The 1957 South Australian National Football League season was the 78th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1957 SANFL season
Teams8
PremiersPort Adelaide
18th premiership
Minor premiersPort Adelaide
27th minor premiership
Magarey MedallistRon Benton
West Adelaide
Jim Deane
South Adelaide
Ken Farmer MedallistPeter Phipps
West Adelaide (90 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played76
Total attendance849,369 (11,176 per match)
Highest58,924 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Norwood)
← 1956
1958 →

Ladder

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1957 SANFL Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Port Adelaide (P) 18 15 2 1 2152 1267 62.94 31
2 West Adelaide 18 12 6 0 1790 1506 54.31 24
3 West Torrens 18 11 6 1 1517 1474 50.72 23
4 Norwood 18 11 7 0 1681 1628 50.80 22
5 Sturt 18 8 10 0 1576 1652 48.82 16
6 North Adelaide 18 6 12 0 1355 1523 47.08 12
7 Glenelg 18 6 12 0 1421 1744 44.90 12
8 South Adelaide 18 2 16 0 1335 2033 39.64 4
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

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Grand Final

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1957 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 28 September (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide def. Norwood Adelaide Oval (crowd: 58,924) Report
2.5 (17)
7.8 (50)
10.12 (72)
15.15 (105)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
4.5 (29)
9.9 (63)
11.12 (78)
13.16 (94)

References

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  1. ^ "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1957". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.