1979 VFL season
83rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1979 VFL season was the 83rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 31 March until 29 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.
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1979 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Carlton 12th premiership |
Minor premiers | Carlton 14th minor premiership |
Night series | Collingwood 1st Night series win |
Brownlow Medallist | Peter Moore (Collingwood) |
Coleman Medallist | Kelvin Templeton (Footscray) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 138 |
Total attendance | 3,574,281 (25,901 per match) |
Highest | 113,545 |
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The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the twelfth time, after it defeated Collingwood by five points in the 1979 VFL Grand Final.
The season saw the beginning of the league's expansion into the interstate and Sunday television markets, with two Sunday matches played in Sydney, New South Wales.