The 1937 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1937. It was the 41st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1937 VFL season. The match, attended by a then record crowd of 88,540 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 32 points, marking that club's third premiership victory and first since winning the 1931 VFL Grand Final.
Geelong took out the minor premiership by finishing with 15 wins from 18 games. A 12 point win over Melbourne saw Geelong advance to the Grand Final against reigning premiers Collingwood. The Magpies raced to an early three goal lead before Geelong cut the deficit to five points at the main break. Scores were level at three quarter time before a six goal to one final term saw the Cats take the flag.
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| Geelong | |||
| B: | Bernie Hore | Reg Hickey (c) | Allan Everett |
| HB: | Jack Grant | Joe Sellwood | Tom Arklay |
| C: | Laurie Slack | Fred Hawking | Angie Muller |
| HF: | Jim Wills | Gordon Abbott | Clive Coles |
| F: | Jack Metherell | Les Hardiman | Jack Evans |
| Foll: | Peter Hardiman | George Dougherty | Tom Quinn |
| Reserve(s): | Geoff Mahon | ||
| Coach: | Reg Hickey | ||
| Collingwood | |||
| B: | Harold Rumney | Jack Regan | Bervyn Woods |
| HB: | Jack Ross | Marcus Boyall | Fred Froude |
| C: | George Carter | Marcus Whelan | Ron Dowling |
| HF: | Des Fothergill | Ron Todd | Vin Doherty |
| F: | Phonse Kyne | Gordon Coventry | Alby Pannam |
| Foll: | Albert Collier | Percy Bowyer | Harry Collier (c) |
| Reserve(s): | Len Murphy | ||
| Coach: | Jock McHale | ||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Geelong | 3.3 | 8.5 | 12.8 | 18.14 | 18.14 (122) |
| Collingwood | 6.3 | 8.10 | 11.14 | 12.18 | 12.18 (90) |
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