1961 VFL grand final
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Date | 23 September 1961 | |||||||||||||||
Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
Attendance | 107,935 | |||||||||||||||
Favourite | Hawthorn | |||||||||||||||
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The 1961 VFL Grand Final was an
Hawthorn, which was competing in its first VFL grand final since entering the competition in 1925, came into the game as minor premiers, favourites, and on a then-club record 11-game winning streak.
It was a young Footscray side, with only two players coming into the game with more than 80 VFL games experience them, although one of them was veteran Ted Whitten. Hawthorn's Brendan Edwards was playing in his 100th VFL game and dominated in the centre. Despite trailing at half time, Hawthorn won comfortably in the end after kicking six goals to one in a dominant third quarter.
The 1961 grand final is the earliest VFL grand final whose complete television footage has survived and been made available on DVD.
Teams
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hawthorn
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Umpire: Frank Schwab
Scoreboard
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
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Hawthorn | 2.4 | 3.9 | 9.15 | 13.16 (94) |
Footscray | 4.2 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 7.9 (51) |
Statistics
Goal kickers
Hawthorn:
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Footscray:
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Attendance
- MCG attendance – 107,935
See also
References
- 1961 Grand Final page on AFL Tables
- The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
- 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
- ^ "Streaks - Hawthorn". AFL Tables. Retrieved 11 June 2023.