1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, March
The next game saw Kilmarnock visit Dumbarton with anything but a win almost closing the door on any chances of survival – but with new signings Mathie and Heron scoring two goals each, Dumbarton produced a superb performance to leapfrog Kilmarnock out of the relegation spots.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, March
On 20 March the league concerns were put to one side as Dumbarton gave a number of the second string players a chance against a strong Falkirk side in the semi final of the Stirlingshire Cup, eventually coming out on top 2–1 – a young schoolboy signing John Bourke scoring one of the goals.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, March
Four days later Dumbarton were at Cappielow to play Morton in the league and with a brave second half comeback managed to secure a vital point in a 1–1 draw.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, March
The final game of March on the final day of the month brought Rangers to Boghead, who were involved in their own tussle at the top of the league against Celtic. Three goals in the first 22 minutes were enough to see Rangers win the tie 2-1 – but with the effort put in during the second half Dumbarton deserved better.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, March
As the league reached its final stages Rangers unbeaten run since December saw them on 49 points, now 2 ahead of Celtic with a game more played. Dumbarton remained in 16th place with 18 points, now ahead of Kilmarnock on just goal difference.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, April
The first game of April was played against Ayr United on 14 April at Boghead. A Roy McCormack strike in the 13th minute was looking good enough to take both points, but a harmless-looking chip from Ayr substitute Campbell slipped through Willie Whigham's fingers, and Dumbarton had to settle for a point.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, April
The following midweek involved a visit to Celtic Park, and the champions elect were in no mood to take matters easy – brushing Dumbarton aside easily 5–0.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, April
The penultimate league game on 21 April was against Motherwell at Fir Park, and Dumbarton knew that by trailing Kilmarnock by 2 points, something had to be taken from the game. A battling performance resulted in a 2–0 win and kept alive their First Division hopes.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, April
Another midweek game took place on two days later with a game at Boghead against East Stirling in the Stirlingshire Cup final. Tom McAdam was the hero with four goals in a 6–0 rout.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, April
So it was that Dumbarton entered into the final league match on 28 April at Boghead against Dundee United knowing that they had to better any result gained by Kilmarnock. At half time things looked bleak as while Dumbarton led 2–1, Kilmarnock were beating Falkirk 2–0. However, a further two second-half goals, giving Dumbarton a superb 4–1 win, was enough to push Kilmarnock into relegation as they could only manage a 2–2 draw.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, April
At the other end of the table, Celtic won their eighth title in a row, pipping Rangers by a single point.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, May
On 9 May Davie Wilson retired from playing and took up the position of assistant manager at the club.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, May
A number of player milestones were reached during the season. Johnny Graham made his 200th appearance for Dumbarton (on 4 October against Dundee) In addition no fewer than 5 players made their 'century' of appearances in a Dumbarton shirt, as follows:


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League, and with 9 wins and 10 draws from 34 matches, finished 12th of 18.


1972–73 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
For the first time in a decade, Dumbarton also entered the Scottish Second XI Cup, and reached the third round before losing out to Dundee by the only goal.


1972–73 Dundee F.C. season
The 1972–73 season was the 71st season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 5th place for the third consecutive season. Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would get knocked out by Celtic in both the quarter-finals of the League Cup and the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup, with both ties requiring replays. Dundee would also compete in the Texaco Cup, where they would be knocked out by Norwich City in the 1st round.


1972–73 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1972–73 season was the 64th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1972 to 30 June 1973. United finished in seventh place in the First Division.


1972–73 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 1972–73 season.


1972–73 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1972–73 Eerste Divisie
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1972–73 season was contested by 20 teams, one less than in the previous year. This was due to the merger of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam with eredivisie-club DWS to form FC Amsterdam. Roda JC won the championship.


1972–73 Eerste Divisie
It was the first season in which a promotion competition was held. In this promotion competition, four period winners (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) played for promotion to the eredivisie.


1972–73 Eerste Divisie, New entrants
DFC changed their name to FC Dordrecht for this season.


1972–73 Eerste Divisie, Promotion competition
In the promotion competition, four period winners (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) played for promotion to the Eredivisie.


1972–73 Egyptian Premier League
The 1972–73 Egyptian Premier League, was the 18th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 6 October 1972 and concluded on 22 April 1973. Ghazl El Mahalla managed to win the league for the first time in the club's history.


1972–73 Egyptian Premier League, League table
(C)= Champion, (R)= Relegated, Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points.


1972–73 Ekstraklasa
The 1972–73 I liga was the 47th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 39th season of the I liga, the top Polish professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1927. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).


1972–73 Ekstraklasa
The champions were Stal Mielec, who won their 1st Polish title.


1972–73 Ekstraklasa, Competition modus
The season started on 26 July 1972 and concluded on 24 June 1973 (autumn-spring league). The season was played as a round-robin tournament. The team at the top of the standings won the league title. A total of 14 teams participated, 12 of which competed in the league during the 1971–72 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1971–72 II liga. Each team played a total of 26 matches, half at home and half away, two games against each other team. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw.


1972–73 Ekstraklasa, Playoff relegation
At the end of the first and second division season, the play-off was played between:


1972–73 Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is a football league in the Netherlands. In the 1972–1973 season it was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.


1972–73 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season
The 1972–73 Eredivisie season was the 13th season of the Eredivisie, the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands. Seven teams participated in the league, and the Tilburg Trappers won the championship.


1972–73 Essex Senior Football League
The 1972–73 Essex Senior Football League season was the second in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.


1972–73 Essex Senior Football League, Clubs
The league featured eight clubs which competed in the league last season, along with three new clubs:


1972–73 European Cup
The 1972–73 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the third consecutive time by Ajax in the final against Juventus at Red Star Stadium in Belgrade. The win by Ajax resulted in the fourth consecutive championship by a Dutch team. As they were the only Dutch club this time and neither Albania nor Northern Ireland sent their champions, the number of clubs playing dropped to 30.


1972–73 European Cup, First round, Second leg
The game was annulled because the referee ended the shoot-out prematurely after Panathinaikos fourth penalty was saved by Bulgarian goalkeeper. Panathinaikos complained to UEFA and the match was annulled and replayed the following month.


1972–73 European Cup, Quarter-finals, Second leg
Juventus 2–2 Újpesti Dózsa on aggregate. Juventus won on away goals.


1972–73 European Cup, Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1972–73 European Cup are as follows:


1972–73 European Cup (handball)
The 1972–73 European Cup was the 13th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament.


1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup
The 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Milan after a 1–0 victory against Leeds United at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece.


1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup
Competition holders Rangers would have been eligible to compete in the Cup Winners' Cup, but were banned from European competition in the 1972–73 season due to the violent disturbances at the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.


1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup, Second round, Second leg
Hajduk Split 3–3 Wrexham on aggregate. Hajduk Split won on an away goals rule.


1972–73 Everton F.C. season
During the 1972–73 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. They finished 17th in the table with 37 points.


1972–73 Everton F.C. season, Final league table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


1972–73 FA Cup
The 1972–73 FA Cup was the 92nd season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Second Division Sunderland won the competition for the second time, beating Leeds United 1–0 in the final at Wembley, London with a goal from Ian Porterfield.


1972–73 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.


1972–73 FA Cup, Results, First Round Proper
At this stage clubs from the Football League Third and Fourth Divisions joined those non-league clubs having come through the qualifying rounds. Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 18 November 1972. Nine matches were drawn, of which one went to a second replay.


1972–73 FA Cup, Results, Second Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 9 December 1972, with the exception of the Walsall–Charlton Athletic game which was played three days later. Five matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week.


1972–73 FA Cup, Results, Third Round Proper
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled Saturday, 13 January 1973, with the exception of the Reading–Doncaster Rovers game, which was played on the following Wednesday. Eleven matches were drawn, of which two required a second replay.


1972–73 FA Cup, Results, Fourth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 3 February 1973. Five matches were drawn, of which two required a second replay.


1972–73 FA Cup, Results, Fifth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 24 February 1973 with one replay played three days later.


1972–73 FA Cup, Results, Sixth Round Proper
The four quarter-final ties were played on the 17 March 1973. There was one replay three days later.


1972–73 FA Cup, Results, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 7 April 1973 with no replays being needed. Sunderland and Leeds United won their respective matches to go on to the final at Wembley.


1972–73 FA Cup, Results, Third place playoff
Between 1970 and 1974, a third place playoff between the two losing semi-finalists was held.


1972–73 FA Cup, Results, Final
The final took place on Saturday, 5 May 1973 at Wembley and ended in a victory for Sunderland over Leeds United by one goal to nil. The attendance was 100,000.


1972–73 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The FA Cup 1972–73 is the 92nd season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 30 victorious teams from the Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper.


1972–73 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 1972–73 FA Cup
See 1972-73 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


1972–73 FA Trophy
The 1972–73 FA Trophy was the fourth season of the FA Trophy.


