| 1948 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
 Melbourne Football Club team, premiers | |
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Melbourne 6th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Essendon 9th minor premiership |
| Brownlow Medallist | Bill Morris (Richmond) |
| Leading goalkicker medallist | Lindsay White (Geelong) |
| Matches played | 119 |
| Highest | 86,198 |
The 1948 VFL season was the 52nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 17 April until 9 October, and comprised a 19-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 sixth time, after it defeated Essendon by 39 points in the 1948 VFL Grand Final Replay.