1991 AFL reserves season

1991 AFL reserves season
Date23 March – 28 September
Teams13
PremiersBrisbane Bears
1st premiership
Minor premiersCollingwood
Wooden spoonersSydney
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The 1991 AFL reserves season was the 72nd season of the AFL reserve grade competition, the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Australian Football League (AFL).

The premiership was won by the Brisbane Bears after they defeated Melbourne in the 1991 AFL reserves grand final, held as a curtain-raiser to the 1991 AFL Grand Final at Waverley Park on 28 September.[1] This was the first time a non-Victorian club had won an AFL premiership in any grade, and the Bears' only premiership before the club merged with Fitzroy at the end of the 1996 season.[2]

  1. ^ "Bears make history". Trove. The Canberra Times. 29 September 1991. p. 16. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Recognising the Bears". Brisbane Lions. 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.