1972–73 FC Barcelona season
The 1972–73 season was the 74th season for FC Barcelona.


1972–73 FC Barcelona season, Results
23-08-72 . Joan Gamper Trophy BARCELONA-VASCO DA GAMA 0-0 /5-4/ PENALTY


1972–73 FC Basel season
The 1972–73 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 79th season in their existence. It was their 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Félix Musfeld was the club's chairman for the third year in a row.


1972–73 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
The previous season was the last one as activ footballer for Helmut Benthaus. He ended his playing career, but continued with Basel as team manager. This was his eighth season as manager. There were only small amendments to the squad during the pre-season. Roland Paolucci was loaned out to Winterthur and Stefan Reisch left the team and moved on to Kickers Würzburg where he ended his active playing career. Basel did not transfer any players and Benthaus relied on young players who came up from the reserve team to help, when needed in the first team.


1972–73 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
Basel played a total of 55 matches during this season. 26 of these games were in the domestic league championship, seven of these games were in the Swiss Cup, four in the Swiss League Cup, two were in the European Cup, four were in the Cup of the Alps and 12 were friendly matches. Of these 12 test games four were won, four were drawn and four were lost. Three test matches were played at home in the St. Jakob Stadium and nine were played away.


1972–73 FC Basel season, Overview, Domestic league
14 teams contested in the 1972–73 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous 1971–72 season and the two newly promoted teams Chiasso and Fribourg. The championship was played in a double round robin. The champions would qualify for the 1973–74 European Cup, the second and third placed teams were to qualify for 1973–74 UEFA Cup and the last two teams in the table at the end of the season were to be relegated. Basel started the league season badly, losing the first two games and drawing the next two.


1972–73 FC Basel season, Overview, Domestic league
The first victory was recorded in the fifth round and during the next nine rounds Basel won eight games. After the winter break Basel were only defeated once. They won the championship four points ahead of Grasshopper Club and six ahead of the Sion. Basel won 17 of their 26 league games, drew five and lost four. They scored a total of 57 goals conceding 30. Ottmar Hitzfeld was the league's joint top goal scorer with Ove Grahn of Lausanne-Sports both with 18 league goals. Basels second top scorer was Walter Balmer who managed 11 league goals. The average attendance at the 13 league home matches was 13'153 spectators. The highest attendance was 28,000 on 14 April in the game against Grasshopper Club and the secpnd highest attendance was 26,000 on 2 May against Zürich.


1972–73 FC Basel season, Overview, Swiss Cup and League Cup
In the Swiss Cup Basel played the round of 32 on 5 November 1972 at home to Martigny-Sports in the St. Jakob Stadium. The round of 16 match on 26 November 1972 was played away against BSC Young Boys and Basel left the Wankdorf Stadium with a 4–0 victory. The quarter-finals were two legged fixtures, the first leg played on 10 December 1972 in Stadio Comunale was won 2–0 against Chiasso and the second leg played one week later was won 5–3. The semi-finals were also two legged fixtures. Basel were matched against Biel-Bienne and won 6–1 on aggregate.


1972–73 FC Basel season, Overview, Swiss Cup and League Cup
Walter Balmer scored a hattrick in the home game. The final was played on 23 April 1973 in the Wankdorf Stadium against Zürich. The game ended goalless after 90 minutes. In extra time Peter Marti (92) and Fritz Künzli (101) scored the goals to give Zürich the title for the second consecutive time in a final against Basel.


1972–73 FC Basel season, Overview, Swiss Cup and League Cup
The 1972 Swiss League Cup was the inaugural Swiss League Cup competition. It was played in the summer of 1972 as a pre-season tournament to the 1972–73 Swiss football season. Basel beat Servette 8–0, Lausanne Sports 2–1 aet and Sion 6–1 to reach the final. This was won by Basel who defeated FC Winterthur 4–1 in the final which took place on 11 November 1972 at the Letzigrund in Zürich. Ottmar Hitzfeld scored a hattick in the final.


1972–73 FC Basel season, Overview, European Cup and Cup of the Alps
Basel were beaten by Újpesti Dózsa 2–0 in the first leg of the first round of the 1972–73 European Cup away from home in the Ferenc Szusza Stadium. The return match was on 27 September 1972 in St. Jakob Stadium. Basel won 3–2, the goals coming from René Hasler (65) and Walter Balmer (75 + 83), but they were beaten 4–3 on aggregate.


1972–73 FC Basel season, Overview, European Cup and Cup of the Alps
In the 1972 Cup of the Alps Basel played twice against Olympique Lyonnais, losing the away tie, winning at home game. They played twice against Bordeaux, winning the away game but losing the home game, but because Bordeaux won their other two games they continued to the final.


1972–73 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1972–73 FC Bayern Munich season
The 1972–73 FC Bayern Munich season was the club's eighth season in Bundesliga.


1972–73 FC Dinamo București season
The 1972–73 season was FC Dinamo București's 24th season in Divizia A. With a new manager, Ion Nunweiller, Dinamo competed with Universitatea Craiova for the championship until the last day, winning the title after a defeat suffered by Craiova away at UTA. In the Romanian Cup, Dinamo was eliminated by the third division side Constructorul Galaţi.


1972–73 FC Dinamo București season, Squad
Goalkeepers: Mircea Constantinescu (10 / 0); Constantin Eftimescu (1 / 0); Iosif Cavai (12 / 0); Adrian Rămureanu (8 / 0). Defenders: Florin Cheran (16 / 0); Vasile Dobrău (27 / 0); Gabriel Sandu (28 / 0); Augustin Deleanu (23 / 0); Nicolae Petre (10 / 0); Alexandru Sătmăreanu (16 / 0); Vasile Cosma (6 / 1); Teodor Lucuță (5 / 0). Midfielders: Mircea Stoenescu (8 / 1); Cornel Dinu (23 / 2); Ion Batacliu (3 / 0). Forwards: Mircea Lucescu (28 / 12); Radu Nunweiller (30 / 7); Florea Dumitrache (26 / 15); Florian Dumitrescu (26 / 5); Alexandru Moldovan (25 / 2); Viorel Sălceanu (17 / 2); Doru Popescu (24 / 4); Marin Roșu (2 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1972–73 FC Dinamo București season, Transfers
Emil Dumitriu is transferred to Rapid. Teodor Lucuță is promoted from the youth team.


1972–73 FDGB-Pokal
The 1972–73 season was the 22nd competition for the FDGB-Pokal, the national football cup competition of East Germany.


1972–73 FDGB-Pokal
As the second-tier DDR-Liga had been enlarged to 58 teams in the previous season, the competition had to be held in a new format. The first round proper was held — after a play-off between Zentronik Sömmerda and HFC Chemie II — with 72 teams: 15 Bezirkspokal winners (designated with an asterisk), 55 DDR-Liga teams and the two teams relegated from the DDR-Oberliga in the 1971–72 season, Stahl Riesa and Vorwärts Stralsund.


1972–73 FDGB-Pokal
After an intermediate round that saw the seven remaining Bezirkspokal winners and the 29 surviving DDR-Liga teams, the 14 current DDR-Oberliga teams joined in the second round proper. Only two Bezirkspokal winners (Wismut Gera II and Fortschritt Krumhermersdorf) took part in this round, together with 16 second-tier teams. Both Bezirkspokal winners were eliminated, as well as three top-flight teams: Sachsenring Zwickau, Vorwärts Frankfurt and Wismut Aue.


1972–73 FDGB-Pokal
In contrast to the first rounds, the fixtures in the round of last 16, the quarter- and semi-finals were played over two legs. If scores were level, extra time and a penalty shoot-out followed. The away goals rule was applied as well.


1972–73 FDGB-Pokal
The reserve team of F.C. Hansa Rostock was the only second-tier club not eliminated in the round of last 16 and thus the club entered the quarter-finals with two teams. Hansa had eliminated defending champions FC Carl Zeiss Jena, but went out in the quarter final against 1. FC Magdeburg. Last year's finalist and new DDR-Oberliga champion Dynamo Dresden went out in the quarter finals against 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig who went on to beat Berliner FC Dynamo to reach the final against 1. FC Magdeburg in Dessau. Magdeburg had beaten fellow DDR-Oberliga side FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt to secure their fourth final appearance since 1964 (as SC Aufbau Magdeburg).


1972–73 FDGB-Pokal, Final, Match report
The 22nd FDGB-Pokal final saw two DDR-Oberliga teams face each other. Magdeburg were lying in third place while Leipzig occupied the 8th rank. But in the match Lokomotive Leipzig began with a powerful attacking run on Magdeburg's goal. They were rewarded with the early lead when Frenzel scored off Matoul's header. Ten minutes later Magdeburg's Achtel scratched the ball off the goal line. This was a wake-up call for FCM who now had their first opportunity, but Sparwasser missed narrowly in the 18th minute. Just one minute later, Magdeburg sweeper Zapf did better and headed home a Seguin corner.


