1996

==Key events==
*Centenary Year of the VFL/AFL
*A once off Lightning Premiersip competition was played before the season, won by Essendon.
*The merger of Brisbane and Fitzroy
*Team of the Century announced
*The lights fail at Waverley Park during a game between Essendon and St.Kilda
*The VFA changed it's name to the VFL
*North Ballarat and Traralgon joined the VFL
*Campbelltown move from the Sydney FL to the ACTAFL
*North Brisbane folded in the QAFL
*The SAFA merged with the SA Amateur FL
*The Bass Valley Wonthaggi FL, the Tungamah FL and the Monaro AFL folded
*The Yorke Valley FL changed it's name to the Yorke Peninsula FL
*The Northern Amateur FL changed it's name to the Northern Tasmanian FA
*The Southern Amateur FL changed it's name to the Southern Tasmanian FL
==Deaths==
None
==Premiers==
*AFL: North Melbourne
*VFL: Springvale
*SANFL: Port Adelaide
*WAFL: Claremont
*TFL: Clarence
*Sydney FL: Western Suburbs
*QAFL: West Brisbane
*NTFL: St.Marys
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