1983 VFL grand final

1983 VFL Grand Final
Hawthorn Essendon 20.20 (140) 8.9 (57)
1 2 3 4 HAW 5.6 (36) 12.10 (82) 16.18 (114) 20.20 (140) ESS 3.0 (18) 4.1 (25) 4.3 (27) 8.9 (57)
Date	24 September 1983
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
Broadcast in Australia
Network	Seven Network
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The 1983 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1983. It was the 87th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1983 VFL season. The match, attended by 110,332 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 83 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory. This VFL Grand Final was the first of 7 consecutive VFL Grand Final appearances for Hawthorn all the way to 1989