1997, when Milwaukee transferred to the National League and became a division rival of the Cubs (the Brewers and Twins continue to face each other every year through interleague play).


1972 Major League Baseball season, Labor strike and more moving
1972 would mark the Kansas City Royals' final year at Kansas City Municipal Stadium, as the next year they would move to Royals Stadium at the Truman Sports Complex in eastern Kansas City. The Royals had hoped to move out of Municipal after the 1971 season, but a series of labor strikes forced the team to spend one more year at the old facility, which hosted the Athletics from 1955-67 (and the National Football League's Chiefs from 1963-71).


1972 Major League Baseball season, Labor strike and more moving
Most teams (16 of 24) switched from wool flannel uniforms to double knit uniforms made of nylon and rayon at the outset of 1972. The Pirates were first to adopt double knits when they moved from Forbes Field to Three Rivers Stadium in July 1970. The Cardinals switched at the start of the 1971 season, and the Orioles gradually phased out their flannels throughout 1971, becoming all-double knit in time for the postseason.


1972 Major League Baseball season, Labor strike and more moving
The Giants wore flannels until midseason, going to double knits at home only; the flannels would not be phased out for the road uniforms until 1973. The Red Sox switched to double knits midway through 1972. Only the Royals, Expos and Yankees wore flannels full-time during the 1972 season, and all three converted to double knits for 1973 (the Royals waited to switch uniforms until their new stadium opened).


1972 Major League Baseball season, Labor strike and more moving
The World Series was won by the Oakland Athletics, the first of three straight behind the bats of Reggie Jackson and Bert Campaneris, and the pitching cadre of Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers, and Vida Blue. Jackie Robinson, the first black player in MLB history, threw out the first pitch prior to Game 2 in what would be his last public appearance. He died two days after the series ended at age 53 due to complications from diabetes and heart failure.


1972 Major League Baseball season, Labor strike and more moving
The year ended on a sad note when Roberto Clemente died in an airplane crash off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on New Year's Eve, while participating in aid efforts after the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake.


1972 Major League Baseball strike
The 1972 Major League Baseball strike was the first players' strike in Major League Baseball history. The strike occurred from April 1 to 13, 1972.


1972 Major League Baseball strike, Overview, Agreement and number of games missed
Baseball resumed when the owners and players agreed on a $500,000 increase in pension fund payments. Owners agreed to add salary arbitration to the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The 86 games that were missed over the 13-day period were never played because the league refused to pay the players for the time they were on strike. As a result, the Houston Astros and San Diego Padres each played only 153 games, nine fewer than normal. Most other teams lost anywhere from six to eight games. They also lost $5,000,000.


1972 Major League Baseball strike, Overview, Major effects from the uneven schedule
One major effect of the uneven schedule was that the Detroit Tigers played one more game than the Boston Red Sox, which enabled Detroit (with a record of 86–70) to win the American League East by ½ game over Boston (with a record of 85–70). Detroit won the division on the next-to-last day of the season when they beat Boston, 3–1, at Tiger Stadium.


1972 Malagasy military rule referendum
A referendum on military rule was held in Madagascar on 8 October 1972. It followed General Gabriel Ramanantsoa taking power from elected President Philibert Tsiranana in May, and Ramanantsoa's proposals for a five-year transition period during which the National Assembly would be suspended. The plans were approved by 94.43% of voters, with an 84% voter turnout.


1972 Malagasy presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Madagascar on 30 January 1972. Incumbent President Philibert Tsiranana of the Social Democratic Party was the only candidate, and won the approval of 99.7% of voters. However, public unrest led to him handing over power to General Gabriel Ramanantsoa. Ramanantsoa put forward proposals for a five-year transition period during which the National Assembly would be suspended. The plans were approved in a referendum later in the year.


1972 Manila bombings
The 1972 Manila bombings were a series of "about twenty explosions which took place in various locations in Metro Manila in the months after the Plaza Miranda bombing and immediately preceding Ferdinand Marcos' proclamation of Martial Law". The first of these bombings took place on March 15, 1972, and the last took place on September 11, 1972 - twelve days before martial law was announced on September 23 of that year.


