1972

1972 is the 101st year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• First National Bank was renamed AmSouth Bancorporation
• Mary Kay Beard made the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list
• St Elias Maronite Church hosted the 1972 National Apostolate of Maronites convention
• James C. Parsons was named Birmingham Police Chief
• Joe Shannon retired from the U. S. Air Force
• Ralph M. Tanner was succeeded Charles D. Hounshell as President of Birmingham-Southern College
• George Wallace was shot on the campaign trail. Jere Beasley served as acting governor
• Bull Connor was defeated in re-election bid for the Alabama Public Service Commission
• April 1: The original Tutwiler Hotel closed its doors
• December 31: Bernard Kincaid married Alfreda Harris

Business

• BE&K was founded
• Trilogy Leather was founded

Sports

• October: Alabama A&M beat Alabama State 8-7 in the Magic City Classic
• December 2: Auburn defeated Alabama with two blocked punts in the 1972 Iron Bowl
• Jimmy Means joined the Alabama Gang
• Richard Gilliam was hired as Montevallo High School basketball coach
• Eli Gold debuted as a sports announcer for the Mutual Broadcasting System
• Mel Allen was inducted into the Sportswriters and Broadcasters Hall of Fame

Graduations

• Kamau Afrika graduated from Parker High School
• David Cutcliffe graduated from Banks High School
• Larry Langford earned a degree in social and behavioral sciences from UAB
• Larry DeLucas earned a degree in chemistry from UAB
• Tobias Wolff earned a degree in English from Hertford College, Oxford
• David Cromwell Johnson earned his juris doctorate from the Birmingham School of Law

Works

Buildings

• Birmingham International Airport Terminal Building
• Homewood High School
• July 22: Sloss Blast Furnace Site: 1st Avenue North was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Books

• Stay Hungry by Charles Gaines

Films and TV

• Fair Play, starring Phillip Alford
• The Erotic Adventures of Zorro and The Adult Version of Jeckyll & Hide, produced by David F. Friedman
• Kate Jackson appeared in "The Rookies"

Songs

• "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", The Temptations, featuring Dennis Edwards
• "Black Tattler" / "Stop the Merry-Go-Round" & "Black Haze Express", Sam Dees
• ""I've Been Lonely for So Long." Frederick Knight, recorded by Neal Hemphill

People

Births

• Sandra Gregory, abducted lawyer
• January 30: Actor Jennifer Hale
• July 20: Jay Barker, football player and radio personality

Deaths

• Bill Battle Jr, Birmingham-Southern athletic director
• Clifford Stiles, owner of the Redmont Hotel from 1946.
• October 10: Tom Stewart, U. S. Senator (Tennessee)

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1972

See Also

• 1972 Birmingham Athletics

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