Has an AFL game ever ended 72-59?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 72-59 4 times. It first happened on June 4, 1949, when Essendon beat Footscray, and most recently on May 30, 2015, when Richmond beat Essendon.
That makes 72-59 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-59 has happened 3 times and 72-60 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 51 years, between 1964 and 2015.