Highest attendance 88,540 Start date 1937 Teams 12 | Leading Goalkicker Medallist Dick Harris (Carlton) Premier Geelong Football Club Matches played 112 | |
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Premiers Geelong
(3rd premiership) Minor premiers Geelong
(5th minor premiership) Brownlow Medallist Dick Reynolds (Essendon) Similar 1936 VFL season, 1934 VFL season, 1931 VFL season, 1943 VFL season, 1946 VFL season |
The 1937 Victorian Football League season was the 41st season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
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Premiership season
In 1937, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1937 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page-McIntyre System.
Grand final
Geelong defeated Collingwood 18.14 (122) to 12.18 (90), in front of a crowd of 88,540 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).