1980 VFL season

Infobox VFL Premiership Season
year = 1980


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teams = 12
premiers = AFL Ric
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top goal scorer = Michael Roach (AFL Ric)
brownlow medalist = Kelvin Templeton (AFL Foo)Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1980.

Night Series

AFL Nor defeated AFL Col 8.9 (57) to 7.12 (54) in the Final.

Premiership season

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

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Grand Final

Richmond defeated Collingwood 23.21 (159) to 9.24 (78), in front of a crowd of 113,461 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).

Ladder

Notes

* The leading goalkicker was Michael Roach of Richmond with 112 goals
* The Brownlow Medal was won by Footscray's Kelvin Templeton
* The Richmond Football Club set a record that will never be beaten: the club's three full-forwards each kicked more than 100 goals in the 1980 season.
** The full-forward of its Senior team, Michael Roach, kicked 112 goals.
** The full-forward of its Reserve team, Mark Jackson, kicked 131 goals (a record for the Reserve competition).
** The full-forward of its Under-19 team, Peter Lane, kicked 116 goals.

ee also

* Early VFL Final systems
* Page-McIntyre "Final Four" system
* McIntyre "Final Five" system

References

* Stephen Rogers and Ashley Brown (1998). "Every Game Ever Played". 6th ed. Victoria: Penguin Books.