1971 SANFL season | |
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Teams | 10 |
Premiers | North Adelaide 10th premiership |
Minor premiers | North Adelaide 10th minor premiership |
Magarey Medallist | Russell Ebert Port Adelaide |
Ken Farmer Medallist | Fred Phillis Glenelg (99 Goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 109 |
Total attendance | 1,023,433 (9,389 per match) |
Highest | 52,228 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide) |
The 1971 South Australian National Football League season was the 92nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
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1 | North Adelaide (P) | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2076 | 1645 | 55.79 | 34 | |||
2 | Port Adelaide | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2197 | 1594 | 57.95 | 32 | |||
3 | Sturt | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2080 | 1401 | 59.75 | 30 | |||
4 | Central District | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2151 | 1920 | 52.84 | 24 | |||
5 | Norwood | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2047 | 1962 | 51.06 | 20 | |||
6 | Glenelg | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2132 | 2030 | 51.23 | 18 | |||
7 | West Torrens | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1525 | 1767 | 46.32 | 16 | |||
8 | West Adelaide | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1698 | 2016 | 45.72 | 12 | |||
9 | South Adelaide | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1615 | 2078 | 43.73 | 12 | |||
10 | Woodville | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1596 | 2704 | 37.12 | 12 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | [1] |
1971 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 25 September (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide | def. | Port Adelaide | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 52,228) | [2] |
4.6 (30) 6.11 (47) 9.18 (72) 10.19 (79) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 0.1 (1) 0.3 (3) 2.4 (16) 9.5 (59) | |||
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