1983 VFL Grand Final with the Bombers winning the 1984 VFL Grand Final and 1985 VFL Grand Final. 1983 VFL Grand Final The 1983 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1983. It was the 87th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1983 VFL season. The match, attended by 110,332 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 83 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory. It was Essendon's first Grand
1929 VFL Grand Final 1929 VFL Grand Final The 1929 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1929. It was the 33rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1929 VFL season. The match, attended by 63,336 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 29 points, marking that club's eighth premiership victory and third in succession. Collingwood’s 1929 season was extremely successful. They won all 18 games of the home-and-away season,