AFL Grandfinal Poster 1954-2021 - 2nd Edition

GRAND FINAL AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

POSTERS

2ND EDITION

THE GRAND FINAL POSTER ART OF WILLIAM ELLIS GREEN (WEG) & MARK KNIGHT

1954-2021

Artist: William Ellis Green

Artist: Mark Knight

FOR THE LOVE OF FOOTY. This book pays tribute to two artists - William Ellis Green (WEG) & Mark Knight - and their unique contribution to the history and tradition of Australian Rules Football.

In the 1954 VFL season, Green began drawing premiership posters of the winning teams of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Grand Final for the Weekend Herald. By 1966, Green’s posters had become so popular that The Herald started producing and selling them after the grand final. The posters, generally featuring a caricature of the winning club’s mascot smiling gleefully, continued to sell around 100,000 copies each year. The tradition continued after Green’s death, with Herald Sun cartoonist Mark Knight taking over as the illustrator of the posters from 2009. The artists would be produce two versions of the posters, representing both teams. Many of the ‘losing’posters can be found in this book.

Although the series started in 1954, Green produced posters for all the grand finals back to 1897 to satisfy collectors. The family of the late cartoonist release a grand final poster every year in his memory from artwork supply by Green before he died. He told family that he wanted his posters to go on after he was gone. His private company, Weg Art, supplies the posters each year - www.wegart.com.au

The images in this book have been scrounged from websites throughout the Internet. Some images are of higher quality than others! If you have better quality images, or have images of those ‘losing’ grand final posters, I’d be more than happy to hear from you!

There is no intent to profit from this book. I have produced this ‘book’ simply because I could not locate a decent catalogue of these posters anywhere. If you are ‘reading’ this book then I suspect, like me, you have a love of these posters and the incredible talent of each of the artists. They may bring back wonderful memories of those last days in September. And I suspect I am not alone in wishing that someone would publish a full-colour coffee table edition.

Chris - grandfinalposterbook@gmail.com

1954

Footscray 15.12 (102) defeated Melbourne 7.9 (51)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1955

Melbourne 8.16 (64) defeated Collingwood 5.6 (36)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1956

Melbourne 8.16 (64) defeated Collingwood 5.6 (36)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1957

Melbourne 17.14 (116) defeated Essendon 7.13 (55)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1958

Collingwood 12.10 (82) defeated Melbourne 9.10 (64)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1959

Melbourne 17.13 (115) defeated Essendon 11.12 (78)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1960

Melbourne 8.14 (62) defeated Collingwood 2.2 (14)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1961

Hawthorn 13.16 (94) defeated Footscray 7.9 (51)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1962

Essendon 13.12 (90) defeated Carlton 8.10 (58)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1963

Geelong 15.19 (109) defeated Hawthorn 8.12 (60)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1964

Melbourne 8.16 (64) defeated Collingwood 8.12 (60)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1965

Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated St Kilda 9.16 (70)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1966

St Kilda 10.14 (74) defeated Collingwood 10.13 (73)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1967

Richmond 16.18 (114) defeated Geelong 15.15 (105)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1968

Carlton 7.14 (56) defeated Essendon 8.5 (53)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1969

Richmond 12.13 (85) defeated Carlton 8.12 (60)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1970

Carlton 17.9 (111) defeated Collingwood 14.17 (101)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1971

Hawthorn 12.10 (82) defeated St Kilda 11.9 (75)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1972

Carlton 28.9 (177) defeated Richmond 22.18 (150)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1973

Richmond 16.20 (116) defeated Carlton 12.14 (86)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1974

Richmond 18.20 (128) defeated North Melbourne 13.9 (87)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1975

North Melbourne 19.8 (122) defeated Hawthorn 9.13 (67)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1976

Hawthorn 13.22 (100) defeated North Melbourne 10.10 (70)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1977 Artist: William Ellis Green

North Melbourne 21.25 (151) defeated Collingwood 19.10 (124) Collingwood 10.16 (76) drew North Melbourne 9.22 (76)

1978

Hawthorn 18.13 (121) defeated North Melbourne 15.13 (103)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1979

Carlton 11.16 (82) defeated Colingwood 11.11 (77)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1980

