1952 VFL season
The 1952 VFL season was the 56th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 19 April until 27 September, and comprised a 19-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
| 1952 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Geelong 5th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Geelong 7th minor premiership |
| Brownlow Medallist | Bill Hutchison (Essendon) Roy Wright (Richmond) |
| Leading Goalkicker Medallist | John Coleman (Essendon) |
| Matches played | 118 |
| Highest | 82,890 |
The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club for the fifth time and second time consecutively. Geelong defeated Collingwood by 46 points in the 1952 VFL Grand Final, as part of a 23-game winning streak spanning the 1952 and 1953 seasons which stands as the longest in league history.
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