| 1956 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Melbourne 8th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Melbourne 4th minor premiership |
| Consolation series | South Melbourne 1st Consolation series win |
| Brownlow Medallist | Peter Box (Footscray) |
| Coleman Medallist | Bill Young (St Kilda) |
| Matches played | 112 |
| Highest | 115,902 |
The 1956 VFL season was the 60th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 14 April until 15 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 eighth time and second time consecutively, after it defeated Collingwood by 73 points in the 1956 VFL Grand Final.