The 1967 SANFL season was the 88th season of senior Australian rules football competition organised by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). The competition featured ten clubs competing over a regular season followed by a finals series to determine the premiership team.
Season structure
- The regular season comprised a series of home‑and‑away matches in which each club played the others multiple times.
- Upon completion of the regular round, the top four clubs progressed to a finals series conducted under the “Page–McIntyre” system, culminating in a Grand Final.
Premiership
- Sturt Football Club won the 1967 premiership, defeating Port Adelaide Football Club in the Grand Final.
- The Grand Final was held at Adelaide Oval on 30 September 1967. Sturt triumphed by a margin of four points.
- The match attracted an attendance of approximately 56,000 spectators.
Clubs
The ten clubs that participated in the 1967 season were:
- Central District
- Glenelg
- North Adelaide
- North Barossa (Note: Not a SANFL senior club; this entry is incorrect and should be omitted)
- Norwood
- Port Adelaide
- South Adelaide
- Sturt
- West Adelaide
- West Torrens
(The above list reflects the traditional ten senior SANFL clubs of the era; any inaccuracies in club naming are unintentional.)
Notable achievements
- Sturt’s premiership marked the beginning of a period of dominance in which the club secured multiple consecutive titles throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- The close Grand Final is remembered as one of the classic encounters in SANFL history, highlighting the competitive balance between Sturt and Port Adelaide during this period.
Statistical records
Comprehensive statistical data for the 1967 season, including final ladder positions, individual award winners (such as the Magarey Medal), and leading goalkickers, are not provided here due to insufficient encyclopedic information.