1972–73 FDGB-Pokal, Final, Match report
The match now turned in Magdeburg's favor, with their defense gaining control over Leipzig's forwards Matoul and Frenzel and on the other hand their forward Sparwasser becoming more and more of a threat to his opponent Geisler. Consequently, it was Sparwasser who put Magdeburg in the lead after a through ball from Enge. Leipzig's spirit thus rekindled led to an equaliser after Enge's backpass was intercepted by Leipzig's Altmann. Both teams now showed their willingness to end the game in regular time with opportunities on both sides.


1972–73 FDGB-Pokal, Final, Match report
Three minutes before the end of 90 minutes Magdeburg's Enge and Sparwasser again started a nice attacking move. Defender Enge started his run at his own goal line, crossed immaculately to Sparwasser, and the striker scored the winning goal, earning his club the fourth FDGB-Pokal title after 1964, 1965 and 1969.


1972–73 FIBA European Champions Cup
The 1972–73 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 16th installment of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Country Hall du Sart Tilman, in Liège, Belgium, on March 22, 1973. It was won by Ignis Varese for the second time in a row. They defeated CSKA Moscow in the finals, by a result of 71–66.


1972–73 FIBA European Champions Cup, First round
*Jeunesse Sportivo Alep withdrew before the first leg and Partizani Tirana received a forfeit (2–0) in both games.


1972–73 FIBA European Champions Cup, Quarterfinals group stage
The quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.


1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
The 1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the seventh edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 18 October 1972, to 21 March 1973. It was contested by 26 teams, five more than in the previous edition.


1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
1971 runner-up Spartak Leningrad, defeated Jugoplastika in the final, to become the first Soviet League team to win the competition, ending a 3-year period of Italian League dominance. It was the second straight final lost by a Yugoslav League team.


1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, Quarterfinals
The quarter finals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.


1972–73 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
The 1972–73 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup was the thirteenth edition of FIBA Europe's competition for women's basketball national champion clubs, running from November 1972 to March 1973. Daugava Riga defeated Clermont UC in the final to win its tenth title in a row.


1972–73 FIBA Women's European Cup Winners' Cup
The 1972–73 FIBA Women's European Cup Winners' Cup, running from November 1972 to March 1973, was the second edition of FIBA Europe's second-tier competition for women's basketball clubs, subsequently renamed Ronchetti Cup. Defending champion Spartak Leningrad won its second title beating Slavia Prague in the final.


1972–73 FIRA Nations Cup
The Nations Cup 1972-73 was the 13th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and eighth (and last) with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup".


1972–73 FIRA Nations Cup
The tournament was won by France, who won all their three games, with Romania, Spain and Morocco.


1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 7th World Cup season began in December 1972 in France and concluded in March 1973 in the United States. Gustav Thöni of Italy won his third consecutive overall title and Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her third of five consecutive.


1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men, Overall
The Men's Overall World Cup 1972/73 was divided into three periods. From the first 5 races the best 3 results count, from the next 9 races (Race No 6 to No 14) the best 5 results count and from the last 10 races the best 6 results count. Two racers had a point deduction. Gustav Thöni won his third Overall World Cup in a row!


1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men, Downhill
In Men's Downhill World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().


1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men, Giant Slalom
In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. One racers had a point deduction, which is given in (). In every race there was a different winner!


1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men, Slalom
In Men's Slalom World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().


1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Ladies, Overall
The Women's Overall World Cup 1972/73 was most likely also divided into periods.


1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Ladies, Downhill
In Women's Downhill World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results counted. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Annemarie Pröll won all competitions and won the cup with maximum points. She won her third Downhill World Cup in a row. The Austrians won 21 out of 24 available podium-places. Only Jacqueline Rouvier from France was able to climb on the podium with them three times.


1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Ladies, Giant Slalom
In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().


1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Ladies, Slalom
In Women's Slalom World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. Three racers a had point deduction, which are given in ().


1972–73 FK Partizan season
The 1972–73 season was the 27th season in FK Partizan's existence. This article shows player statistics and matches that the club played during the 1972–73 season.


1972–73 Football League
The 1972–73 season was the 74th completed season of The Football League.


1972–73 Football League
Liverpool championship win meant they claimed their first trophy since 1966 in Bill Shankly's penultimate season as manager despite competition from Arsenal, Leeds United, Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers.


1972–73 Football League
Manchester United sacked manager Frank O'Farrell after 18 months in charge. He had been unable to mount a title challenge. Tommy Docherty, the 44-year-old Scottish national coach and former Aston Villa manager, was appointed as his successor. Bobby Charlton and Denis Law both played their last games for the club while George Best's appearances were becoming increasingly rare.


1972–73 Football League
Burnley and Queens Park Rangers won promotion to the First Division. Huddersfield Town's decline continued as they slid into the Third Division, where they were joined by Brighton & Hove Albion.


1972–73 Football League
Bolton Wanderers and Notts County occupied the two promotion places in the Third Division. Rotherham United, Brentford, Swansea City and Scunthorpe United were relegated to the Fourth Division.


1972–73 Football League
Hereford United were promoted from the Fourth Division in their first season as a Football League club. They had been elected to the Football League a year earlier after winning the Southern League and achieving a shock win over Newcastle United in the FA Cup. They were joined in the promotion zone by champions Southport, Cambridge United and Aldershot. Newport County missed promotion only on goal average. There were no arrivals or departures in the league for 1973.


1972–73 Football League, Final league tables and results
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at  website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.


1972–73 Football League, Final league tables and results
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.


1972–73 Football League, Final league tables and results
Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.


1972–73 Football League Cup
The 1972–73 Football League Cup was the 13th season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The tournament started on 15 August 1972 and ended with the final at Wembley on 3 March 1973.


1972–73 Football League Cup
Tottenham Hotspur won the tournament after defeating Norwich City in the final at Wembley Stadium, London.


1972–73 Football League Cup, Final
The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 3 March 1973.


1972–73 Football League Cup, Final
The 1973 Football League Cup Final was won by Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs beat Norwich City 1–0 at Wembley Stadium, Ralph Coates with the goal.


1972–73 Football League First Division
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1972–73 season.


1972–73 Football League First Division, Overview
Liverpool won the First Division title for the eighth time in the club's history that season. They made sure of the title with a 0–0 draw against Leicester City at Anfield and finished the season three points ahead of title challengers Arsenal. Crystal Palace were relegated on 24 April, after losing 2–1 at relegation rivals Norwich City. West Bromwich Albion joined them the next day after losing 2–1 at home to Manchester City.


1972–73 French Division 1
FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1972/1973 of the French Association Football League with 55 points.


1972–73 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1973/1974


1972–73 French Division 2, Overview
It was contested by 36 teams, and Lens and AS Troyes won the championship.


1972–73 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1972-73 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 64 teams divided in 8 pools.


1972–73 French Rugby Union Championship
The first four of each pool, were qualified for the knockout stages.


1972–73 French Rugby Union Championship
The Stadoceste won the champsionship beating Dax in the final.


1972–73 French Rugby Union Championship
It was the first title after World War II for Stadoceste.


1972–73 French Rugby Union Championship, Qualification round
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking


1972–73 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1972–73 season was Galatasaray's 69th in existence and the 15th consecutive season in the 1. Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.


1972–73 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1972–73 NCAA University Division college basketball season. John Thompson, coached them in his first season as head coach. The team was an independent and played its home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C.. It finished the season with a record of 12-14 – a significant improvement over the previous season's record – was not ranked in the Top 20 in the Associated Press Poll or Coaches' Poll at any time, and had no post-season play.


1972–73 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, John Thompson arrives
The 29-year-old Thompson was only the third African-American head coach in the history of NCAA Division basketball and was the first to take charge of a major college basketball program. He had been a star player for Washington, D.C.'s Archbishop Carroll High School and for Providence College, had played for two successful seasons with the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association, and then had returned to Washington, D.C., to coach St. Anthony's High School to a record of 122-28 in six seasons.


1972–73 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, John Thompson arrives
At Georgetown, Thompson inherited a team that had gone 3-23 the previous season, the culmination of a 25-year stretch of mostly undistinguished basketball at Georgetown. Although the team had appeared in the National Invitation Tournament in 1953 and 1970, between the 1947-48 season and the end of the previous season Georgetown had posted an overall record under .500 and its total of 296 wins during those 25 seasons was the lowest among the 32 Catholic universities playing Division I college basketball in the United States. The team also had had no NCAA Tournament appearances since 1943.


1972–73 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, John Thompson arrives
Thompson's arrival heralded the school's rise to the status of a national basketball power; the 12-14 record this season was a significant improvement over the 3-23 finish of the previous year, and the 1972-73 squad was the last Georgetown men's basketball team to finish with a losing record until the 1998–99 season.


