1978 VFL season

1978 VFL premiership season
Teams12
PremiersHawthorn
4th premiership
Minor premiersNorth Melbourne
2nd minor premiership
Night seriesFitzroy
1st Night series win
Brownlow MedallistMalcolm Blight (North Melbourne)
Coleman MedallistKelvin Templeton (Footscray)
Attendance
Matches played138
Total attendance3,478,015 (25,203 per match)
Highest101,704
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The 1978 VFL season was the 82nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 1 April until 30 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.

The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the fourth time, after it defeated North Melbourne by 18 points in the 1978 VFL Grand Final.