1977 SANFL Grand Final

The 1977 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Glenelg Football Club, held at Football Park on Saturday 24 September 1977. It was the 79th annual Grand Final of the South Australian National Football League, staged to determine the premiers of the 1977 SANFL season. The match, attended by 56,717 spectators, was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 8 points, marking that club's twenty-fourth premiership victory.

1977 SANFL Grand Final
Official match program. Pictured top are Port Adelaide's John Cahill and Russell Ebert in discussion. Inset below is Glenelg coach John Nicholls.

Port Adelaide

Glenelg
17.11 (113) 16.9 (105)
1 2 3 4
PTA 4.3 (27) 9.7 (61) 13.9 (87) 17.11 (113)
GLE 5.2 (32) 8.3 (51) 12.6 (78) 16.9 (105)
DateSaturday, 24 September (2:10 pm)
StadiumFootball Park
Attendance56,717
UmpiresPeter Mead, Robin Bennet
Coin toss won byPort Adelaide
Kicked towardSouth End
Accolades
Best on GroundBrian Cunningham
Australian Football
Hall of Fame
John Nicholls (1996; Legend)
Russell Ebert (1996)
John Cahill (2002)
Peter Carey (2009)
Graham Cornes (2012)
Greg Phillips (2020)
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