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The 1966 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1966. It was the 69th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League (VFL), staged to determine the premiers for the 1966 VFL season.
This is a list of VFL/AFL Grand Final records, ... by St Kilda vs Collingwood 1966, by West Coast vs Sydney 2006 Drawn games: 1948 1977 2010
[a] The Saints season in 1966 also saw St Kilda win every home game, including the Grand Final rematch in round 8. Although 1966 was St Kilda's first premiership season, the club had been to the VFL Grand Final in 1913 and more recently, 1965. Leading up to the premiership season, St Kilda had played finals football in both the 1961 and 1963 ...
The 1966 VFL season was the 70th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 23 April until 24 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
This page is a collection of VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics. The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football. Each year, the premiership is awarded to the club that wins the AFL Grand Final. The grand final has ...
In a retrospective poll by a team of experts, Cooper was voted best on the field in the 1966 VFL Grand Final, which St Kilda won. It was St Kilda's first and (as of 2024) only VFL/AFL premiership by a margin of one point over Collingwood. Cooper's VFL career was cut short by rheumatic fever.
Gabelich's last match for Collingwood (aged 33) was in the team that lost the 1966 VFL Grand Final to St Kilda by one point. [77] He kicked two goals, one behind, and was one of Collingwood's best players: What a useless task it is trying to use brute strength to halt the passage of 17 st. 4 lb. [110kg] Collingwood follower Ray Gabelich.
A collection of past singers to celebrate the centenary grand final, including Daryl Somers, Normie Rowe, Venetta Feilds, Slim Dusty, Lindsay Field, Maroochy Barambah, Glenn Shorrock, Diana Trask, Barry Crocker, Lisa Edwards, Noel Watson and John Farnham. They performed "Waltzing Matilda". — 1997: Marina Prior: 1998: Muhammad Ali made an ...