1983 VFL grand final
| 1983 VFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 24 September 1983 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 110,332 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Nash & Smith | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Glenn Shorrock | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Colin Robertson (Hawthorn) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Allan Jeans | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Lou Richards (commentator) Peter Landy (commentator) Bob Skilton (expert commentator) Stephen Phillips (boundary reporter) | |||||||||||||||
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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. This VFL Grand Final was the first of seven consecutive VFL Grand Final appearances for Hawthorn, continuing all the way to 1989.