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∙ 2011-09-13 21:53:56Depends. The AFL derived from the VFL. The VFL started in 1897 and that premiership won by Essendon. The VFL was renamed AFL in 1990 and that premiership won by Collingwood.
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Collingwood in 1990, because before then it was the VFL. As originally being the VFL competition, the first Aussie Rules Premiership in the VFL was won in 1897 by Essendon.
There was no 1877 VFL grand final. The first season of the VFL was 1897. The 1897 premiership was won by Essendon.
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.
well if you mean "what year did vfl stop and afl start?" then the answers is 1990 and collingwood won the first afl premiership in 1990
Melbourne won the 1956 VFL Premiership by defeating Collingwood by 73 points, 17.19 (121) to 6.12 (48).It was Melbourne's eighth VFL Premiership,they went on to win the following year to complete a historic hat-trick and two more in the 1959 and 1960 seasons, five in six seasons!
The first premiership under the name 'AFL' was won by Collingwood in 1990. However, prior to that the competition was known as the 'VFL' (Victorian Football League). Introduction of teams in Perth and Brisbane in 1987 (combined with the relocation of South Melbourne to Sydney in 1982) lead to the name VFL being unsuitable so the name was changed to AFL (Australian Football League) to better reflect the national reach of the competition. The first premiership overall (under the VFL name) was won by Essendon in 1897.
The first AFL (meaning Australian Football League) season was in 1990 and the premiership was won by Collingwood. Before the competition became national in 1990, states ran their own separate competitions: what became the AFL was previously, largely, the VFL - the Victorian Football League. The winning team of the very first VFL season, in 1897, was Essendon.