1972 Manila bombings
The Marcos administration officially attributed the explosions communist "urban guerillas", and Marcos included them in the list of "inciting events" which served as rationalizations for his declaration of Martial Law. Marcos' political opposition at the time questioned the attribution of the explosions to the communists, noting that the only suspects caught in connection to the explosions were linked to the Philippine Constabulary.


1972 Manila bombings, Explosion incidents
The sites of the 1972 Manila bombings included the Palace Theater and  Joe's Department Store on Carriedo Street, both in Manila; the offices of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Filipinas Orient Airways, and Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company (PhilamLife); the Cubao branch of the Philippine Trust Company (now known as PhilTrust Bank); the Senate Publication Division and the Philippine Sugar Institute in Quezon City, and the South Vietnamese embassy.


1972 Manila bombings, Explosion incidents
However, only one of these incidents - the one in the Carriedo shopping mall - went beyond damage to property; one woman was killed and about 40 persons were injured.


1972 Manila bombings, Suspects, Communist guerillas
The Marcos regime officially attributed the explosions communist "urban guerillas", referring to the earliest recruits of the Communist Party of the Philippines, which had split from the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas about five years before.


1972 Manila bombings, Suspects, Government agents
Opposition senator Benigno Aquino Jr. noted with suspicion that with the Carriedo incident as the only exception, "the bombings had all been timed for maximum publicity and nothing more." He also noted that "one of the two arrested bombing suspects was a PC (Philippine Constabulary, now the Philippine National Police) sergeant who was employed at the Firearms and Explosive Section of the PC."


1972 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season
The 1972 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 26th in the club's history since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1947. After 5 previous Grand Final losses, the Sea Eagles broke through for their first premiership win.


1972 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season
The 1972 Sea Eagles were coached by former Australian international and Manly fullback Ron Willey. Captaining the side was long serving hooker Fred Jones. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's 1972 Premiership season and played its home games at the 20,000 capacity Brookvale Oval.


1972 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
After twenty-five years in the competition and five Grand Final losses, Manly finally broke through to win the club's first NSWRFL premiership.


1972 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
In a controversial match, the Sea-Eagles downed the Eastern Suburbs Roosters 19 to 14, thus shedding their 'bridesmaids' tag. The Roosters were highly critical of referee Keith Page after the match, claiming both of Manly's tries shouldn't have been awarded. To add to their rage, Easts crossed for 2 tries that were disallowed.


1972 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
A dour first half saw the teams go to the break at 4-all, before a try by hooker Fred Jones put Manly ahead. Jones appeared to drop the ball as he attempted to ground it, but was awarded the try nonetheless. For his part Jones contends that he did place the ball with downward pressure. Midway through the second half, controversy flared again when Manly centre Ray Branighan appeared to stop over the Eastern Suburbs try line after accepting what looked like a forward pass from prop Bill Hamilton.


1972 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
However, referee Page allowed it and the Manly fans began celebrating, knowing that at 19-4 their first premiership victory was assured. Although Easts fought back with two late tries to John Ballesty and Bill Mullins and brought the score to 19-14, time ran out for the Roosters and Manly had won their first ever premiership in first grade.


1972 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
In the end, it was Manly's part-time goal kicker Ray Branighan who proved the difference, kicking 6 goals from 8 attempts.


1972 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Player statistics
Note: Games and (sub) show total games played, e.g. 1 (1) is 2 games played.


1972 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 1972 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University as an independent during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In its second season under head coach Jack Lengyel, the team compiled a 2–8 record and was outscored by a total of 254 to 93. The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.


1972 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 1972 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Jerry Claiborne, the Terrapins compiled a 5–5–1 record (3–2–1 in conference), finished in third place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents 243 to 217. The team's statistical leaders included Bob Avellini with 1,251 passing yards, Louis Carter with 474 rushing yards, and Don Ratliff with 515 receiving yards.


1972 Masters Tournament
The 1972 Masters Tournament was the 36th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.


1972 Masters Tournament
Jack Nicklaus opened with a 68 and led wire-to-wire to win the fourth of his six Masters titles, three strokes ahead of three runners-up. It was the tenth of 18 major titles as a professional for Nicklaus, who also won the U.S. Open in 1972 and was the runner-up at the Open Championship in Scotland, one stroke behind Lee Trevino.


