1936 VFA season

Premiership

Ladder

Finals

Awards

• Lance Collins was the leading goalkicker for the season; he kicked 116 goals in the home-and-home season and did not participate in the finals.
• In the parallel Association best and fairest awards:
• *Bert Hyde and Peter Reville, both in their first season of Association football, jointly won the Recorder Cup, each polling five votes. Neville Huggins, S. Plumridge and Les White were equal third with four votes apiece.
• *The Association Medal was won by Neville Huggins, who polled 33 votes; Bert Hyde finished second with 32 votes, and Les White was third with 27 votes.
• Brunswick won the seconds premiership. Brunswick 11.11 defeated Coburg 10.12 in the Grand Final on Saturday 12 September at the Brunswick Cricket Ground.

  Notable events

• In the seconds match between Port Melbourne and Northcote on June 13, Port Melbourne vice-captain Robert Rowe suffered a fractured skull in a head clash with a Northcote opponent. He suffered meningitis as a result of the injury, and died eight days later.
• A charity game for the benefit of the sportsmen's ward at Prince Henry's Hospital was held on the evening of Thursday 24 September at Olympic Park between combined teams representing the Victorian Football League and the Victorian Football Association. The attendance was 2,000. The League 14.15 defeated the Association 10.10.