85th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)
1981 VFL premiership season
Teams
12
Premiers
Carlton 13th premiership
Minor premiers
Carlton 15th minor premiership
Night series
Essendon 1st Night series win
Brownlow Medallist
Bernie Quinlan (Fitzroy)
Barry Round (South Melbourne)
Coleman Medallist
Michael Roach (Richmond)
Attendance
Matches played
138
Total attendance
3,830,231 (27,755 per match)
Highest
112,964
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The 1981 VFL season was the 85th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 28 March until 26 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 Carlton Football Club for the 13th time, after it defeated Collingwood by 20 points in the 1981 VFL Grand Final.
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