1985 VFL season

1985 VFL Premiership season
Teams	12
Premiers	Essendon (14th premiership)
Minor premiers	Essendon (12th minor premiership)
Night series	Hawthorn (2nd Night series win)
Matches played	138
Attendance	3,113,173 (22,559 per match)
Highest attendance	100,042
Coleman Medallist	Simon Beasley (Footscray)
Brownlow Medallist	Brad Hardie (Footscray)
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The 1985 Victorian Football League season was the 89th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. This season commenced in March 1985 and concluded on 28 September 1985 with Essendon winning their second consecutive Premiership in a third consecutive Grand Final against Hawthorn.

Hawthorn defeated Essendon 11.11 (77) to 10.8 (68) in the Final.

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