1956 SANFL season

The 1956 South Australian National Football League season was the 77th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1956 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Port Adelaide 17th premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 26th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Dave Boyd Port Adelaide
Ken Farmer Medallist	Rex Johns Port Adelaide (70 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	76
Total attendance	765,727 (10,075 per match)
Highest	45,514 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. West Adelaide)
← 1955 1957 →

Ladder

1956 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide (P)	18	17	1	0	1700	911	65.11	34
2	West Adelaide	18	12	5	1	1458	1124	56.47	25
3	North Adelaide	18	10	8	0	1330	1176	53.07	20
4	Norwood	18	10	8	0	1373	1407	49.39	20
5	West Torrens	18	6	11	1	1322	1365	49.20	13
6	Glenelg	18	6	11	1	1279	1612	44.24	13
7	South Adelaide	18	6	12	0	1244	1566	44.27	12
8	Sturt	18	3	14	1	1152	1697	40.44	7

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

Finals Series

Grand Final

	1956 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 29 September (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	def.	West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 45,514)	Report
	3.2 (20) 4.5 (29) 8.8 (56) 12.9 (81)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.5 (11) 4.8 (32) 5.9 (39) 9.11 (65)