1980 SANFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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Date | Saturday, 4 October (2:10 pm) | |||||||||||||||
Stadium | Football Park | |||||||||||||||
Attendance | 54,536 | |||||||||||||||
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The 1980 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. Port Adelaide beat Norwood by 81 to 63. [1]
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