This website is the official home of the graduating class of 1972 of Marlington High School. Marlington is a mashup of the three townships (MARLboro, lexINGton and washingTON) that the school district covers near Alliance, Ohio. Class reunions are the primary focus of this website.

Marlington High School class of 1972 alumni are urged to join our class Facebook group where alumni share news and life updates.

The Marlington High School Alumni Facebook group is a gathering place for all alumni, teachers, and friends.

Some interesting facts about 1972

World Events

  • Arab terrorists murder 11 people at the Olympic games
  • President Richard Nixon visits China
  • Congressman Ford is sworn in as Vice President

Sports

  • NBA Champions: Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks, 4-1
  • NCAA Football Champs: USC, 12-0-0
  • Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys vs. Miami Dolphins, 24-3

Music

  1. "American Pie" ... Don McLean
  2. "Let's Stay Together" ... Al Green
  3. "Without You" ... Nilsson
  1. The Godfather
  2. Fiddler on the Roof
  3. Diamonds Are Forever
  1. "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" ... Richard Bach. Macmillan
  2. "August, 1914" ... Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Farrar, Straus & Giroux
  3. "The Odessa File" ... Frederick Forsyth. Viking
  1. All in the Family (CBS)
  2. Sanford and Son (NBC)
  3. Hawaii Five-O (CBS)