1909 VFL premiership season | |
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Date | 1 May—2 October 1909 |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | South Melbourne 1st premiership |
Minor premiers | South Melbourne 1st minor premiership |
Leading goalkicker medallist | Dick Lee (Collingwood) 58 goals |
Matches played | 94 |
The 1909 VFL season was the 13th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured ten clubs and ran from 1 May to 2 October, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
South Melbourne won the premiership, defeating Carlton by two points in the 1909 VFL grand final; it was South Melbourne's first VFL premiership. South Melbourne also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 14–4 win–loss record. Collingwood's Dick Lee won his third consecutive leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.