1986 VFL season

1986 VFL premiership season
Teams12
PremiersHawthorn
6th premiership
Minor premiersHawthorn
5th minor premiership
Night seriesHawthorn
3rd Night series win
Brownlow MedallistGreg Williams (Sydney)
Robert DiPierdomenico (Hawthorn)
Coleman MedallistBrian Taylor (Collingwood)
Attendance
Matches played138
Total attendance3,395,611 (24,606 per match)
Highest101,861
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The 1986 VFL season was the 90th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 29 March until 27 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 sixth time, after it defeated Carlton by 42 points in the 1986 VFL Grand Final.