1965 VFL season

The 1965 VFL season was the 69th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 17 April until 25 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

1965 VFL premiership season
Teams12
PremiersEssendon
12th premiership
Minor premiersSt Kilda
1st minor premiership
Consolation seriesNorth Melbourne
1st Consolation series win
Brownlow MedallistIan Stewart (St Kilda)
Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne)
Coleman MedallistJohn Peck (Hawthorn)
Matches played112
Highest104,846

The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the twelfth time, after it defeated St Kilda by 35 points in the 1965 VFL Grand Final.

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