Has an AFL game ever ended 72-58?
It has. 72-58 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Essendon beat Geelong on April 23, 1966; the latest was Port Adelaide beat Richmond on June 8, 2018.
That makes 72-58 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-58 has happened 3 times and 72-59 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 29 years, between 1966 and 1995.