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Encyclopedia > 1937 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1937. This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...


See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list. AFL Logo This page is a chronological listing of Australian Football League premiers. ...

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Grand Final

Geelong defeated Collingwood 18.14 (122) to 12.18 (90), in front of a crowd of 88540 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of football...


Ladder

Team Won Lost Draw For Against % Points
1 Geelong 15 3 0 1824 1348 135.3 60
2 Melbourne 15 3 0 1945 1482 131.2 60
3 Collingwood 13 5 0 1908 1479 129.0 52
4 Richmond 11 6 1 1647 1525 108.0 46
5 Carlton 11 7 0 1624 1464 110.9 44
6 St Kilda 10 8 0 1600 1580 101.3 40
7 Fitzroy 7 11 0 1386 1488 93.1 28
8 Hawthorn 7 11 0 1413 1675 84.4 28
9 South Melbourne 6 11 1 1527 1698 89.9 26
10 Essendon 5 13 0 1530 1689 90.6 20
11 Footscray 4 14 0 1409 1722 81.8 16
12 North Melbourne 3 15 0 1188 1851 64.2 12

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Carlton Football Club is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ... The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ... The Hawthorn Hawks known formally as the Tassie Hawks from 07 onwards, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... The Western Bulldogs, formerly known, and occasionally still referred to, as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. ... The North Melbourne Football Club, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League. ...

Notes

Gordon Coventry was an Australian Rules Football player who played the full-forward position for the Collingwood Football Club in the great Collingwood teams of the 1920s and 1930s. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ... Big Dick Reynolds (born June 20, 1915, died September 2, 2002) was an Australian Rules player and coach. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ...

References

  • Stephen Rogers and Ashley Brown (1998). Every Game Ever Played. 6th ed. Victoria: Penguin Books.
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