1992 AFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 15 |
Premiers | West Coast 1st premiership |
Minor premiers | Geelong 11th minor premiership |
Pre-season cup | Hawthorn 3rd pre-season cup win |
Brownlow Medallist | Scott Wynd (Footscray) |
Leading goalkicker | Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 172 |
Total attendance | 4,814,265 (27,990 per match) |
Highest | 95,007 (Grand Final, West Coast vs. Geelong) |
The 1992 AFL season was the 96th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured fifteen clubs, ran from 21 March until 26 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs.
Prior to the season, the AFL ceased its role as the administrative body for football in Victoria after 95 years: this role was transferred, along with control of the reserves competition, to the newly established Victorian State Football League (VSFL). Subsequently, the Victorian AFL clubs' under-19s competition was dissolved, and zone-based recruiting was abolished.
The premiership was won by the West Coast Eagles, after it defeated Geelong by 28 points in the 1992 AFL Grand Final. It was West Coast's first premiership, and the first premiership won by a non-Victorian club following the league's interstate expansion.