15.19 (109) 8.12 (60) 7.10 9.13 HAW 3.6 Champion Geelong Football Club Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground | 3.3 7.10 9.13 15.19 (109) 3.6 5.6 Date 5 October 1963 Attendance 101,209 | |
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Location Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia Similar 1997 AFL Grand Final, 2010 AFL Grand Final, 2016 AFL Grand Final, 1994 AFL Grand Final, 1992 AFL Grand Final | ||
1963 vfl grand final geelong d hawthorn afl
The 1963 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 5 October 1963. It was the 67th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1963 VFL season. The match, attended by 101,209 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 49 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory and first since winning the 1952 VFL Grand Final.
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Hawthorn were minor premiers as a result of their superior percentage, as both clubs had finished the home and away season with 13 wins and a draw. Geelong's premiership win was their last until 2007.
1963 vfl grand final news reel
Teams
Umpire - Jeff Crouch
Attendance
References
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