1972 VFL season
The 1972 VFL season was the 76th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 1 April until 7 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs – an increase from the four clubs which had contested the finals in previous years.
| 1972 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Carlton 11th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Carlton 12th minor premiership |
| Brownlow Medallist | Len Thompson (Collingwood) |
| Coleman Medallist | Peter McKenna (Collingwood) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 139 |
| Total attendance | 3,526,848 (25,373 per match) |
| Highest | 112,393 |
The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the eleventh time, after it defeated Richmond by 27 points in the 1972 VFL Grand Final.
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