The 1980 VFL season was the 84th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 29 March until 27 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.

The 1980 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1980. It was the 84th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1980 VFL season.

Not since the 1980 Grand Final have Richmond and Collingwood met in a final. Here's how that historic day unfolded.

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The Richmond Tigers of the Victorian Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 16 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties for 66 points finishing third in the VFL. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.

Name: 1980 VFL Season Team(s): 12 Round(s): 22 Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System Match(es): 138 Season Results Premiers: Richmond Runners-Up: Collingwood Minor Premiers: Geelong Brownlow Medallist(s): Kelvin Templeton (Footscray) Coleman Medallist(s): Michael Roach (Richmond) Norm Smith Medallist(s): Kevin Bartlett (Richmond)

The 1980 season was the Victorian Football League's 84th, and 12 teams competed in the league that year. Marker indicates city location, not venue address.

The 1980 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1980. It was the 84th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1980 VFL season.

The Richmond Football Club set a record that, as yet, has not been beaten: the club's three full-forwards each kicked more than 100 goals in the 1980 season. The full-forward of its Senior team, Michael Roach, kicked 112 goals. The full-forward of its Reserve team, Mark Jackson, kicked 131 goals (a record for the Reserve competition).

Q1: Q2: Q3: Q4: Score: Date / Result: Ground: Crowd: Carlton Reserves — — — 19.17: 131: Sat 31-May-1980 11:10 am: VFL Park: St. Kilda Reserves — — — 9.8 ...