Miss Gell Howlett organised a charity women's match at Subiaco Oval in Perth, where maroon beat gold three goals to two and the press mocked the players as women in fancy dress.
Women's leagues were set up in Perth and on the Goldfields soon afterwards anyway.
Women's football
Preston's protest over the 1971 VFA grand final, which argued umpire Jim McMaster had paid Dandenong a free kick before the opening bounce, was dismissed by the Board of Management.
Dandenong had won by six points, and Preston wanted the result amended to a draw.
Umpires and tribunal
The first Norm Smith Medal went to Carlton's Wayne Harmes, a grand-nephew of Norm Smith, to the lasting annoyance of Collingwood supporters still ranting about his controversial goal.
In 2023 historian Rhett Bartlett found new footage that appears to show Harmes kept that ball in play.
Awards
Gary Ablett Jr. signed a five-year, $9 million contract with Gold Coast, a club yet to play its first game.
He was named the Suns' inaugural captain the following January.
Drafts and trades
Grand Final
AFL · MCG · crowd 91,482
Grand Final
VFL · MCG · crowd 85,795
Grand Final
AFL · MCG · crowd 100,022
Grand Final
AFL · MCG · crowd 99,683
Grand Final
AFL · MCG · crowd 97,302
Grand Final
VFL · MCG · crowd 92,685
Grand Final
VFL · MCG · crowd 113,545
Grand Final
VFL · MCG · crowd 116,956
Grand Final
VFL · MCG · crowd 98,385
Grand Final
VFL · Princes Park · crowd 62,986
Grand Final
VFL · MCG · crowd 50,026
Preliminary Final
AFL · Waverley Park · crowd 55,813
Fremantle, 146 games (2020-2026)
Port Adelaide, 13 games (2023-2026)
Hawthorn, 4 games (2026)
Collingwood, 3 games (2019-2026)
Gold Coast, 2 games (2026)
St Kilda, 250 games (1966-1980)
North Melbourne, 222 games (1988-2001)
Fitzroy, 163 games (1973-1982)
