Highest attendance 107,536 Teams 12 Matches played 138 | Start date 1982 Attendance 3,681,556 | |
Premiers Carlton
(14th premiership) Minor premiers Richmond
(8th minor premiership) Night series Swans
(1st Night series win) Coleman Medallist Malcolm Blight
North Melbourne (94 goals) Brownlow Medallist Brian Wilson
Melbourne (23 votes) Similar 1979 VFL season, 1947 VFL season, 1929 VFL season |
The 1982 Victorian Football League season was the 86th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. This season commenced on 20 March 1982 and concluded on 25 September 1982 with Carlton defeating Richmond in the Grand Final to win its second consecutive Premiership.
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The season was the first in which the VFL established a permanent interstate presence, with the South Melbourne Football Club moving all of its home games to Sydney, New South Wales, ultimately becoming known as the Sydney Swans.
Night Series
Swans defeated North Melbourne 13.12 (90) to 8.10 (58) in the Final.
Notable events
References
1982 VFL season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA