Grand final of the 1957 Victorian Football League season
1957 VFL Grand Final
Melbourne
Essendon
17.14 (116)
7.13 (55)
1
2
3
4
MEL
6.2 (38)
9.9 (63)
12.11 (83)
17.14 (116)
ESS
2.3 (15)
4.4 (28)
7.8 (50)
7.13 (55)
Date
21 September 1957
Stadium
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance
100,324
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The 1957 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 21 September 1957. It was the 60th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1957 VFL season. The match, attended by 100,324 spectators, was won by Melbourne by 61 points, marking that club's ninth premiership victory.
This was Melbourne's fourth successive Grand Final appearance and third successive premiership. Ron Barassi starred for the Demons with five goals, four of them in the first half to put the game out of Essendon's reach. Melbourne's coach Norm Smith had previously participated in successive premierships as a player, from 1939 to 1941.
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