The 1960 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested 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 63rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1960 VFL season. The match, attended despite the conditions by 97,457 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 48 points, marking that club's 11th premiership victory.
| 1960 VFL Grand Final |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
| MEL |
4.3 (27) |
5.5 (35) |
7.12 (54) |
8.14 (62) |
| COL |
0.0 (0) |
1.0 (6) |
2.0 (12) |
2.2 (14) |
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| Date | 24 September 1960 |
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| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
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| Attendance | 97,457 |
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Collingwood's score stands as the lowest it has kicked since round 6, 1900,[1] and its sixth-lowest ever. Their four scoring shots is the second-lowest by any team since round 12, 1908 (the lowest being Fitzroy in round 5, 1953). Even the two goals the Magpies did score were regarded as very lucky. One was from a long kick that just made the distance, and the other was after an easy mark by Melbourne full back Tassie Johnson was dropped in the goal square.[2]
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.
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Melbourne:
- F Adams 2
- B Johnson 2
- H Mann 2
- A Rowarth 1
- G Tunbridge 1
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Collingwood:
- R Gabelich 1
- J Henderson 1
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- AFL Tables: 1960 Grand Final
- The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
