1986 VFL grand final
| 1986 VFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 27 September 1986 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 101,861 | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | Hawthorn | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Cameron & Russo | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | Carlton | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | Punt Road | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | Olivia Newton-John | |||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Olivia Newton-John | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Gary Ayres (Hawthorn) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Allan Jeans | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Peter Landy Lou Richards Bob Skilton | |||||||||||||||
The 1986 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Carlton Football Club. The game was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne on 27 September 1986. It was the 90th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League (VFL), staged to determine the premiers for the 1986 VFL season. The match, attended by 101,861 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 42 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory.