The Ultimate V/AFL Grand Finals Database!
Explore every Grand Final, every premier, and every runner-up. Dive into the details of captains, coaches, medal winners, presenters, curtain raisers, and entertainers (both memorable and infamous). It’s all here, in one comprehensive database, with plenty of links to original source information.
What You’ll Find:
- Scroll Through the Years: Navigate through the history of Grand Finals, from the earliest matches to the most recent showdowns.
- Interactive Table: Use the scroll bar at the bottom to access links to Grand Final videos, premiership documentaries, newspaper articles, and more.
- Ticket Prices: Discover the entry prices for the cheapest and most expensive tickets on Grand Final day, both in historical context and adjusted to today’s equivalent.
- Best players pre the Norm Smith based on newspaper reports etc.
- First Goal kicker (thanks to Tim from Kick to Kick Podcast) with links to match reports and a videos from 1965 onwards. (Nb. Still working through videos prior to 1990 so this is a work in progress)
- And so much more, take the time to see the collection of Grand Final day trivia and highlights.
Find Your Favorites:
- Use Filters: Easily filter by team or season to find the specific Grand Final you’re interested in.
| Year & episode link | Season Count | Premiers | Runners Up | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date | Winning Captain/ Ron Barassi Medallist as of 2024 | Ron Barassi Medal Presented by | Premiership Cup presented by | Premiership Medallions Presented by | Winning Coach/ Jock McHale Medallist as of 2001 | Jock McHale Medal Presented By | Runners Up Captain | Runners Up Coach | Best Player/ Norm Smith Medallist | Best Player/ Norm Smith Medallist Club | Norm Smith Medal Presented by | First Goal Player | First Goal Club | Field Umpire/s | Boundary Umpires | Goal Umpires | Curtain Raiser | U19 Grand Final/Pre Curtain Raiser | lap of honour | Grand Final Sprint Player | Grand Final Sprint Club | Pre Game Entertainment | National Anthem | Half Time Entertainment | Post Game Entertainment | Match Video | Documentary | Book/Article | Premiership team Best and Fairest | Entry Price Lowest then | Entry Price Highest then | Entry price lowest 2020 equivalent | Entry price highest 2020 equivalent | Post GF Games (Involving GF Team/s) |
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Resources
- State Library of Victoria Football Record Collection
- Wikipedia Grand Finals List & Norm Smith Medal Winner list, Entertainment list etc.
- Trove
- YouTube (So many great collections with special mention to Rhettrospective Vault and many others)
- AFL Premiers (Joe St John) – it had all the boundary and goal umpires which save much research
- Slattery Media Grand Finals Vol I, II & III
- AFL.com.au (Even if they hide much of the good stuff, so many documentaries, so hard to search for)
- Reserve Bank of Australia for the Calculation of what prices in the past are worth now.
Errors, omissions and mistakes
With such a vast amount of data, there are bound to be some errors, mistakes, and omissions. That’s on me. For instance, who presented the 1967 Premiership Cup to Fred Swift? Was it Sir Kenneth Luke or Sir Rohan Delacombe? And I still need to include the Sun Kick champions and possibly add Grand Final Parades.
I will be continuously updating the table and adding more links for pricing and other items over time. If you have any suggestions or corrections, please email me at info@grandfinalhistory.au.