1981 VFA Premiership Season | |
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Teams | 20 |
Division 1 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Port Melbourne (14th premiership) |
Minor premiers | Port Melbourne (13th minor premiership) |
Division 2 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Camberwell (2nd D2 premiership) |
Minor premiers | Camberwell (2nd D2 minor premiership) |
← 1980 1982 → |
The 1981 Victorian Football Association season was the 100th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 21st season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Port Melbourne Football Club, after it defeated Preston in the Grand Final on 20 September by 113 points; it was Port Melbourne's 14th Division 1 premiership, the second of three premierships won in a row between 1980 and 1982, and the fifth of six premierships won in nine seasons from 1974 until 1982. The Division 2 premiership was won by Camberwell; it was the club's second Division 2 premiership, and it was the last premiership ever won by the club.