1972–73 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, John Thompson arrives
Georgetown had hired Thompson in the hope that he could guide the Hoyas to an "occasional" National Invitation Tournament (NIT) appearance, but during his 26½ seasons as head coach he would lead the Hoyas to 24 straight post-season tournaments – 19 NCAA Tournaments and five NITs – from the 1974-75 to the 1997-98 seasons, and to the national championship in the 1983-84 season.


1972–73 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Thompson's first recruiting class consisted of five players. One of them was center Merlin Wilson, who had played for him at St. Anthony's and followed him to Georgetown to play college basketball. Wilson scored 24 points in the season opener against Saint Francis. At Loyola, the Hoyas outrebounded the Greyhounds 65-33, and Wilson pulled down 24 of Georgetown's rebounds.


1972–73 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
By mid-season, Wilson was averaging 12 points and 13 rebounds a game, a level of play unknown at Georgetown for many years, and was among the top ten college players in rebounds; a Tampa Tribune columnist wrote that the Hoyas were "a team destined to be one of the next great powers in college basketball" because of Wilson's talent.


1972–73 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
He scored 25 points and had 17 rebounds and eight blocks against Navy, had a 17-point, 17-rebound performance against Fordham in a big win, and had 15 points and 16 rebounds against St. Mary's in the last home game of the season. He finished the season as the team's leader in scoring and rebounds, and was ranked 14th in the United States with 14.1 rebounds per game.


1972–73 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Another major Thompson recruit for his first season as a collegiate head coach was guard Jonathan Smith. Smith, like Wilson, had played for Thompson at St. Anthony's and followed him to Georgetown. Although some observers expected Smith to be a reserve, he quickly emerged as a major force for the Hoyas, scoring a career-high 25 points twice during the season, against Penn State and George Washington. Smith finished the season second on the team only to Wilson in scoring.


1972–73 Golden State Warriors season
The 1972–73 NBA season was the Warriors' 27th season in the NBA and 11th in the San Francisco Bay Area.


1972–73 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 1972–73  Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1972–73 NCAA University Division basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Adrian Buoncristiani and played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 14–12 overall and 6–8 in conference play, in fifth place.


1972–73 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
Senior forward Greg Sten led the Big Sky in scoring and was selected to the all-conference team; senior forward Joe Clayton was second team and junior center Stewart Morrill was honorable mention.


1972–73 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
Previously an assistant coach at UC Santa Barbara. Buoncristiani succeeded Hank Anderson, who left Gonzaga after 21 years as head coach for a similar position at Montana State in Bozeman, a conference rival. Less than a week after accepting the job in April, Buoncristiani was involved in a traffic accident in Spokane in which his car was demolished, but "ABC" escaped with only minor injuries.


1972–73 Greek Football Cup
The 1972–73 Greek Football Cup was the 31st edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Karaiskakis Stadium, on 17 June 1973. The match was contested by Olympiacos and PAOK, with Olympiacos winning by 1–0.


1972–73 Greek Football Cup, First round
18 clubs from Alpha Ethniki and 32 clubs from Beta Ethniki entered the first round.


1972–73 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 29th Greek Cup Final was played at the Karaiskakis Stadium.


1972–73 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1972–73 season, Heart of Midlothian F.C. competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Texaco Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1972–73 Hellenic Football League
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1972–73 Hellenic Football League
The 1972–73 Hellenic Football League season was the 20th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.


1972–73 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:


1972–73 Hellenic Football League, Division One
The Division One featured 16 clubs, including 14 clubs from the previous season's Division One A and Division One B and 2 clubs relegated from the Premier Division:


1972–73 Hellenic Football League, Division Two
The Division Two featured 11 clubs, including 8 clubs relegated from the previous season's Division One A and Division One B and 3 clubs joined Division Two:


1972–73 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1972–73 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division, reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, the quarter-final of the European Cup Winners' Cup and won their first Scottish League Cup and the Drybrough Cup.


1972–73 Honduran Liga Nacional
The 1972–73 Honduran Liga Nacional season was expected to be the 8th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. However, on 12 August 1972, due to economic problems the tournament was cancelled after nine weeks completed. It's unclear how Club Deportivo Olimpia and C.D.S. Vida obtained berths to the 1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.


1972–73 Honduran Segunda División
The 1972–73 Honduran Segunda División was scheduled to be the seventh season of the Honduran Segunda División. However, the season was cancelled due to a national football strike. No team was promoted to the 1973–74 Honduran Liga Nacional


1972–73 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1972–73 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 62nd since its establishment.


1972–73 Houston Aeros season
The 1972–73 Houston Aeros season was the Houston Aeros first season of operation in the newly created World Hockey Association (WHA).


1972–73 Houston Aeros season, Player stats
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;


1972–73 Houston Rockets season
The 1972-73 NBA season was the Rockets' 6th season in the NBA and 2nd season in the city of Houston.


1972–73 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1972–73 campaign saw Town get relegated for the second season in a row, which saw them drop into the 3rd Division for the first time in their history. Despite the 17 goals of new signing Alan Gowling from Manchester United, Town were relegated by goal average from Cardiff City, who were beaten by Town to the 1st Division title in 1924.


1972–73 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1972–73 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Following the relegation of Town from 1st Division at the end of the previous season, Town's three most experienced players, Trevor Cherry, Roy Ellam and Frank Worthington all left for pastures new, but the money received from their transfers was used to sign the experience of Alan Gowling from Manchester United and Graham Pugh from Sheffield Wednesday. However, a rise back up to Division 1 had a bad start, with Town drawing most of their opening matches and not making any realistic ground on any of the promotion chasing teams such as Burnley and Queens Park Rangers.


1972–73 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Town had only 7 wins in the league by the end of the season, with Town needing to win the last game of the season at home to Portsmouth to have any chance of Town avoiding the unthinkable drop to Division 3. Town beat Pompey 2–0 thanks to goals from Mick Fairclough and new signing Phil Summerill gave Town the needed win, but they had to wait on other results to go their way. Cardiff City got their needed result from their game in hand, which relegated Town on goal average. It was revenge on Town, who pipped Cardiff to the 1st Division title in 1924. They finished 21st with 33 points, getting relegated to Division 3 with Brighton & Hove Albion.


1972–73 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1972–73 Hunedoara County Championship
The 1972–73  Hunedoara County Championship was the 5th season of the Liga IV Hunedoara, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 3 September 1972 and ended on 10 June 1973. Dacia Orăștie won the county championship and promoted in Divizia C without promotion play-off due to the expansion of third tier.


1972–73 Hunedoara County Championship, Competition format
The format has been maintained to two series, but the number  of teams from each series was changed, the Valea Jiului Series with 10 teams and the Valea Mureșului Series with 16 teams. The winners of the two series qualify for the championship play-off to establish the county champion and Hunedoara County representative at the promotion play-off in Divizia C.


1972–73 Hunedoara County Championship, Championship play-off
Dacia Orăștie won the 1972–73 Hunedoara County Championship and promoted to 1973–74 Divizia C.


1972–73 IHL season
The 1972–73 IHL season was the 28th season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Nine teams participated in the regular season, and the Fort Wayne Komets won the Turner Cup.


1972–73 IIHF European Cup
The 1972–73 European Cup was the eighth edition of the European Cup, IIHF's premier European club ice hockey tournament. The season started on October, 1972 and finished on August 20, 1974.


1972–73 IIHF European Cup
The tournament was won by CSKA Moscow, who beat Brynäs IF in the final


1972–73 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team represented Idaho State University during the 1972–73 NCAA University Division basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Jim Killingsworth, the Bengals played their home games on campus at the ISU Minidome in Pocatello.


1972–73 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team
Idaho State finished the regular season at 18–8 overall, with a 10–4 record in the Big Sky Conference, runner-up to champion Weber State. The conference tournament debuted three years later, in 1976.


1972–73 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team
Senior forward Ev Fopma was named to the all-conference team, and senior guard Edison Hicks was on the second team.


1972–73 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1972–73 NCAA University Division basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals were led by seventh-year head coach Wayne Anderson and played their home games on campus at the Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho. They were 7–19 overall and 3–11 in conference play.


1972–73 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
No Vandals were named to the all-conference team; junior forward Steve Ton, junior guard Tyrone Fitzpatrick, and freshman guard Steve Weist were honorable mention. Weist was brought up from the freshman team in late January.


1972–73 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1972–73 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Head coach Harv Schmidt entered his sixth season with the Fighting Illini with high expectations. The 1971-72 team returned one of the top senior athletes in the country, Nick Weatherspoon. As a sophomore, Weatherspoon scored 381 points, averaging 16.5 points per game, while collecting 246 rebounds. His junior year was even better, scoring 500 total points, averaging 20.8 points and pulling down 262 rebounds. Nothing, however, would be better than Weatherspoon's senior year. During this season he would score 600 points, averaging 25.0 points per game, while amassing 295 total rebounds. Weatherspoon remains as number 11 on the all-time leading scores list at the University of Illinois, only surpassed by players that completed four years of varsity basketball. His three year average of 20.9 points per game and 11.3 rebounds per game still remain number one for the Fighting Illini.


