the Melbourne football club.
Footscray
In 1960 the VFL/AFL Premiership was won by: Melbourne
Collingwood won the VFA premiership in 1896. It's first VFL/AFL premiership was in 1902.
Collingwood won the VFA premiership in 1896. It's first VFL/AFL premiership was in 1902.
1989 - 1990 was the transition from VFL to AFL. The Collingwood football club won the first AFL premiership in 1990.
Tony Liberatore of Footscray won the Brownlow Medal in 1990. This was the first year of the national competition - the AFL - Australian Football League. Edward Greeves of Geelong won the very first Brownlow ever awarded in the VFL - Victorian Football League: in those days, the competitions were run state by state, separately. The AFL is the national competition.
I' believe it was in 1897; but it was merely VFL state football back then. The previous [opening] year of the VFL, in 1896, the top team of the league after the home-and-away matches won the 'flag' with no finals. The AFL commenced in 1990: Collingwood won the premiership that year.
Hawthorn beat St. Kilda for the 1971 Premiership flag. It was only the club's second premiership - the first being in 1961, when it beat Footscray [now the Western Bulldogs] for the flag.
The Western Bulldogs (formerly known as Footscray) have only won 1 VFL/AFL premiership; 1954.Since then they have only made one Grand Final in 1961.
The 1966 VFL Grand Final was won by St. Kilda - their only premiership so far! However, strictly, there was no AFL national competition in 1966. But, effectively, the state VFL (Victorian Football League) added a few interstate clubs into the competition and became the headquarters for the AFL national competition by 1990.
Essendon have won a record-equalling 16 VFL/AFL Premierships: 1897 (first VFL/AFL premiership), 1901, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1962, 1965, 1984, 1985, 1993 and 2000.
Tony Jewell was the Richmond coach in 1980, during the season he lead the Tigers to their 10th VFL Premiership.He also won a premiership with the Tigers as a player in 1967.