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Encyclopedia > 1971 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1971. This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...


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

Hawthorn defeated St Kilda 12.10 (82) to 11.9 (75), in front of a crowd of 118192 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). 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 St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the 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 Hawthorn 19 3 0 2460 1601 153.7 76
2 St Kilda 16 6 0 2176 1554 140.0 64
3 Richmond 16 6 0 2318 1890 122.6 64
4 Collingwood 14 7 1 2331 1840 126.7 58
5 Carlton 14 8 0 2103 2014 104.4 56
6 Fitzroy 12 10 0 2047 1915 106.9 48
7 Melbourne 11 10 1 1962 1791 109.5 46
8 Footscray 11 11 0 1966 2217 88.7 44
9 North Melbourne 5 16 1 1705 2551 66.8 22
10 Geelong 5 17 0 2072 2523 82.1 20
11 Essendon 4 17 1 1705 2252 75.7 18
12 South Melbourne 3 19 0 1618 2315 69.9 12

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 St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... 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 Carlton Football Club is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club 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 Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... 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. ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ...

Notes

Peter Hudson (born February 19, 1946) is arguably the greatest Australian rules full-forward in the games history. ... 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 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. ... Ian Stewart is a name shared by several people: Ian Stewart (racing driver) (born 1929), Scottish Formula One driver Ian Stewart (Conservative politician) (born 1935), former MP for Hitchin, England Ian Stewart (musician) (1938–1985), Scottish rock musician and early member of the Rolling Stones Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer...

References

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