1988 VFL season
The 1988 VFL season was the 92nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition and administrative body in Victoria, and by reason of it featuring clubs from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, the de facto highest level senior competition in Australia. The season featured fourteen clubs, ran from 2 April until 24 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.
| 1988 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 14 |
| Premiers | Hawthorn 7th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Hawthorn 6th minor premiership |
| pre-season cup | Hawthorn 1st pre-season cup win |
| Brownlow Medallist | Gerard Healy (Sydney) |
| Coleman Medallist | Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 160 |
| Total attendance | 3,528,878 (22,055 per match) |
| Highest | 93,754 (Grand Final, Hawthorn vs. Melbourne) |
The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the seventh time, after it defeated Melbourne by 96 points in the 1988 VFL Grand Final.
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