1926 VFL season
| 1926 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
Melbourne 1926 VFL premiership team | |
| Overview | |
| Date | 1 May—9 October 1926 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Melbourne 2nd premiership |
| Runners-up | Collingwood 9th runners-up result |
| Minor premiers | Collingwood 8th minor premiership |
| Brownlow Medallist | Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne) 9 votes |
| Leading goalkicker medallist | Gordon Coventry (Collingwood) 78 goals |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 112 |
| Total attendance | 1,966,841 (17,561 per match) |
| Highest (H&A) | 32,475 (round 15, Melbourne v Collingwood) |
| Highest (finals) | 59,632 (grand final, Collingwood v Melbourne) |
The 1926 VFL season was the 30th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs and ran from 1 May to 9 October, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
Melbourne won the premiership, defeating Collingwood by 57 points in the 1926 VFL grand final; it was Melbourne's second VFL premiership. Collingwood won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 15–3 win–loss record. Melbourne's Ivor Warne-Smith won the Brownlow Medal as the league's best and fairest player, and Collingwood's Gordon Coventry won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.