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1987 VFL Season
The 1987 VFL season was the 91st season of the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL). The season ran from 27 March until 26 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a 1987 VFL finals series, finals series featuring the top five clubs. The season saw the beginning of a decade-long period of expansion of the Victorian league to the rest of Australia, with the admission of two newly established clubs: the West Coast Eagles, based in Perth, Western Australia, and the Brisbane Bears, based in South East Queensland. While the league remained the highest level senior Australian rules football competition and administrative body in Victoria, it also became the ''de facto'' highest level senior competition in Australia, with representation across four states. In the pre-season, the first modern AFL draft, VFL draft was held. The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the 15th time, after it defeated by 33 point ...
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