Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1991. The Australian Football League is the Australian national competition in the sport of Australian rules football. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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

Pre-Season

Hawthorn defeated North Melbourne 14.19 (103) to 7.12 (54). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The North Melbourne Football Club, trading as the Kangaroos, and informally known as the Shinboners or the Kangaroos Football Club plays Australian rules football in the Australian Football League. ... Australian Rules and Aussie Rules redirect here. ...

Grand Final

Hawthorn defeated West Coast Eagles 20.19 (139) to 13.8 (86). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). A Grand Final is the culmination of a series of final matches played between a number of sporting teams to decide the premier team. ... The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian Rules Football club that is a member of the Australian Football League. ... Australian Rules and Aussie Rules redirect here. ...

The Grand Final was played at the Waverley Park because the Melbourne Cricket Ground was at the time undergoing major renovations. Waverley Park (formerly VFL Park and then AFL Park) was an often controversial football stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... For other meanings, see MCG (disambiguation). ...

Ladder

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 165. An additional 7 games were played during the finals series.

The West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian Rules Football club that is a member of the Australian Football League. ... The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of 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 North Melbourne Football Club, trading as the Kangaroos, and informally known as the Shinboners or the Kangaroos Football Club plays Australian rules football in the Australian Football League. ... The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Crows, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Adelaide, South Australia. ... The Western Bulldogs, formerly known as the Footscray Football Club or The Bulldogs is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in western suburban Melbourne, Australia, drawing its supporter base from this traditionally poor, industrial, and less leafy part of Melbourne. ... Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues for their dark blue playing colours, is one of the oldest and most successful Australian rules football clubs. ... The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales; formerly it was the South Melbourne Football Club. ... The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, 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 Brisbane Bears Football Club was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. ...

Awards

• The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Jim Stynes of Melbourne.
• The Coleman Medal was awarded to Tony Lockett of St Kilda.
• The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Paul Dear of Hawthorn
• The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Jim Stynes of Melbourne
• The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to the Brisbane Bears

The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal, is an annual medal awarded to the fairest and best player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie. ... Jim Stynes (born April 23, 1966) is an Irish Australian rules football player. ... 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 Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year. ... Anthony Howard Tony Lockett (born in Ballarat on March 9, 1966) is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in Australian Rules Football history. ... The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in AFL grand final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match. ... The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. ... Jim Stynes (born April 23, 1966) is an Irish Australian rules football player. ... The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... A wooden spoon is a spoon made from wood. ... The Brisbane Bears Football Club was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. ...

Match attendance

Total match attendance for the home-and-away season was 3,810,868 people. Total attendance for the finals series was 381,707 people. Attendance at the Grand Final was 75,230 people. The largest non-finals attendance was 55,735 people for the Melbourne v Collingwood game of Round 6. 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. ...