1985 VFL grand final
Grand final of the 1985 Victorian Football League season / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1985 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1985. It was the 89th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1985 VFL season. The match, attended by 100,042 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 78 points, marking that club's 14th premiership victory.
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Date | 28 September 1985 | |||||||||||||||
Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
Attendance | 100,042 | |||||||||||||||
Favourite | Essendon | |||||||||||||||
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Norm Smith Medallist | Simon Madden (Essendon) | |||||||||||||||
Jock McHale Medallist | Kevin Sheedy | |||||||||||||||
Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
Commentators | Lou Richards Bob Skilton | |||||||||||||||
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