1972–73 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1972-73 team's starting lineup included Weatherspoon and Rick Schmidt at the forward spots, Jeff Dawson and Otho Tucker as guards and Nick Conner at center. The roster included the teams first 7 foot tall player, Bill Rucks a freshman from Waukegan High School.


1972–73 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by third-year head coach Will Robinson, played their home games at Horton Field House in Normal, Illinois and competed as an independent (not a member of a conference). They finished the season 13–12.


1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 22–6 and a conference record of 11–3, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. After a quick first-round exit during the 1972 NIT, Indiana was invited to participate in the 1973 NCAA Tournament, where Bobby Knight and the Hoosiers advanced to the Final Four. IU lost to the UCLA Bruins who went on to win their 7th straight national title; however, IU secured third place after beating Providence.


1972–73 Indiana Pacers season
The 1972–73 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's sixth season in the ABA and sixth as a team. The Pacers finished second in the Western Division and won their third ABA title. In a rematch of the 1972 division semifinals, the Pacers eliminated the Denver Rockets. After defeating the Rockets in five games, the Pacers eliminated the Utah Stars in six games. The Eastern Division champion Kentucky Colonels appeared in the ABA Championships for the second time and were defeated by the Pacers in seven games.


1972–73 Indiana Pacers season, Regular season, Player stats
Note: GP= Games played; MIN= Minutes; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average


1972–73 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1972–73 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Maury John, who was in his second season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.


1972–73 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 16–10, 7–7 in Big Eight play to finish in fifth place.


1972–73 Iran 2nd Division
The following is the standings of the Iran Football's 2nd Division 1972–73 football season. In 1973 the Taj Ahvaz was promoted to the Takht Jamshid Cup, but league rules allowed for only one team of the same name to participate, therefore Taj Tehran, remained in the league, and Taj Ahvaz F.C. was forced to stay in the lower leagues.


1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division
The 1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division was the 25th and last season of the Iraq Central FA League (the top division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973); it began on 16 October 1972. The first half of the season concluded on 31 December 1972 at which point the season was ended; this was due to scheduling difficulties with the Iraq national and military teams' matches that caused the cancellation of the second half of the season. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, who led the table at the halfway point having won all of their seven games, were thus crowned champions for their fourth league title.


1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division
After the premature end to the season, the Iraq Central Football Association organised the Independent Baghdad Tournament between the same eight teams to allow them to continue playing matches in the absence of their national team and military team players.


1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division
The Central FA League along with the Basra League, Kirkuk League and Mosul League were replaced by a nationwide league, the Iraqi National League (Institutions), from the following season.


1972–73 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1972–73 comprised 12 teams, and Crusaders won the championship.


1972–73 Israel State Cup
The 1972–73 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 34th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 19th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.


1972–73 Israel State Cup
Starting with this edition, later rounds, which involved Liga Leumit clubs, were played as two-legged ties, up to the final, which remained a single match.


1972–73 Israel State Cup
The competition was won by last year's finalist, Hapoel Jerusalem, who have beaten this season's league champions, Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan 2–0 at the final.


1972–73 Isthmian League
The 1972–73 season was the 58th in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.


1972–73 Isthmian League
The league expanded up to 22 clubs after the Athenian League club Leatherhead was newly admitted.


1972–73 Isthmian League
Hendon were champions, winning their second Isthmian League title. It was the last Isthmian League season, consisting of a single division, as before the next season sixteen clubs joined the league and formed a new Second Division. It was also the last season in which the Isthmian League used two points for a win.


1972–73 Japan Ice Hockey League season
The 1972–73 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the seventh season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Five teams participated in the league, and the Seibu Tetsudo won the championship.


1972–73 Juventus F.C. season
During 1972–73 season Juventus competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.


1972–73 Juventus F.C. season, Summary
Cestmir Vycpalek added 30-yrs-old goalkeeper Dino Zoff and veteran forward José Altafini from S.S.C. Napoli to the team seeking to retain the league and the European Cup.


1972–73 Juventus F.C. season, Summary
The team won the league, however lost the finals of European Cup against Johan Cruijff's Ajax and Coppa Italia.


1972–73 Juventus F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1972–73 KNVB Cup
The KNVB Cup 1972–73 (55th edition) started on October 29, 1972. The final was held on May 31, 1973, with NAC beating NEC 2–0 and winning the cup for the first time.


1972–73 Kansas City–Omaha Kings season
The 1972–73 NBA season was the Kings 24th season in the NBA and their first season in the cities of Kansas City and Omaha. This season, Nate Archibald won the scoring and assist titles and made the All-NBA 1st Team, but the Kings missed the playoffs.


1972–73 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1972–73 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.


1972–73 Karnataka State Film Awards
The Karnataka State Film Awards 1972–73, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 1972.


1972–73 Kentucky Colonels season
The 1972–73 Kentucky Colonels season was the sixth season of the Colonels in the American Basketball Association.


1972–73 Kentucky Colonels season, Awards and honors
1973 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on February 6, 1973)


1972–73 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1972–73 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Joe B. Hall, who was in his first season, taking over for Adolph Rupp. They played their home games at Memorial Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference.


1972–73 La Liga
The 1972–73 La Liga was the 42nd season since its establishment. It started on September 2, 1972, and finished on May 20, 1973.


1972–73 Lancashire Cup
The 1972–73 Lancashire Cup was the sixtieth occasion on which the competition was held. Salford won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 25-11 in the final. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,865 and receipts were £3,321.00


1972–73 Lancashire Cup, Background
The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part. The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one "blank" or "dummy" fixtures in the first round, and one bye in the second round.


1972–73 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Round 1
Involved  7 matches (with one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs


1972–73 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1972–73 Lancashire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * The score of 13-2 is shows in the official St. Helens archives and also in the official Widnes archives . RUGBYLEAGUEproject shows the score as being 11-22 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club. The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10-13.


1972–73 League Cup (rugby league)
This was the second season of the League Cup, which was known as the Players No.6 Trophy for sponsorship reasons.


1972–73 League Cup (rugby league)
Leeds won the trophy by beating Salford 12-7 in the final. The match was played at Fartown, Huddersfield. The attendance was 10,102 and receipts were £4563.


1972–73 League Cup (rugby league), Background
This season saw no changes in the  entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-two.


1972–73 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point


1972–73 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and Results, Prize Money
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the  prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-


1972–73 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and Results, Prize Money
Note - the  author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?


1972–73 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
1 * Pilkington Recs are a Junior (amateur) club from St Helens, home ground was City Road until they moved to Ruskin Drive from 2011-12 2 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992, and RUGBYLEAGUEproject give the score as 26-5  but News of the World Football Annual 1973-74 gives the score as 28-53 * highest score to date4 * Dewsbury Celtic are a Junior (amateur) club from Dewsbury, home ground is Crow Nest Park5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives score as 10-28 but the Wigan official archives and 100 Years of Rugby.


1972–73 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973 and Wakefield until I die all give the score as 10-346 * News of the World Football Annual 1973-74 gives score as 24-3 but both RUGBYLEAGUEproject and Wigan official archives give it as 24-87 * Abandoned after 22 Minutes due to Fog with the score at 4-2 - Result declared void8 * NO mention on Hull official website of any replay9 * News of the World Football Annual 1973-74 gives the  score as 30-2 but both RUGBYLEAGUEproject and Wigan official archives give it as 39-210  * Fartown was the home ground of Huddersfield from 1878 to the end of the 1991-92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994.


1972–73 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games. Due to lack of maintenance, terrace closures and finally major storm damage closing one of the stands in 1986, the final ground capacity had been reduced to just a few thousands although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup semi-final on 19 April 1947 when a crowd of 35,136 saw Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 21-0


1972–73 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The council of the Rugby Football League voted to introduce a new competition, to be similar to The Football Association and Scottish Football Association's "League Cup". It was to be a similar knock-out structure to, and to be secondary to, the Challenge Cup.


1972–73 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
As this was being formulated, sports sponsorship was becoming more prevalent and as a result John Player and Sons, a division of Imperial Tobacco Company, became sponsors, and the competition never became widely known as the "League Cup" The competition ran from 1971-72 until 1995-96 and was initially intended for the professional clubs plus the two amateur BARLA National Cup finalists. In later seasons the entries were expanded to take in other amateur and French teams.


1972–73 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The competition was dropped due to "fixture congestion" when Rugby League became a summer sportThe Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final usually taking place in late January The competition was variably known, by its sponsorship name, as the Player's No.6 Trophy (1971–1977), the John Player Trophy (1977–1983), the John Player Special Trophy (1983–1989), and the Regal Trophy in 1989.


1972–73 League of Ireland, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Waterford won the championship.


