The 1960 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested Competition between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1960 in extremely wet conditions due to persistent rain during the previous week .

It was the 64th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League , staged to determine Deciding the premiers for the 1960 VFL season .

This was Melbourne 's seventh premiership appearance in successive seasons , having won all these contests except the 1954 VFL Grand Final and 1958 VFL Grand Final .

This was Melbourne 's seventh premiership appearance in successive seasons , having won all these contests except the 1954 VFL Grand Final and 1958 VFL Grand Final .

The 1969 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested Competition between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1969 .

It was the 73rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League , staged Hold to determine Deciding the premiers for the 1969 VFL season .

The game 's attendance of 119,165 represented the most spectators to have witnessed a premiership decider in VFL Grand Final history , breaking Removing the record of 116,828 spectators who witnessed the 1968 VFL Grand Final .

The game 's attendance of 119,165 represented the most spectators to have witnessed a premiership decider in VFL Grand Final history , breaking Removing the record of 116,828 spectators who witnessed the 1968 VFL Grand Final .

The record was subsequently broken Destroying again in the 1970 VFL Grand Final .

The 1898 VFL Grand Final Competition was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club , held Defending in Melbourne on 24 September 1898 .

The match Competition was played to determine the premiers for the 1898 VFL season .

The match Competition is recognised as the first VFL Grand Final , although the term `` Grand Final '' was not in wide use until 1931 .

The 1961 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested Competition between the Footscray Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club , held Placing at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 23 September 1961 .

It was the 65th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League , staged to determine the premiers for the 1961 VFL season .

Hawthorn , who were competing Competition in their inaugural VFL Grand Final despite being in the competition since 1925 , came Motion into the game as minor premiers and favourites .

It was a young Footscray side , with only two players coming Motion into the game with more than 80 VFL games behind them , although one of them was veteran Ted Whitten .

Hawthorn 's Brendan Edwards was playing Participation in his 100th VFL game and dominated Control in the centre .

It is also the first Process_start Grand Final in VFL/AFL history that did not include Cause_to_be_included any of the original eight clubs that formed Creating the VFL in 1897 ( Carlton , Collingwood , Essendon , Fitzroy , Geelong , Melbourne , St. Kilda , South Melbourne ) .