1972

Events

February

• February 16: Thomas Mavros makes his debut with Greece in a match against Holland (0-5) in Athens.
• February 18: An Olympic Aviation Learjet crashed off the coast of Monte Carlo. Both crew members are killed.

March

• March 2: Three Cypriot Metropolitans demand that Makarios III step down from the Presidency of the island-Republic.
• March 4: Greece defeat Italy 2-1 in a friendly at Karaiskaki Stadium. Antonis Antoniadis and Spyros Pomonis score the Greek goals.
• March 28: Dictator George Papadopoulos becomes: Royal Regent, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Defence Minister and President of the Greek Parliament.

May

• May 7: Vasilis Lymperis is found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, two kids and mother in law on January 6.
• May 21: Sofia Sakorafa breaks the Greek record in the javelin with a throw of 41.32m.

June

• June 12: Bobby Moore dons Olympiakos' jersey in the Piraeus team's friendly against Brazilian side Corinthians. The England captain played the full 90 minutes.
• June 30: The Military Government of Greece passes a "quickie divorce" law. Dictator George Papadopoulos will avail himself of his own law to divorce his first wife.

July

• July 13: Iraklis player Aristides Moumoglou sets a Greek basketball record by scoring 145 points in a single game against VAO BC. The final score of the game was Iraklis - VAO 170-94.
• July 16: Demetrius I is ordained Patriarch of Constantinople.
• July 30: Archaeologists discover a 6th Century BC temple near Kalentzi, Achaea.

August

• August 4: Vasilis Papageorgopoulos breaks the Greek record for the 100m with a 10.22 performance. The record will stand for 21 years.
• August 25: Vasilis Lymperis' death sentence is carried out; Vasilis Lymperis is the last person to be executed in Greece.

September

• September 8: Elias Hadjipavlis wins silver at the Munich Olympiad in Finn class sailing.
• September 10: Petros Galaktopoulos wins silver at the Munich Olympiad in Greco-Roman wrestling.
• September 24: Maroula Lambrou breaks the Greek women's record in the long jump with a jump of 6.00m.

October

• October 21: An Olympic Airways NIHON YS-11 crashes off the coast of Voula, Athens. 37 passengers and crew (36 passengers and 1 crew member) drown, while 16 passengers and 3 crew members are rescued.
• October 26: Totis Fylakouris is handed a 4-game ban because, prior to Panathinaikos' game against CSKA Sofia, he left a rooster in midfield as an insult to Olympiakos who had lost the previous day 4-0 to Tottenham Hotspur.
• October 31: Dowry offered for officer weddings is no longer endorsed

December

• December 20: Charilaos Florakis is elected Chairman of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), replacing Konstantinos Koligiannis who had resigned for health reasons.
• December 29: Cyprus proclaims presidential elections to be held on February 8, 1973. Makarios is the only expected candidate.

Births

January

• January 5: Sakis Rouvas, singer.

February

• February 4: Giovanni, football player.

August

• August 16: Stan Lazaridis, Greek-Australian footballer.

November

• November 12: Vasilis Tsiartas, footballer
• November 28: Anastasia Kelesidou, athlete

Deaths

January

• January 1: Maximus V, Patriarch of Constantinople

February

• February 8: Markos Vamvakaris, composer

July

• July 7: Patriarch Athenagoras

August

• August 3: Yiannis Papaioannou, rebetika songwriter
• August 25: Vasilis Lymperis, last person executed in Greece.