1945 SANFL season

The 1945 South Australian National Football League season was the 66th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1945 SANFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	West Torrens 3rd premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 21st minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Bob Quinn Port Adelaide (46 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	S Scott South Adelaide (64 Goals)
Matches played	72
Highest	47,500 (Grand Final, West Torrens vs. Port Adelaide)

Ladder

1945 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide	17	15	2	0	1769	1333	57.03	30
2	Norwood	17	11	6	0	1397	1291	51.97	22
3	West Torrens (P)	17	10	7	0	1602	1647	49.31	20
4	North Adelaide	17	9	8	0	1597	1590	50.11	18
5	Sturt	17	8	9	0	1780	1446	55.18	16
6	West Adelaide	17	7	10	0	1368	1658	45.21	14
7	Glenelg	17	5	12	0	1495	1784	45.59	10
8	South Adelaide	17	3	14	0	1450	1709	45.90	6

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Grand Final

Main article: 1945 SANFL Grand Final

	1945 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 29 September	West Torrens	def.	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 47,500)
	2.7 (19) 9.11 (65) 13.17 (95) 15.25 (115)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	8.3 (51) 9.7 (61) 13.11 (89) 15.12 (102)