The 1969 Victorian Football Association season was the 88th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the ninth season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won for the second consecutive year by the Preston Football Club, after it defeated Dandenong in the Grand Final on 21 September by 12 points; it was Preston's second Division 1 premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Williamstown, in its second season since being relegated from Division 1.
1969 Victorian Football Association season was the 88th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the ninth season...
than the Association itself, and in a typical season, a club could play against other VFA teams, non-VFA clubs, at odds against junior teams (usually twenty...
The 1969 VFL season was the 73rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria...
it allowed players to cross from the VFL to the VFA without formal clearances during the 1969season, in defiance of an ANFC directive from the previous...
best player cost it the flag. He moved to Dandenong Football Club in 1969. List of VFA/VFL premiers Tom Valenta (26 August 1968). "Preston finishes clearly...
registered under. The club participated in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) between 1903 and 1911, and then since 1926. After World War II, the club...
1967. p. 51. Noel Pascoe (12 April 1969). "Transfer fee rule dropped". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 56. "VFA matches for TV". The Age. Melbourne...
the South Williamstown Football Club, which also contested the VFA for two seasons. In 1888, the dispute was settled and two football clubs amalgamated;...
Hill's improved form during 1969 was the launching place for a successful 1970 season in which it played Coburg in its first VFA grand final. Box Hill finished...
of the VFA announcing them, but some councils were slower to move – the Box Hill council, for example, did not approve Sunday matches until 1969. The Sandringham...
and it was held concurrently with the premiership season. To accommodate the competition, the VFAseason began in March, its earliest start ever. The competition...
VFA/VFL Premiers "Frankston for VFA". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 13 July 1965. p. 43. Noel Carrick (2 July 1956). "Ballarat, Bendigo in V.F.A...
Football Association (VFA). It left the VFA to join the VFL in 1908 and has competed in each season since. Richmond have won 2 VFA/VFL premierships and...
West's best and fairest award. He then captain-coached the club in the 1969VFAseason. He coached Newtown & Chilwell in 1973, 1974 and 1980. Holmesby, Russell;...
coach of the Sunshine Football Club in the VFA for the 1990 season, but the club was unable to convince the VFA to restore its licence to compete (it had...
Melbourne. p. 52. "Cook takes VFA award". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 27 August 1970. p. 62. "Scores in the VFA". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne...
Association (VFA) clubs – Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, South Melbourne and St Kilda – featured in the inaugural season after...
FitzGerald, who two decades later became the all-time record holder for VFA/VFL premiership games coached. During March, Dandenong and Werribee contested...
breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897. It changed its name to Australian Football League...
played in the VFL between 1969 and 1971 for the North Melbourne Football Club. Bryant commenced his junior football with VFA club Box Hill, playing in...
play his first senior game. List of VFA/VFL premiers Garry Linnell (29 November 1984). "Broke 'Cotes quit the VFA". The Age. Melbourne. p. 34. Rohan Connolly...
Interclub competition of 1870–1876, and the Victorian Football Association (VFA) of 1877–1896) have been inducted. A committee considers candidates on the...
(Footscray). List of VFA/VFL premiers Victorian Football League Australian Football League 2023 AFL season 2023 VFL Women's season "Wildcard Round introduced...
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