1941 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Melbourne 5th premiership |
Minor premiers | Carlton 10th minor premiership |
Brownlow Medallist | Norman Ware (Footscray) |
Leading goalkicker medallist | Sel Murray (North Melbourne) |
Matches played | 112 |
Highest | 79,687 |
The 1941 VFL season was the 45th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 26 April until 27 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the fifth time and third time consecutively, after it defeated Essendon by 29 points in the 1941 VFL Grand Final.