1929 VFL season

The 1929 VFL season was the 33rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 27 April until 28 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

1929 VFL premiership season
Brownlow Medal winner Albert Collier
Teams12
PremiersCollingwood
8th premiership
Minor premiersCollingwood
11th minor premiership
Brownlow MedallistAlbert Collier (Collingwood)
Leading Goalkicker MedallistGordon Coventry (Collingwood)
Matches played112
Highest63,336

The premiership was won by the Collingwood Football Club for the eighth time and third time consecutively. Collingwood became the first and only club to record an undefeated home-and-away season in the league's history, with an 18–0 record; and although it lost its semi-final, it won the premiership by defeating Richmond by 29 points in the 1929 VFL Grand Final.

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