A's Roster and Stats: 1972 | 1973 | 1974 CNN/SI Baseball Page Playoff Coverage Season in Review		Here's what was happening in America in 1972: Oakland A's 4, Cincinnati Reds 3 The mustachioed A's squeaked by the uptight Reds to win their first World Series championship since 1930. With slugger Reggie Jackson sidelined by a torn hamstring, catcher Gene Tenace was the unlikely hero. Tenace tied a record with four homers in the Series. He knocked in all three Oakland runs in Game One, and became the first player to homer in his first two Series at-bats. Miami Dolphins 14, Washington Redskins 7 Los Angeles Lakers 4 New York Knicks 1 Boston Bruins 4 New York Rangers 2 Tennis champion Billie Jean King & UCLA basketball coach John Wooden 1. American Pie, Parts I & II, Don McLean 2. Let's Stay Together, Al Green 3. Without You, Nilsson 4. Heart of Gold, Neil Young 5. A Horse With No Name, America 6. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack 7. Oh Girl, Chi-Lites 8. I'll Take You There, The Staple Singers 9. The Candy Man, Sammy Davis Jr. 10. Song Sung Blue, Neil Diamond President Richard Nixon & National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger        1. All in the Family * 2. The Flip Wilson Show 3. Marcus Welby, M.D. 4. Gunsmoke 5. The ABC Movie of the Week 6. Sanford and Son 7. Mannix 8. Funny Face 9. Adam-12 10. The Mary Tyler Moore Show Best Picture: The Godfather Actor: Marlon Brando, The Godfather (refused) Actress: Liza Minnelli, Cabaret Director: Bob Fosse, Cabaret   Photographs by: Neil Leifer (A's cover, Super Bowl), Stephen Green-Armytage (Sportsman cover), CBS (All in the Family), Time Magazine 1972 (Time cover)