Richmond 23.21 (159) defeated Collingwood 9.24 (78)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1981

Carlton 12.20 (92) defeated Collingwood 10.12 (72)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1982

Carlton 14.19 (103) defeated Richmond 12.13 (85)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1983

Hawthorn 20.20 (140) defeated Essendon 8.9 (57)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1984 Artist: William Ellis Green

Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated Hawthorn 12.9 (81)

1985

Essendon 26.14 (170) defeated Hawthorn 14.8 (92)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1986

Hawthorn 16.14 (110) defeated Carlton 9.14 (68)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1987

Carlton 15.14 (104) defeated Hawthorn 9.17 (71)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1988

Hawthorn 22.20 (152) defeated Melbourne 6.20 (56)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1989

Hawthorn 21.18 (144) defeated Geelong 21.12 (138)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1990

Collingwood 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 5.11 (41)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1991

Hawthorn 20.19 (139) defeated West Coast 13.8 (86)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1992

West Coast Eagles 16.17 (113) defeated Geelong 12.13 (85)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1993

Essendon 20.13 (133) defeated Carlton 13.11 (89)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1994

West Coast Eagles 20.23 (143) defeated Geelong 8.15 (63)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1995

Carlton 21.15 (141) defeated Geelong 11.14 (80)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1996

North Melbourne 19.17 (131) defeated Sydney 13.10 (88)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1997

Adelaide 19.11 (125) defeated St Kilda 13.16 (94)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1998

Adelaide 15.15 (105) defeated North Melbourne 8.22 (70)

Artist: William Ellis Green

1999

North Melbourne 19.10 (124) defeated Carlton 12.17 (89)

Artist: William Ellis Green

2000

Essendon 19.21 (135) defeated Melbourne 11.9 (75)

Artist: William Ellis Green

2001

Brisbane Lions 15.18 (108) defeated Essendon 12.10 (82)

Artist: William Ellis Green

2002

Brisbane Lions 10.15 (75) defeated Collingwood 9.12 (66)

Artist: William Ellis Green

2003

Brisbane Lions 20.14 (134) defeated Collingwood 12.12 (84)

Artist: William Ellis Green

2004

Port Adelaide 17.11 (113) defeated Brisbane Lions 10.13 (73)

Artist: William Ellis Green

2005

Sydney 8.10 (58) defeated West Coast 7.12 (54)

Artist: William Ellis Green

2006

West Coast 12.13 (85) defeated Sydney 12.12 (84)

Artist: William Ellis Green

2007

Geelong 24.19 (163) defeated Port Adelaide 6.8 (44)

Artist: William Ellis Green

2008

Hawthorn 18.7 (115) defeated Geelong 11.23 (89)

Artist: William Ellis Green

2009

Geelong 12.8 (80) defeated St Kilda 10.8 (68)

Artist: Mark Knight

2010 Artist: Mark Knight

Collingwood 16.12 (108) defeated St Kilda 7.10 (52) Collingwood 9.14 (68) drew with St Kilda 10.8 (68)

2011

Geelong 18.11 (119) defeated Collingwood 12.9 (81)

Artist: Mark Knight

2012

Sydney Swans 14.7 (91) defeated Hawthorn 11.15 (81)

Artist: Mark Knight

2013

Hawthorn 11.11 (77) defeated Fremantle 8.14 (62)

Artist: Mark Knight

2014

Hawthorn 21.11 (137) defeated Sydney 11.8 (74)

Artist: Mark Knight

2015

Hawthorn 16.11 (107) defeated West Coast 8.13 (61)

Artist: Mark Knight

2016

Western Bulldogs 13.11 (89) defeated Sydney Swans 10.7 (67)

Artist: Mark Knight

2017

Richmond 16.12 (108) defeated Adelaide 8.12 (60)

Artist: Mark Knight

2018

West Coast 11.13 (79) defeated Collingwood 11.8 (74)

Artist: Mark Knight

2019

Richmond 17.12 (114) defeated GWS Giants 3.7 (25)

Artist: Mark Knight

2020

Richmond 12.9 (81) defeated Geelong 7.8 (50)

Artist: Mark Knight

2021

Melbourne 21.14 (140) defeated Western Bulldogs 10.6 (66)

Artist: Mark Knight