1920 VFL premiership season | |
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Date | 1 May—2 October 1920 |
Teams | 9 |
Premiers | Richmond 1st premiership |
Minor premiers | Richmond 1st minor premiership |
Leading goalkicker medallist | George Bayliss (Richmond) 62 goals |
Matches played | 76 |
The 1920 VFL season was the 24th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured nine clubs and ran from 1 May to 2 October, comprising a 16-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
Richmond won the premiership, defeating Collingwood by 17 points in the 1920 VFL grand final; it was Richmond's first VFL premiership. Richmond also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 14–2 win–loss record. Richmond's George Bayliss won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.