1980 VFL season
The 1980 Victorian Football League season was the 84th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Night Series
North Melbourne defeated Collingwood 8.9 (57) to 7.12 (54) in the Final.
Premiership season
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Ladder
Finals
Qualifying & Elimination Finals
Semi finals
Preliminary Final
Grand final
Richmond defeated Collingwood 23.21 (159) to 9.24 (78), in front of a crowd of 113,461 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
Awards
The leading goal kicker was Michael Roach of Richmond with 112 goals
The Brownlow Medal was won by Footscray's Kelvin Templeton
The Richmond Football Club set a record that, as yet, has not been beaten: the club's three full-forwards each kicked more than 100 goals in the 1980 season.
- The full-forward of its Senior team, Michael Roach, kicked 112 goals.
- The full-forward of its Reserve team, Mark Jackson, kicked 131 goals (a record for the Reserve competition).
- The full-forward of its Under-19 team, Peter Lane, kicked 116 goals.