1972 Masters Tournament
It was the first Masters played without founder Bobby Jones, who died in December 1971 at age 69. This Masters was also the debut of twenty-year-old Ben Crenshaw of the University of Texas, a future two-time champion who was low amateur at 295 (T19).


1972 Masters Tournament
Banned from the last five Masters, commentator Jack Whitaker returned to the CBS telecast in 1972. At the end of the 18-hole Monday playoff in 1966, he had referred to the portion of the gallery trailing the players as a "mob."


1972 Masters Tournament
Nicklaus became the third wire-to-wire winner in Masters history, following Craig Wood in 1941 and Arnold Palmer in 1960. Through 2016, there have been five; the next were Raymond Floyd in 1976 and Jordan Spieth in 2015.


1972 Masters Tournament, Field
George Archer (9,11), Billy Casper (8,10,11,12), Charles Coody (8,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (11), Ralph Guldahl, Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,11,12), Gary Player (3,8,10,11), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.


1972 Masters Tournament, Field
Julius Boros, Raymond Floyd (8,9), Don January (8), Dave Stockton (8,11,12)


1972 Masters Tournament, Field
Rick Bendall (a), Ben Crenshaw (a), Tom Culligan (a), Vinny Giles (7,a), Jim McLean (a), Eddie Pearce (a), Marty West (a)


1972 Masters Tournament, Field
William C. Campbell (a), John Farquhar (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Hyndman (a), Tom Kite (a), Jim Simons (9,a)


1972 Masters Tournament, Field
Tommy Aaron, Frank Beard (11,12), Dave Eichelberger (11), Al Geiberger, Bert Greene, Hale Irwin (11), Dick Lotz, Steve Melnyk, Johnny Miller (9,11), Bobby Mitchell (11), Bob Murphy, Ken Still, Tom Weiskopf (11)


1972 Masters Tournament, Field
Jim Colbert, Jerry Heard (11), Larry Hinson, Jerry McGee, Bobby Nichols, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Bob Rosburg (11), Lanny Wadkins, Bert Yancey


1972 Masters Tournament, Field
Miller Barber (11,12), Tommy Bolt, Gibby Gilbert, Dave Hill, Jim Jamieson


1972 Masters Tournament, Field
Homero Blancas, Gardner Dickinson (12), Hubert Green, Paul Harney, Labron Harris Jr., Grier Jones, DeWitt Weaver


1972 Masters Tournament, Field
Harry Bannerman, Brian Barnes, Bob Charles (9), Bobby Cole (9), Gary Cowan (5,6,a), Bruce Crampton (8,11), Roberto De Vicenzo (3,8), Bruce Devlin (8), David Graham, Hsieh Yung-yo, Tony Jacklin (2,3,11), Takaaki Kono, Lu Liang-Huan, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Ramón Sota


1972 Maureen Connolly Brinker International
The 1972 Maureen Connolly Brinker International  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the T-BAR-M Racquet Club in Dallas, Texas in the United States that was part of the 1972 WT Pro Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from March 7 through March 12, 1972. Unseeded Nancy Gunter won the singles title and earned $11,000 first-prize money.


1972 Maureen Connolly Brinker International, Finals, Doubles
Rosemary Casals /  Billie Jean King defeated  Judy Tegart /  Françoise Dürr 6–3, 4–6, 7–5


1972 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The 1972 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 46th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 23 teams. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1972 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Drumree were relegated from the S.F.C. the previous year after 2 years as a top flight club.


1972 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Donaghmore and Boardsmill were promoted after claiming the 1971 Meath Junior Football Championship title and Junior 'A' Divisional runners-up spot respectively. St. Brigid's were also promoted after plying their trade in the Junior B (or Division II) ranks in 1971.


1972 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
On 1 October 1972, Summerhill claimed their 1st Intermediate championship title when they defeated Martry 3-7 to 2-4 in the final in Pairc Tailteann, and thus returned the top flight of Meath club football, only their third period in the top flight and third year in total.


1972 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
St. Colmcille's were relegated to the 1973 J.F.C. after just two years in the middle grade.


1972 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1971 championship season.


1972 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top two finishers in each group will qualify for the Semi-Finals.


1972 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
On 28 August, the County Board invoked Bye Law 62 which states that all teams already out of contention for championship honours be eliminated or have no bearing on the outcome. This was invoked due to the severe time limit for the completion of fixtures.


