1966 VFL season

Infobox VFL Premiership Season
year = 1966


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teams = 12
premiers = AFL StK
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minor premiers = AFL Col
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top goal scorer = Ted Fordham (AFL Haw)
brownlow medalist = Ian Stewart (AFL StK)Results and statistics for the VFL/AFL season of 1966.

Premiership season

In 1966, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.

Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.

Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1966 VFL "Premiers" were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "Page-McIntyre system".

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Ladder

Preliminary Final

Umpire - Jeff Crouch

Awards

* The 1966 VFL Premiership team was St Kilda Football Club (its first premiership since the VFL's formation in 1897).
* The VFL's leading goalkicker was Ted Fordham of Essendon who kicked 76 goals (including 3 goals in the final series).
* The winner of the 1966 Brownlow Medal was Ian Stewart of St Kilda with 21 votes.
* Fitzroy took the "wooden spoon" in 1966.

Notable Events

* At pre-season training in mid-April, at the behest of Collingwood coach Bob Rose, Collingwood club secretary Jack Burns informs Duncan Wright that his services are no longer required at Collingwood. (See Duncan Wright and John Somerville.)
* Richmond, under coach Tom Hafey, train pre-season with Percy Cerutty at his facilities in Portsea, Victoria.
* At the end of the season South Melbourne's captain-coach, Bob Skilton, resigns as coach in the belief that he can do more for the club by continuing to lead the players on the field.

ee also

* 1966 VFL Grand Final

References

* Hogan, P., "The Tigers Of Old", The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
* Maplestone, M., "Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996", Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-959-17402-8
* Rogers, S. & Brown, A., "Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897-1997 (Sixth Edition)", Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
* Ross, J. (ed), "100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported", Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
* Strevens, S., "Bob Rose: A Dignified Life", Allen & Unwin, (Crows Nest), 2004. ISBN 1-74114-465-5

External links

* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/seas/1966.html 1966 Season - AFL Tables]