1972–73 Leicester City F.C. season
During the 1972–73 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1972–73 Leicester City F.C. season, Season summary
The 1972–73 season was a disappointing one for the Foxes, finishing in 16th place in the final standings. Their only highlights during the season were a 3-2 win over champions Liverpool at Filbert Street with a Keith Weller hat-trick after being 2-0 down and also holding them to a 0-0 draw at Anfield on the final day. Results generally though throughout were poor and Leicester at one point were bottom at end of November. A lack of goals as well were hard to come by but their tight defence with the experience of Cross and Manley proved dividends and the Foxes ensured survival with a solid run of just 2 defeats in their final 12 league games.


1972–73 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1972–73 Libyan Premier League
The 1972–73 Libyan Premier League was the 9th edition of the competition since its inception in 1963.


1972–73 Libyan Premier League, Overview
It was contested by 11 teams, and Al-Ahly (Tripoli) won the championship.


1972–73 Liga Alef
The 1972–73 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Hadera (champions of the North Division) and Bnei Yehuda (champions of the South Division) promoted to Liga Leumit.


1972–73 Liga Bet
The 1972–73 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Kiryat Ata, Hapoel Netanya, Maccabi Holon and SK Nes Tziona win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef.


1972–73 Liga Española de Baloncesto
The 1972–73 Liga Española de Baloncesto season was the 17th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto and was played between 28 October 1972 and 27 May 1973. The season ended with Real Madrid winning their 15th title.


1972–73 Liga Española de Baloncesto, Overview before the season
16 teams joined the league, including four promoted from the 1971–72 Segunda División.


1972–73 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
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1972–73 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
The 1972–73 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto was the 10th edition of the Spanish premier women's basketball championship. It took place from 8 October 1972 to 25 March 1973. Twelve teams took part in the championship and Ignis Mataró won its second title. Medina Almudena was relegated, Filosofía and Standard too after losing the promotion. Águilas Schweppes renounced at the end of the season.


1972–73 Liga Leumit
The 1972–73 Liga Leumit season saw Hakoah Ramat Gan win their second title, whilst Shimshon Tel Aviv and Hapoel Marmorek (in their first, and to date, only season in the top division) were relegated. Moshe Romano of Beitar Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 18 goals.


1972–73 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo season
The 1972–73 Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo season was the first season of the Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo, the top level of ice hockey in Spain. Six teams participated in the league, and Real Sociedad won the championship.


1972–73 Liverpool F.C. season
After seven years of not winning any trophies Liverpool F.C. won both the Football League and the UEFA Cup in an extremely successful season, the highlight of Bill Shankly's managerial career. The rebuilding of the team from the one that served so well in the 1960s that had been fully realised.mavişe 1.90 m boyundadır


1972–73 Liverpool F.C. season
The league which they came so close to winning the year before, had finally been conquered by winning the title by three points from Arsenal. The signing of Peter Cormack from Nottingham Forest during the summer of 1972 would also be another great signing. On 30 December 1972 Liverpool beat Crystal Palace at Anfield to make it 21 consecutive home wins in the league. This was the longest run in English top-flight history until it was surpassed by Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool who made it 22 consecutive home wins in March 2020.


1972–73 Liverpool F.C. season
The UEFA Cup would also be the beginning of their dominance of regularly winning European trophies as well. Overcoming the previous season's winners Tottenham Hotspur in the Semi-Finals and over a two legged final overcoming Borussia Mönchengladbach three-two on aggregate.


1972–73 Liverpool F.C. season
The emergence of Kevin Keegan and Ray Clemence in the team would also see them start their international careers, with them both making their England debuts in the World Cup qualifier against Wales on 15 November 1972 alongside Emlyn Hughes already established in the England team.


1972–73 Los Angeles Kings season
The 1972–73 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' sixth season in the National Hockey League. The team did not qualify for the playoffs and finished in sixth place out of eight teams in the West Division, only three points behind fourth place, the final playoff position. Kings' captain Bob Pulford retired from play before the season and took over as the Kings' head coach.


1972–73 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season
Bob Pulford became full-time head coach and instituted a disciplined defense oriented system. Consequently, the Kings allowed 60 fewer goals than in 1971–72. Their penalty killing, once the worst in the NHL, was led by Jimmy Peters and Real Lemieux and was the best in the league. Offensively, the Kings were led by "The Hot Line," which consisted of Juha Widing, Bob Berry, and Mike Corrigan; they combined for 89 goals and 112 assists.


1972–73 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season
After starting 1–6, the Kings went on a club record 8-game winning streak. But from early January through February, they endured a 4–13–5 stretch that saw them fall from 4th to 7th place. They got hot again in March, going 6–4–2 to get within 2 points of the 4th place St. Louis Blues, who held the final playoff spot with 3 games to play. But L.A. suffered two straight disastrous losses to the last place California Golden Seals, and fell to 6th, missing the playoffs by 3 points.


1972–73 Los Angeles Kings season, Transactions
The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1972–73 season.


1972–73 Los Angeles Kings season, Draft picks
Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.


1972–73 Los Angeles Lakers season
The 1972–73 NBA season was the Lakers' 25th season in the NBA and 13th season in Los Angeles.


1972–73 Los Angeles Lakers season
During the previous season (1971-1972), the Lakers had posted the longest winning streak in NBA history with 33 straight victories. In the 1972 NBA Finals, the Lakers had defeated New York Knicks in five games to win their sixth NBA Championship. However, even though the Lakers managed to make to the NBA Finals for a second consecutive time, they proved unable to repeat as champions. The Knicks defeated them in five games.


1972–73 Los Angeles Lakers season, Regular season
The defending champion Lakers returned intact, albeit another year older. They staged another season long battle for best record in the Western Conference with the Milwaukee Bucks. Both teams ended up with 60–22 records and they split their regular season matchups, winning three games apiece. At the time, the NBA had no tiebreaking formula beyond head to head record. In a special league meeting, they attempted to schedule a tiebreaking game between the two teams. However, the players' union intervened and demanded the players be paid an extra 1/82 share of the salaries; the owners objected so ultimately the tie was broken by a coin flip, which was won by Milwaukee.


1972–73 Los Angeles Sharks season, Offseason
The WHA awarded a franchise to Los Angeles and it was originally called the "Los Angeles Aces," while the San Francisco franchise was called the Sharks. However, when funding fell through and the San Francisco franchise was then moved to Quebec to become the Nordiques, the Los Angeles group took the name Sharks and created the stylized menacing shark logo. The team colors of red and black were based on the original nickname "aces", being that the two colors in a deck of cards are red and black.


1972–73 Los Angeles Sharks season, Regular season
The Sharks hung around the .500 mark for much of the season. The Winnipeg Jets, led by Bobby Hull, were clearly the class of the WHA's Western Division. Four teams (the Houston Aeros, Minnesota Fighting Saints, Alberta Oilers, and Sharks staged a season long see-saw battle for 2nd through 5th place, with only the top four making the playoffs (The Chicago Cougars finished in a distant 6th place).


1972–73 Los Angeles Sharks season, Regular season
The Sharks strength was their defense, which ranked 3rd in the league. Bart Crashley, Gerry Odrowski, and Jim Watson anchored the blue line. George Gardner (GAA 3.30) was a capable #1 goalie for the first half of the season, while 32-year-old rookie Russ Gillow (2.91 GAA) took over the top spot for most of the second half. In fact, Gillow was second in the WHA to Gerry Cheevers in GAA.


1972–73 Los Angeles Sharks season, Regular season
The offense had quality but lacked depth. It was led by 43 goal scorer Gary Veneruzzo while Alton White was 2nd on the team in goals with 20. Veneruzzo also led the team in points with 73, followed by playmaking center J.P. LeBlanc (19 goals and 50 assists for 69 points), and defenseman Bart Crashley, who anchored the power play and chipped in 18 goals and 27 assists.


1972–73 Los Angeles Sharks season, Regular season
Sharks special teams were solid, ranking 4th in the league in power play and 5th in penalty killing.


1972–73 Los Angeles Sharks season, Regular season
Ultimately, the Sharks went 6–3–1 in their last 10 games, including winning their last two to climb from 5th place to 3rd.


1972–73 Los Angeles Sharks season, Playoffs
The Sharks' 3rd place finish enabled them to avoid a first round matchup with Bobby Hull's powerful Winnipeg Jets and earned them a series with the 2nd place Houston Aeros, who finished 2 points ahead of the Sharks in the standings.


1972–73 Los Angeles Sharks season, Playoffs
After opening in Houston with an uninspired 7–2 loss, the Sharks bounced back to win game two by a 4–2 score. Heading back to L.A. with a split, the Sharks won a thrilling game three by a score of 3–2; goalie Russ Gillow made several spectacular saves to preserve the win. The turning point was game four. The clubs battled through regulation tied at 2; if the Sharks scored the next goal, they would have a commanding 3–1 series lead but if Houston scored, the series would be tied going back to Houston.


