1997 VFL season

1997 VFL season
Date5 April – 21 September 1997
Teams11
PremiersSandringham
6th premiership
Runners-upFrankston
3rd runners-up result
Minor premiersFrankston
2nd minor premiership
J. J. Liston TrophyJustin Crough
(Sandringham)
Leading goalkickerShayne Smith
(Springvale – 107 goals)

The 1997 Victorian Football League season was the 116th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, after it defeated Frankston by 29 points in the Grand Final on 21 September.