1981 VFL season
| 1981 VFL Premiership season | |
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| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers |
Carlton (13th premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
Carlton (15th minor premiership) |
| Night series |
Essendon (1st Night series win) |
| Matches played | 138 |
| Attendance | 3,830,231 (27,755 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 112,964 |
| Coleman Medallist | Michael Roach (Richmond) |
| Brownlow Medallist | Barry Round (South Melbourne) |
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The 1981 Victorian Football League season was the 85th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Essendon defeated Carlton 9.11 (65) to 6.5 (41) in the Final.
Carlton defeated Collingwood 12.20 (92) to 10.12 (72), in front of a crowd of 112,964 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
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