1949 VFL season
53rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1949 VFL season was the 53rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 16 April until 24 September, and comprised a 19-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
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1949 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Essendon 9th premiership |
Minor premiers | North Melbourne 1st minor premiership |
Brownlow Medallist | Ron Clegg (South Melbourne) Col Austen (Hawthorn) |
Leading goalkicker medallist | John Coleman (Essendon) |
Matches played | 118 |
Highest | 88,718 |
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The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the ninth time, after it defeated Carlton by 73 points in the 1949 VFL Grand Final.