The 1975 VFL season was the 79th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 5 April until 27 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.
The premiership was won by the North Melbourne Football Club, after it defeated by 55 points in the VFL Grand Final. It was North Melbourne's first premiership, making it the last of the league's twelve clubs to win a premiership.
Background
In 1975, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 22 rounds; matches 12 to 22 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 11 (except that rounds 14 and 15 were the reverse of 4 and 3 respectively).
Once the 22 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1975 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "McIntyre final five system".
Home-and-away season
Round 1
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.15 (105) | | 11.10 (76) | Princes Park | 14,417 | 5 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.14 (98) | | 15.13 (103) | Junction Oval | 14,442 | 5 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 21.10 (136) | | 9.13 (67) | Windy Hill | 19,165 | 5 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.19 (91) | | 8.7 (55) | Victoria Park | 19,000 | 5 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.9 (111) | | 15.10 (100) | MCG | 23,422 | 5 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.14 (62) | | 13.16 (94) | Kardinia Park | 22,573 | 5 April 1975
Round 2
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 27.10 (172) | | 10.19 (79) | Princes Park | 38,000 | 12 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.13 (103) | | 16.9 (105) | Arden Street Oval | 14,235 | 12 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.15 (81) | | 17.19 (121) | Moorabbin Oval | 18,465 | 12 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.22 (112) | | 10.12 (72) | MCG | 33,600 | 12 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.14 (116) | | 11.17 (83) | Western Oval | 17,700 | 12 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.12 (102) | | 19.17 (131) | Lake Oval | 17,466 | 12 April 1975
Round 3
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.21 (87) | | 9.17 (71) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,736 | 19 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.21 (117) | | 15.10 (100) | Windy Hill | 22,824 | 19 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.18 (102) | | 9.12 (66) | Princes Park | 23,824 | 19 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.12 (90) | | 14.14 (98) | Kardinia Park | 17,158 | 19 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.13 (85) | | 12.15 (87) | Junction Oval | 17,626 | 19 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.15 (87) | | 17.14 (116) | VFL Park | 39,496 | 19 April 1975
Round 4
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.8 (80) | | 18.25 (133) | MCG | 35,328 | 25 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.15 (87) | | 16.8 (104) | VFL Park | 77,770 | 25 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.13 (109) | | 4.19 (43) | Western Oval | 25,388 | 26 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.10 (112) | | 14.15 (99) | Victoria Park | 24,296 | 26 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.15 (69) | | 13.21 (99) | Lake Oval | 12,666 | 26 April 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.19 (85) | | 17.13 (115) | Arden Street Oval | 12,707 | 26 April 1975
Round 5
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.23 (137) | | 12.14 (86) | MCG | 25,296 | 3 May 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.22 (136) | | 11.15 (81) | Princes Park | 10,622 | 3 May 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.5 (71) | | 12.15 (87) | Kardinia Park | 17,042 | 3 May 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.11 (125) | | 16.17 (113) | Junction Oval | 20,350 | 3 May 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.16 (58) | | 12.19 (91) | Moorabbin Oval | 24,275 | 3 May 1975 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.9 (81) | | 9.16 (70) | VFL Park | 36,638 | 3 May 1975