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1986 VFL season

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Highest attendance
  
101,861

Teams
  
12

Matches played
  
138

Start date
  
1986

Attendance
  
3,395,611

Premiers
  
Hawthorn (6th premiership)

Minor premiers
  
Hawthorn (5th minor premiership)

Night series
  
Hawthorn (3rd Night series win)

Coleman Medallist
  
Brian Taylor (Collingwood)

Brownlow Medallist
  
Greg Williams (Sydney) Robert DiPierdomenico (Hawthorn)

Similar
  
1947 VFL season, 1929 VFL season, 1934 VFL season, 1931 VFL season

The 1986 Victorian Football League season was the 90th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

Contents

Night Series

Hawthorn defeated Carlton 9.12 (66) to 5.6 (36) in the Final.

Awards

  • The Brownlow Medal was awarded to both Greg Williams of the Sydney Swans and Robert "Dipper" DiPierdomenico of the Hawthorn Hawks
  • The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Paul Roos of Fitzroy.
  • The Coleman Medal was awarded to Brian Taylor of Collingwood.
  • The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Gary Ayres of Hawthorn.
  • The wooden spoon was "awarded" to St Kilda.
  • Carlton won the reserves premiership. Carlton 22.14 (146) defeated Footscray 10.12 (72) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors Grand Final on 27 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

    • Notable events

  • In round 21, Hawthorn trailed Geelong by three points early in the third quarter, but then kicked 25.7 (157) to 1.7 (13) before a late Geelong goal. That total is the highest score for a half in VFL/AFL history, and the loss the biggest in Geelong's history.
  • Round 22 was the last round in VFL/AFL history in which all matches were played on the same day.
  • Fitzroy endured serious financial hardships during 1986 which threatened its existence. More than one million dollars in debt, and having posted a $600,000 loss in 1985, the club took a $500,000 loan from the VFL in January 1986, and needed another $500,000 by the end of the year to remain solvent. It fielded offers from two Brisbane-based companies and one Canberra-based company for the club to move north in 1987, and it discussed mergers with Melbourne, St Kilda and Richmond. Despite the off-field struggles, the club reached the preliminary final; it was the last time the club played finals before its merger with Brisbane at the end of 1996.

    • References

    1986 VFL season Wikipedia
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