1972
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Events
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.
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 30: Archaeologists discover a 6th Century BC temple near Kalentzi, Achaea.
August
- 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.
December
- December 29: Cyprus proclaims presidential elections to be held on February 8, 1973. Makarios is the only expected candidate.