| 1965 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Essendon 12th premiership |
| Minor premiers | St Kilda 1st minor premiership |
| Consolation series | North Melbourne 1st Consolation series win |
| Brownlow Medallist | Ian Stewart (St Kilda) Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne) |
| Coleman Medallist | John Peck (Hawthorn) |
| Matches played | 112 |
| Highest | 104,846 |
The 1965 VFL season was the 69th 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 25 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 Essendon Football Club for the twelfth time, after it defeated St Kilda by 35 points in the 1965 VFL Grand Final.