Has an AFL game ever ended 72-52?

It has. 72-52 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was Geelong beat Melbourne on June 21, 1919; the latest was Essendon beat Fitzroy on July 13, 1957.

Where 72-52 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 72-52 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-52 has happened 3 times and 72-53 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 36 years, between 1919 and 1955.

Every 72-52 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1957-07-13	Essendon over Fitzroy	1957
1955-07-30	Essendon over Footscray	1955
1919-06-21	Geelong over Melbourne	1919

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