1966 SANFL season

1966 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Sturt 6th premiership
Minor premiers	Sturt 5th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Ron Kneebone Norwood
Ken Farmer Medallist	Eric Freeman Port Adelaide (81 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	104
Total attendance	1,017,191 (9,781 per match)
Highest	59,417 (Grand Final, Sturt vs. Port Adelaide)
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The 1966 South Australian National Football League season was the 87th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

1966 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Sturt (P)	20	18	2	0	2247	1443	60.89	36
2	Port Adelaide	20	14	6	0	1813	1267	58.86	28
3	South Adelaide	20	14	6	0	1966	1382	58.72	28
4	North Adelaide	20	13	7	0	1595	1579	50.25	26
5	West Torrens	20	10	9	1	1707	1572	52.06	21
6	West Adelaide	20	10	10	0	1628	1710	48.77	20
7	Norwood	20	9	11	0	1629	1792	47.62	18
8	Woodville	20	4	15	1	1393	1958	41.57	9
9	Central District	20	4	16	0	1325	1870	41.47	8
10	Glenelg	20	3	17	0	1340	2070	39.30	6

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

Grand Final

Main article: 1966 SANFL Grand Final

	1966 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 1 October (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	def. by	Sturt	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 59,417)	[2]
	3.2 (20) 5.2 (32) 7.7 (49) 8.8 (56)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.2 (20) 7.7 (49) 9.12 (66) 16.16 (112)

References

1. "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1966". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
2. "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1966". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2018.