1972 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-out Stages
The teams in the Quarter-Finals are the first and second placed teams from each group.


1972 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 1972 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 80th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 15 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1972 Meath Senior Football Championship
This season saw Ballivor's return to the top flight after claiming the 1971 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title..


1972 Meath Senior Football Championship
Kilbride were the defending champions after they defeated Skryne in the previous years final after a replay, however this season relinquished their crown which they held for 3 consecutive years when failing to progress past the Group stage.


1972 Meath Senior Football Championship
St. Vincent's applied to be regraded to the 1973 I.F.C. at the end of the campaign.


1972 Meath Senior Football Championship
On 5 November 1972, Seneschalstown won their 1st ever Meath S.F.C. title when they defeated Navan O'Mahonys 0-11 to 1-5 in the final replay in Pairc Tailteann. Mickey Collins raised the Keegan Cup for the Furze men.


1972 Meath Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1971 championship season.


1972 Meath Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stages
The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi-finals.


1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
The 1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 9 March 1972. These were Meghalaya's first Legislative Assembly elections, following the creation of the state on 21 January 1972. 59 men and one woman, Percylina Marak, were elected.


1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Results
The Hill State People's Democratic Party won 8 seats, but the party's representatives were recorded as independents in the official statistical report of the election.


1972 Meistaradeildin, Overview
It was contested by 6 teams, and KÍ Klaksvík won the championship.


1972 Memorial Cup
The 1972 Memorial Cup occurred May 8–14 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was the 54th annual Memorial Cup competition, organized by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) to determine the champion of major junior A ice hockey. Participating teams were the winners of the Ontario Hockey Association, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League which were the Peterborough Petes, Cornwall Royals and Edmonton Oil Kings. Cornwall won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Peterborough in the final game.


1972 Memorial Cup
The format for the Memorial Cup finals was changed from an Eastern Canada versus Western Canada final, into a round-robin format involving three league champions. CAHA past-president Earl Dawson served as chairman of the 1972 event. Coaches of the three league champions were opposed to the new format, and felt that a short series put extra pressure on players and lacked the environment of a home game during the playoffs. Despite the initial criticism, the new format became financially viable and was retained until the 1983 Memorial Cup when a fourth team was added.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Cornwall Royals
The Cornwall Royals represented the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League at the 1972 Memorial Cup. The Royals had the best record in the QMJHL during the 1971-72 season at 47-13-2, earning 96 points, and the Jean Rougeau Trophy, awarded to the regular season champions of the league. Cornwall led the QMJHL with 361 goals for, and allowed the fewest goals against with 182. In the QMJHL quarter-finals, the Royals swept the Verdun Maple Leafs in four games. In the QMJHL semi-finals, Cornwall defeated the Shawinigan Bruins four games to one, advancing to the President's Cup. In the QMJHL finals against the Quebec Remparts, the Royals won the series with four wins, two losses and a tie, winning the league championship, and earning a berth at the 1972 Memorial Cup.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Cornwall Royals
Gerry Teeple led the Royals offensively, scoring a team high 57 goals and 128 points in 56 games. Teeple won the Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy, awarded to the Most Sportsmanlike Player in the League. His 128 points ranked him fourth in the league scoring race. Blair MacDonald had a very solid season, scoring 45 goals and 90 points in 61 games, becoming one of the top prospects in junior hockey. During the season, the Royals acquired Dave Johnson from the Verdun Maple Leafs. In 47 games with Cornwall, Johnson scored 42 goals and 81 points.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Cornwall Royals
Johnson led the Royals in post-season scoring, earning 11 goals and 23 points in 16 games. Rookie defenseman Bob Murray scored 14 goals and 63 points in 62 games, winning the Michel Bergeron Trophy as Rookie of the Year. In goal, the Royals were led by Richard Brodeur, who finished the season with a 43-13-2 record with a 2.91 GAA and a .914 save percentage. Brodeur was awarded the Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy as the top goaltender in the QMJHL.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Cornwall Royals
The 1972 Memorial Cup represented the first time in club history that the Royals would compete for the trophy.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Edmonton Oil Kings
The Edmonton Oil Kings represented the Western Canada Hockey League at the 1972 Memorial Cup. The Oil Kings had a very successful regular season during the 1971-72, earning a record of 44-22-2 for 90 points, and second place in the West Division. Edmonton was the third highest scoring team in the WCHL with 320 goals. The Oil Kings allowed 246 goals, which ranked them in fourth. The Oil Kings opened the post-season with a four-game to one West Division semi-finals victory over the New Westminster Bruins.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Edmonton Oil Kings
In the West Division finals against the first place Calgary Centennials, the Oil Kings completed the upset, winning four games to two, advancing to the WCHL finals. In the final round, the Oil Kings defeated the Regina Pats four games to one to win the President's Cup, and earning a berth in the 1972 Memorial Cup.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Edmonton Oil Kings
Don Kozak led the Oil Kings with 55 goals and 105 points in 68 games during the regular season. Darcy Rota also cracked the 50 goal and 100 point plateau, as Rota scored 51 goals and tied Kozak for the team lead in points with 105. Fred Comrie scored 20 goals and 71 points in 66 games, finishing third in the team scoring race, while Terry Smith scored 33 goals and 59 points in 66 games.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Edmonton Oil Kings
Brian Ogilvie, acquired by the Oil Kings from the Vancouver Nats during the regular season, scored 23 goals and 55 points in 33 games with Edmonton. Defenseman Phil Russell led the defense with 14 goals, 59 points and 331 penalty minutes in 65 games. In goal, the Oil Kings split goaltending duties between Doug Soetaert and Larry Hendrick.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Edmonton Oil Kings
The 1972 Memorial Cup was the fourth time in team history that the Oil Kings competed for the Cup. The club had won the Memorial Cup twice, in 1963 and 1966. Edmonton also participated in the 1954 Memorial Cup, where the lost in the finals.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Peterborough Petes
The Peterborough Petes represented the Ontario Hockey Association at the 1972 Memorial Cup tournament. The Petes had a solid regular season, earning a record of 34-20-9 for 77 points, and finished third in the ten team league. The Petes scored 292 goals, which ranked them fourth in the OHA, while the club allowed 227 goals, the second fewest in the league. In the post-season, Peterborough defeated the St. Catharines Black Hawks eight points to two in the OHA quarter-finals. In the OHA semi-finals, Peterborough faced the best team in the league, the Toronto Marlboros. The Petes defeated the heavily favoured Marlboros eight points to two, setting up a match-up against the Ottawa 67's in the final round. Peterborough won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the 67's eight points to zero, earning a berth in the 1972 Memorial Cup.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Peterborough Petes
The Petes offense was led by Doug Gibson, who led the club with 51 goals and 99 points in 63 games. Gibson's goal total was the sixth highest in the league. Gibson continued to score in the post-season, earning 16 goals and 29 points in 15 games to lead the club in scoring. Paul Raymer scored 27 goals and 69 points in 49 games, while Ron Lalonde earned 26 goals and 63 points in 58 games. Defenseman Bob Neely was acquired by the Petes during the regular season in a trade with the Hamilton Red Wings.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Peterborough Petes
Neely led the Petes defense with eight goals and 30 points in 32 games. Colin Campbell provided toughness on the blue line, as in 50 games, he scored two goals and 25 points, as well as registering 158 penalty minutes. Mike Veisor handled the goaltending duties for the Petes. In 15 post-season games, Veisor had a GAA of 2.13.


1972 Memorial Cup, Teams, Peterborough Petes
The 1972 Memorial Cup was the second time that the Petes competed for the Cup. At the 1959 Memorial Cup, Peterborough lost to the Winnipeg Braves.


1972 Memphis State Tigers football team
The 1972 Memphis State Tigers football team represented Memphis State University (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Fred Pancoast, the team compiled a 5–5–1 record (3–2 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place out of eight teams in the MVC, and outscored all opponents by a total of 265 to 254. The team played its home games at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.


1972 Memphis State Tigers football team
The team's statistical leaders included Al Harvey with 961 passing yards, Dornell Harris with 698 rushing yards, Stan Davis with 476 receiving yards, and Dan Darby with 42 points scored.


1972 Men of the Midlands
The 1972 Men of the Midlands was a professional invitational snooker tournament, that took place from 3 January to 20 March 1972. The tournament was won by Alex Higgins, who defeated John Spencer 4–2 in the final.


