82nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)
1978 VFL premiership season
Teams
12
Premiers
Hawthorn 4th premiership
Minor premiers
North Melbourne 2nd minor premiership
Night series
Fitzroy 1st Night series win
Brownlow Medallist
Malcolm Blight (North Melbourne)
Coleman Medallist
Kelvin Templeton (Footscray)
Attendance
Matches played
138
Total attendance
3,478,015 (25,203 per match)
Highest
101,704
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The 1978 VFL season was the 82nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 1 April until 30 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.
The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the fourth time, after it defeated North Melbourne by 18 points in the 1978 VFL Grand Final.
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