24 September

Ivo Crapp was the field umpire in the VFL's first-ever Grand Final, between Fitzroy and Essendon at the end of the league's second season.

Umpires and tribunal

Players in the VFL's first grand final at Junction Oval kept falling on the grassless, slippery ground in dry, windy weather, and clouds of dust often got in the way of play.

Grounds

St Kilda won its only VFL premiership by one point over Collingwood, the siren sounding as Bob Murray kicked the ball away from centre half-back.

Records

Off-the-ball brawls broke out repeatedly in the 1967 VFA grand final between Dandenong and Port Melbourne, so often that umpires and trainers had to enter the field to separate players.

The Sunday decider at Punt Road ended with Dandenong's first Division 1 flag and a pile of suspensions.

Oddities

Collingwood and North Melbourne tied on 76 points in front of 108,224 at the MCG, forcing the second grand final replay in VFL history.

North Melbourne won the replay a week later by 27 points.

Records

Chris Judd won the Norm Smith Medal for West Coast in the Grand Final loss to Sydney, one of only five players to win it without playing in the premiership team.

Awards

Grand Final

AFL · MCG · crowd 100,024

Grand Final

AFL · MCG · crowd 91,828

Grand Final

VFL · MCG · crowd 93,754

Grand Final

VFL · MCG · crowd 110,332

Drawn Grand Final

VFL · Grand Final · MCG · crowd 108,224

Grand Final

VFL · MCG · crowd 102,055

Grand Final

VFL · MCG · crowd 97,457

Grand Final

VFL · MCG · crowd 88,718

Grand Final

VFL · MCG · crowd 96,486

Grand Final

VFL · Junction Oval · crowd 16,538

Preliminary Final

AFL · Spotless Stadium · crowd 21,790

Preliminary Final

AFL · MCG · crowd 59,455