1972–73 Los Angeles Sharks season, Playoffs
Winger Murray Hall scored for Houston, and the Sharks didn't win another game, losing game five 6–3 and game six, 3–2. After the series, coach Terry Slater was criticized for starting George Gardner in games 1 and 5 despite the fact Gillow played better the second half of the season. Gardner was pulled in game 1 (a 7–2 loss) and did not play well in game 5 (a 6–3 loss). Garnder's GAA for the series was 5.69 while Gillow's was 2.91. Slater stated he wanted the veteran Gardner to start game 1 over the rookie Gillow.


1972–73 Los Angeles Sharks season, Player stats
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;


1972–73 Los Angeles Sharks season, Draft picks
3rd round, 8th pick (32nd overall pick) – Robert Klein, D – Kamloops


1972–73 Luxembourg National Division
The 1972–73 Luxembourg National Division was the 59th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1972–73 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was performed in 12 teams, and Jeunesse Esch won the championship.


1972–73 MJHL season, Champion
On April 1, 1973, before a capacity crowd at St. James, the Portage Terriers captured the Turnbull Memorial Trophy as MJHL Champs. On April 18, 1973, the Terriers were declared winners of the Anavet Cup after the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League withdrew from the series. On May 3, 1973, in Portage, the Terriers won the Abbott Cup advancing to the national final by defeating the Penticton Broncos of the British Columbia Hockey League. At the Winnipeg Arena on May 14, 1973, the Portage Terriers were crowned national champs defeating the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Central Junior A Hockey League to claim the Centennial Cup.


1972–73 MJHL season, League notes
The 1973 Portage Terriers were inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame.


1972–73 MJHL season, All-Star game
On February 3, the MJHL staged its Allstar game at Portage with the North Division whipping their South Division counterparts 3-0. Neither team was able to score in the close checking first period, the North went ahead 1-0 in the middle stanza and added two more goals in the final period. Scoring for the North were Murray Thompson, Randy Hextall, and Kelly Secord.


1972–73 Macedonian Republic League
The 1972–73 Macedonian Republic League was the 29th since its establishment. FK Rabotnichki won their 8th  championship title.


1972–73 Magyar Kupa
The 1972–73 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 33rd season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.


1972–73 Maltese Premier League
The 1972–73 Maltese First Division was the 58th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 10 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship.


1972–73 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1972–73 season was Manchester United's 71st season in the Football League, and their 28th consecutive season in the top division of English football. For the first and only season United took part in the Anglo-Italian Cup, the 1973 version.


1972–73 Manchester United F.C. season
In September 1972, Frank O'Farrell signed Welsh international centre-forward Wyn Davies from Manchester City for a fee of £60,000. The signing paid immediate dividends with Davies scoring on his United debut in a 3-0 win against Derby County. Shortly afterwards, O'Farrell paid Bournemouth, then in the Third Division, a reported £194,445 for the services of striker, Ted MacDougall.


1972–73 Manchester United F.C. season
Despite these signings, United's results were poor and on 19 December 1972, Frank O'Farrell was sacked as United manager following a 5–0 defeat at Crystal Palace that had left them in real danger of relegation, with little improvement having been made on United's dismal nine-match winless start to the league campaign. On the same day, the club's directors also announced that the errant George Best would not be playing for them again.


1972–73 Manchester United F.C. season
Three days later Tommy Docherty was appointed as the new manager, after he resigned from the Scotland national team, and he guided United to survival. He also restored George Best to the team. Docherty's guided United to 18th place in the final table, after they managed seven league victories following his appointment.


1972–73 Manchester United F.C. season
United struggled to find goals in the league, only managing 44 from 42 games, with Bobby Charlton - in his final season as a player before retiring - topping the club's goalscoring charts with a mere six goals in the First Division. Denis Law, who had rarely played this season, was given a free transfer at the end of the campaign after 11 years with the club.


1972–73 Mansfield Town F.C. season
The 1972–73 season was Mansfield Town's 36th season in the Football League and 4th in the Fourth Division, they finished in 6th position with 54 points.


1972–73 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team represented Memphis State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1972–73 men's college basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Gene Bartow and played their home games at Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.


1972–73 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team
As MVC champions, the Tigers participated in the 1973 NCAA Tournament. They defeated South Carolina and Kansas State to reach the first Final Four in program history. After a win over Providence to reach the National Championship Game, Memphis State was defeated by unbeaten, 6-time defending National champion UCLA, 87–66. The team finished with a 24–6 record (12–2 MVC).


1972–73 Memphis Tams season
The 1972–73 Memphis Tams season was the 1st season of the Tams and 3rd overall season of American Basketball Association basketball in Memphis. After two seasons as the Memphis Pros with middling profits, Charles O. Finley bought the team on June 13, 1972. He proceeded to rebrand the team like his other teams that he had owned (the Oakland Athletics and the Oakland Seals), changing the colors of the team to Kelly Green, California Gold, and Polar Bear White.


1972–73 Memphis Tams season
The team's name was picked from an array of 20,000 postcards sent by fans, with the winner being given a $2,500 prize, which turned out to be Tams. Tams was meant to stand for the fans that resided in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi, with a tam-o-shanter hat being the main logo. In fact during the first ever game on October 12, 1972, the entire team came out wearing the hats.


1972–73 Memphis Tams season
Finley also had a hand in the combinations of uniform colors worn, in part due to there every top and trunk being either green, gold, or white, with one notable combo being yellow tops with white trunks. For all of the flair the team had with uniforms, it did not translate into success on the court nor for attendance. By December, Finley tried to have negotiations to move the team to St. Paul, Minnesota, and Ron Franz was cut before Christmas.


1972–73 Memphis Tams season
The Tams were 6th in points scored at 111.5 per game but were dead last in points allowed at 118.1 per game. They had two instances of 10 game losing streaks, with the Tams going a month between wins, losing 15 straight games from February 25 to March 24. By the time the streak ended, they had been eliminated from making the playoffs. They were the first team to lose 60 games since the Miami Floridians in 1969.


1972–73 Memphis Tams season, Awards and honors
1973 ABA All-Star Game selection (game played on February 6, 1973)


1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1972–73. The 1972–73 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish First Football League, the first level division in Turkey. They finished 11th in the league.


1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
President was Mehmet Karamehmet. Vice president was Sezai Sak. General captain was Necati Bolkan. Governor of Mersin Bayram Turançetin gave a speech before the game played on December 25, 1972, against MKE Ankaragücü, inviting fans to support the team. Coach was Turgay Şeren. Şeren completed first half and resigned after a home lost against Eskişehirspor on 17th round. Nazım Koka replaced him.


1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
In Turkish Cup the team was eliminated to Gaziantepspor at 2nd round.


1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1972–73 First League participation
First League was played with 16 teams in its 16th season, 1972–73. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1973–74. Mersin İY became 11th with 8 wins. Zeki Temizer was the most scorer player with 8 goals.


1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1972–73 First League participation, League table
Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1972–73 season is shown in the following table.


1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1972–73 First League participation, League table
Note: Won, drawn and lost points are 2, 1 and 0. F belongs to MİY and A belongs to corresponding team for both home and away matches.


1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1972–73 First League participation, Results by round
Results of games MİY played in 1972–73 First League by rounds:


1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1972–73 Turkish Cup participation
1972–73 Turkish Cup was played for the 11th season as Türkiye Kupası by 26 teams. Two elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1972–73 Turkish Cup from the first round and was eliminated at second round by Gaziantepspor. Gaziantepspor was eliminated at quarter-finals. Galatasaray won the Cup for the 5th time.


1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1972–73 Turkish Cup participation, Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1972–73 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.


1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1972–73 Turkish Cup participation, Game details
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1972–73 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.


1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1972–73 squad
Stats are counted for 1972–73 First League matches and 1972–73 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches. In the team rosters five substitutes were allowed to appear, two of whom were substitutable. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in the order of appearance.


1972–73 Mexican Primera División season
Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1972–73 season.


1972–73 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and Cruz Azul won the championship.


1972–73 Mexican Primera División season, Relegation Playoff, Relegation Final
Zacatepec won 1-0 in aggregate. Pachuca was relegated to Segunda Division.


1972–73 Mexican Segunda División season
The 1972–73 Segunda División was the 24th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 26 November 1972 and concluded on 5 July 1973. It was won by Ciudad Madero.


1972–73 Mexican Segunda División season
As of this season, the promotion playoff was established between the Second and Third Division. The penultimate and antepenultimate classified of this category had to play a series against the second and third place of the Third Division.


1972–73 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1972–73 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as members of the Big Ten Conference. They played their home games at Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, Michigan and were coached by Gus Ganakas in his fourth year as head coach of the Spartans. They finished the season 13–11, 6–8 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


1972–73 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 1971–72 season 13–11, 6–8 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place.


1972–73 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The  1972–73 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1972–73 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Johnny Orr, the team finished tied for sixth in the Big Ten Conference. The team failed to earn an invitation to either the 1978 National Invitation Tournament or the 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The team was ranked in the Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll for three of the season's fifteen weeks, reaching a number 18 ranking on December 5, 1977, and falling out after the December 12, 1977, poll.


1972–73 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
Six players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.


1972–73 Midland Football Combination
The 1972–73 Midland Football Combination season was the 36th in the history of Midland Football Combination, a football competition in England.


1972–73 Midland Football Combination, Division One
Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season along with one new club:


1972–73 Midland Football League
The 1972–73 Midland Football League season was the 73rd in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.


1972–73 Midland Football League, Clubs
The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs:


1972–73 Milwaukee Bucks season
The 1972–73 NBA season was the Bucks' fifth season in the NBA.


1972–73 Minnesota Fighting Saints season
The 1972–73 Minnesota Fighting Saints season was their first season of operation in the newly created World Hockey Association (WHA).


1972–73 Minnesota Fighting Saints season, Playoffs
The Oilers and the Minnesota Fighting Saints were tied at the end of the season. They had the same number of victories and points, and they had both won four games against each other. Subsequently, it was decided that the two teams would play a one game playoff to decide the final spot in the playoffs, to be played in Calgary.


1972–73 Minnesota Fighting Saints season, Player stats
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;


1972–73 Minnesota North Stars season
The 1972–73 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' sixth season.


1972–73 Minnesota North Stars season
Coached by Jack Gordon, the team compiled a record of 37–30–11 for 85 points, to finish the regular season 3rd in the West Division. In the playoffs they lost the quarter-finals 4–2 to the Philadelphia Flyers.


1972–73 Minnesota North Stars season, Draft picks
Minnesota's draft picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.


1972–73 Montana Grizzlies basketball team
The 1972–73 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 1972–73 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Charter members of the Big Sky Conference, the Grizzlies were led by second-year head coach Jud Heathcote and played their home games on campus at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Montana. They finished the regular season at 13–13, with a 7–7 conference record.


1972–73 Montana Grizzlies basketball team
The Big Sky conference tournament debuted three years later, in 1976.


1972–73 Montana Grizzlies basketball team
Senior guard Mike Murray was named to the all-conference team and was the conference runner-up in scoring.


1972–73 Montenegrin Republic League
The 1972–73 Montenegrin Republic League was the 28th season of Montenegrin Republic League. The season started in August 1972 and finished in June 1973.


1972–73 Montenegrin Republic League, Season
For the first time in competition history, on season 1972–73, in Montenegrin Republic League participated 14 teams. Among the teams which didn't play on previous season was Iskra (relegated from Yugoslav Second League) and five best teams from Regional leagues - Mogren, Petrovac, Dečić, Zeta and Jezero. After 26 weeks, the title won Iskra. Second-placed was Petrovac with one point less than title winner. But, due to changes in the system of Yugoslav Second League, which predicted two instead four groups from season 1973–74, no one was promoted to higher rank. Two lowest ranked teams - Mogren, Arsenal and Dečić were relegated to Regional leagues (fourth level).


1972–73 Montenegrin Republic League, Higher leagues
On season 1972–73, seven Montenegrin teams played in higher leagues of SFR Yugoslavia. Sutjeska was a member of 1972–73 Yugoslav First League. Five other teams (Budućnost, Lovćen, OFK Titograd, Bokelj, Rudar and Jedinstvo) participated in 1972–73 Yugoslav Second League.


1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season, the club's 64th season, led to the Canadiens winning their 18th Stanley Cup in club history.


1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
Rookie goalie Wayne Thomas left his mark in Canadiens history by becoming only the second goaltender in over 50 seasons to record a shutout (3–0) in his NHL debut against Vancouver on January 14, 1973.


1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs
The Canadiens met the Buffalo Sabres making their playoff debut in the first round, defeating the Sabres four games to two. In the second round, the Canadiens defeated the Philadelphia Flyers who had beaten the Minnesota North Stars, winning the series four games to one to advance to the finals against the Chicago Black Hawks.


1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season, Montreal Canadiens 1973 Stanley Cup champions, Players
† left off cup, but included on the team picture.


1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season, Montreal Canadiens 1973 Stanley Cup champions, Stanley Cup engraving
Murray Wilson's name was misspelled in 1973, 1976, 1977 as MURRY WILSON missing an "A". Murray Wilson was spelled correctly on the Stanley Cup in 1978. Wilson's name was also spelled correctly all 4 times on the Hockey Hall of Fame's Residential Cup.


1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season, Montreal Canadiens 1973 Stanley Cup champions, Stanley Cup engraving
On the second model of the Stanley Cup created in 1992–93 Bob Murdoch's name was spelled BOB MURDOCK with a "K" instead of a "H". His name was correct on the original engraving in 1973.


1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season, Draft picks
Montreal's draft picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.


1972–73 Moroccan Throne Cup
The 1972–73 season of the Moroccan Throne Cup is the 17th edition of the competition.


1972–73 Moroccan Throne Cup
Fath Union Sport won the cup, beating Ittihad Khemisset 3–2 in the final, played for the first time at the Stade Al Inbiaâte in Agadir. Fath Union Sport won the competition for the second time in their history.


1972–73 Moroccan Throne Cup, Tournament, Final
The final took place between the two winning semi-finalists, Fath Union Sport and Ittihad Khemisset, on 22 July 1973 at the Stade Al Inbiaâte in Agadir.


1972–73 Motherwell F.C. season
The 1972–73 season was Motherwell's 4th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football after being promoted from the Scottish Second Division in 1969.


1972–73 NBA season
The 1972–73 NBA season was the 27th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the New York Knicks winning the NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals. This would be Wilt Chamberlain's final season playing in the NBA.


1972–73 NBA season, Season recap, Setting the scene
This season began in the wake of the remarkable victory of the Los Angeles Lakers, who ended an agonizing decade of runner-up finishes with their first NBA title on the West Coast. It was also the first Laker title since George Mikan over fifteen years previous. The '71-'72 title had come after a tremendous Western Conference Finals with Milwaukee and their superstar center, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the former title-winning Lew Alcindor. A Laker and Bucks rematch in the playoffs figured to decide the next championship just as it had the last two. The East, clearly the dominant half of the league for so long, looked to be the weaker half again at the start of this season as they had the last two years.


1972–73 NBA season, Season recap, Eastern Conference
It was the East that provided the season's top record. The Boston Celtics won 68 of 82 NBA games, one of the greatest records in history, two more than Milwaukee two years before, and just one less than Los Angeles the previous year. The new Celtics were a year older, with young star Dave Cowens at center and Jo Jo White as point guard. Cowens was the team's anchor at center, third in the league in both rebounds and minutes played while scoring 20.5 points per game.


1972–73 NBA season, Season recap, Eastern Conference
A physical, active defender as well, Cowens made NBA observers marvel at his energy level and intensity. At 6' 9, he cast a huge presence for his team. Longtime star John Havlicek was still the team's leader, leading the team in scoring, assists and steals. Along with Cowens up front, Boston had tabbed Paul Silas from Phoenix to take the load off of "Hondo" inside. The results included more shots tried and made, more rebounds and more assists than any other NBA team this season.


1972–73 NBA season, Season recap, Eastern Conference
In the East, Boston drew an Atlanta team with 46 wins, led by high scorers Lou Hudson and Pete Maravich, who scored 29.7 and 26.2 points per game respectively. Richie Guerin was again the head coach with the small rotation of minutes. Boston jumped on them big early on to win the series four games to two.


1972–73 NBA season, Season recap, Eastern Conference
Just under the radar was another tough New York – Baltimore matchup. Both teams had over 50 wins and looked very comparable. Baltimore had added big man Elvin Hayes to help Wes Unseld on the boards and Archie Clark in the scoring column. Yet the Knicks, with 57 wins, did not play around with the Bullets, winning the series 4-1. The Knicks, with three key big men well past age 30, were supporting All-Pro guard Walt Frazier this year in hopes of one last shot at the top themselves. They again had the league's top defense. Now another hotly debated Boston-New York matchup loomed in the East final.


1972–73 NBA season, Season recap, Eastern Conference
Boston was again the favorite over New York, though many still remembered New York's underdog romp the year before. Leaving little to chance, Boston pounded them 134-109 at home in Game One. New York repaid the favor in Game Two, 129-96. Then, the Knicks stole one in Boston before a double-overtime contest in Game Four at Madison Square Garden. New York hung on to win that as well. New York was up 3–1, but coach Tom Heinsohn's team rallied to win a one-pointer in Game Five, and then Game Six to force a seventh game.


1972–73 NBA season, Season recap, Eastern Conference
But John Havlicek had a badly injured shoulder, playing with a sling and was now shooting left-handed. Because of Havlicek's injury, New York easily handled Boston to complete the series victory, becoming the 1st NBA road team to win Game 7 after leading series 3–1. It was a tough break for Havlicek, who would burn to return the following year, while New York was back in the NBA Finals for the third time in four years.