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1973 SANFL season

1973 SANFL season
Teams 10
Premiers AFL Richmond Icon.jpg Glenelg
(2nd premiership)
Minor premiers AFL Richmond Icon.jpg Glenelg
(2nd minor premiership)
Matches played 111
Attendance 1,131,287 (10,192 per match)
Highest attendance 56,525 (Grand Final, Glenelg vs. North Adelaide)
Ken Farmer Medallist Sturt Football Club design.png Ken Whelan
Sturt (107 Goals)
Magarey Medallist North Adelaide design.jpg Barrie Robran
North Adelaide
1972
1974

Glenelg only lost one game all season, to North Adelaide in Round 7.

Glenelg narrowly won the Grand Final against North Adelaide, 21-11 (137) to 19-16 (130). Graham Cornes famously took a mark and goaled to put them one point ahead in the final minutes; and they scored one more goal after the final siren to win by 7 points. If was their first premiership in 39 years.



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