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| Date | Saturday, 25 September (2:10 pm) | |||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 52,228 | |||||||||||||||
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The 1971 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. North Adelaide beat Port Adelaide by 79 to 59. [1]
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| Date | Saturday, 25 September (2:10 pm) | |||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 52,228 | |||||||||||||||
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The 1971 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. North Adelaide beat Port Adelaide by 79 to 59. [1]
| B: | Geoff Paull (6) | Bob Hammond (29) | Peter Anderson (3) |
| HB: | David Burns (28) | Bohdan Jaworskyj (27) | Allan Howard (15) |
| C: | John Phillips (7) | Kym Lehmann (11) | Barry Stringer (9) |
| HF: | Terry Collins (17) | Barrie Robran (10) | Adrian Rebbeck (18) |
| F: | Mike Patterson (c) (25) | Neil Sachse (12) | Ken Francou (21) |
| Foll: | Garry Sporn (26) | Darryl Webb (19) | Terry von Bertouch (2) |
| Int: | Arch Wilkey (23) | Barry Hearl (14) | |
| Coach: | Mike Patterson | ||
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