1972 Men of the Midlands
The competition featured a round-robin group stage, with four players progressing into the semi-finals. Higgins won 4–0 against Ray Reardon in one semi final, and Spencer defeated Graham Miles 4–0 in the other.


1972 Men of the Midlands
Higgins won the first frame of the final, after Spencer missed an easy pink, and Spencer won the second frame. In the third, Higgins made breaks of 37 and 28 to win. The fourth frame saw both players miss changes to win, with Higgins eventually taking it with a break of 48. Spencer compiled a 58 break in winning the fifth frame, before Higgins won the sixth, with breaks of 24, 20 and 27, to win the match 4–2.


1972 Men of the Midlands
The tournament was sponsored by Mitchells and Butlers, who provided a prize fund of £1,000. Higgins received £300 as winner, and Spencer took £225 as runner-up.


1972 Men's British Open Squash Championship
The 1972 Benson and Hedges British Open Championship was held at the Abbeydale Park Squash  Club]] in


1972 Men's British Open Squash Championship, Draw and results, Main draw
Eighth seed Mohamed Yasin (Pakistan) withdrew before the tournament started.


1972 Merdeka Tournament
The 1972 Merdeka Tournament was held from 12 July to 29 July 1972 in Malaysia. Twelve teams from 11 nations participated.


1972 Merthyr Tydfil by-election
The Merthyr Tydfil by-election of 13 April 1972 was held after the death of S. O. Davies on 25 February the same year. The Labour Party won the by-election in what had traditionally been a safe seat, although Davies had been elected in the 1970 general election as an Independent after he had been deselected due to his age.


1972 Mestaruussarja, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and TPS Turku won the championship.


1972 Miami Dolphins season
The 1972 Miami Dolphins season was the team's seventh season, and third season in the National Football League (NFL). The 1972 Dolphins are the only NFL team to win the Super Bowl with a perfect season. The undefeated campaign was led by coach Don Shula and notable players Bob Griese, Earl Morrall, and Larry Csonka. The 1972 Dolphins went 14–0 in the regular season and won all three postseason games, including Super Bowl VII against the Washington Redskins, to finish 17–0. By going 14-0, they improved on their 10-3-1 record from the previous season.


1972 Miami Dolphins season
The team remains the only NFL team to complete an entire season undefeated and untied from the opening game through the Super Bowl (or championship game). The closest team to repeating this feat was the 2007 New England Patriots, who recorded the most wins in a season in NFL history by going 18–0 before losing to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII (the Dolphins won 18 straight through and until the first week of the 1973 season). Besides the 1972 Dolphins and 2007 Patriots, the only other team to complete the regular season undefeated and untied is the Chicago Bears, who accomplished the feat in both 1934 and 1942, but those teams failed to win the NFL Championship Game.


1972 Miami Dolphins season
During the 1972 season, Griese's ankle was broken in Week 5 as he was sacked by San Diego Chargers defensive tackle Ron East and defensive end Deacon Jones. He was replaced by Morrall for the rest of the regular season. Griese returned as a substitute in the final regular season game against the Baltimore Colts, relieved Morrall for the second half of the AFC Championship Game against the Pittsburgh Steelers and started in Super Bowl VII.


1972 Miami Dolphins season
The Dolphins clinched the AFC East title in Week 10. On the ground, running backs Csonka and Mercury Morris became the first teammates to each rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Paul Warfield led the receivers, averaging over 20 yards per catch on 29 receptions. The offensive line included future Hall of Fame members Jim Langer, who played every down during the season, and Larry Little and Pro Bowler Norm Evans.


1972 Miami Dolphins season
The 1972 Dolphins defensive unit was the league's best. It is often called the "No-Name Defense", a moniker coined by Cowboys coach Tom Landry in an interview, because the Dolphins' offense received much more publicity. It was led by linebacker Nick Buoniconti, end Bill Stanfill, tackle Manny Fernandez, and safeties Dick Anderson and Jake Scott. In all, nine players—Csonka, Morris, Warfield, Little, Evans, Buoniconti, Stanfill, Anderson, and Scott—were selected to the Pro Bowl, and Little, Morrall, Stanfill, and Anderson were named first-team All-Pro.


1972 Miami Dolphins season
On August 20, 2013, four decades after the perfect season, President Barack Obama hosted the 1972 Dolphins, noting that they "never got their White House visit."