1963 VFL Grand Final
The 1963 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 5 October 1963. It was the 67th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1963 VFL season. The match, attended by 101,209 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 49 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory and first since winning the 1952 VFL Grand Final.
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Date | 5 October 1963 | |||||||||||||||
Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
Attendance | 101,209 | |||||||||||||||
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Hawthorn were minor premiers as a result of their superior percentage, as both clubs had finished the home and away season with 13 wins and a draw. Geelong's premiership win was their last until 2007.
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Geelong
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Umpire - Jeff Crouch Scorecard
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