1968 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Carlton 9th premiership |
Minor premiers | Essendon 10th minor premiership |
Consolation series | Hawthorn 1st Consolation series win |
Brownlow Medallist | Bob Skilton (South Melbourne) |
Coleman Medallist | Peter Hudson (Hawthorn) |
Matches played | 124 |
Highest | 116,828 |
The 1968 VFL season was the 72nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 15 April until 28 September, and comprised a 20-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the ninth time, after it defeated Essendon by three points in the 1968 VFL Grand Final.