1959 SANFL season

The 1959 South Australian National Football League season was the 80th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1959 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Port Adelaide 20th premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 28th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Len Fitzgerald Sturt
Ken Farmer Medallist	Wally Dittmar Port Adelaide (74 goals)
Attendance
Matches played	76
Total attendance	863,466 (11,361 per match)
Highest	48,884 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. West Adelaide)
← 1958 1960 →

By winning the 1959 SANFL Grand Final, Port Adelaide set the Australian record of six consecutive Grand Final victories in a top level state competition when it defeated West Adelaide by 10 points.

Ladder

1959 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide (P)	18	17	1	0	1935	1213	61.47	34
2	West Adelaide	18	12	6	0	1864	1335	58.27	24
3	Sturt	18	10	8	0	1798	1663	51.95	20
4	Glenelg	18	10	8	0	1709	1738	49.58	20
5	West Torrens	18	9	9	0	1528	1525	50.05	18
6	Norwood	18	7	11	0	1552	1717	47.48	14
7	North Adelaide	18	4	14	0	1340	1783	42.91	8
8	South Adelaide	18	3	15	0	1217	1969	38.20	6

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

Finals Series

Grand Final

Main article: 1959 SANFL Grand Final

	1959 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 3 October (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	def.	West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 48,884)	[2]
	5.1 (31) 9.5 (59) 11.8 (74) 13.9 (87)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.5 (11) 3.5 (23) 7.9 (51) 11.11 (77)