Mr Football, Ted Whitten, won four Best and Fairest Awards in one season the year before his VFL debut with Footscray in 1951. It was a year with one of the biggest tribunal shock decisions in the entire history of the V/AFL and a year full of rumours about Dick Reynolds return to the playing field. Essendon players wanted reserved seats for their wives, mothers or girlfriends at the Finals but was there an ulterior motive? The Grand Final was a thriller which moved one player to describe it as “Not just your average run of the mill Grand Final.” Listen to the entire episode to see how the 1951 VFL unfolded and which club received the first trophy for winning a VFL Premiership.
1951 Grand Final Video
