1997 SANFL season

1997 SANFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	Norwood 27th premiership
Minor premiers	Norwood 16th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Brodie Atkinson Sturt (23 votes) Andrew Jarman Norwood (23 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Jim West Norwood (73 Goals)
Matches played	96
Highest	44,161 (Grand Final, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide)

The 1997 South Australian National Football League season was the 118th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

1997 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Norwood (P)	20	17	3	0	2110	1145	64.82	34
2	Port Adelaide	20	12	7	1	1667	1544	51.92	25
3	Central District	20	12	8	0	1957	1507	56.50	24
4	Sturt	20	11	7	2	1605	1563	50.66	24
5	North Adelaide	20	11	8	1	1718	1547	52.62	23
6	West Adelaide	20	8	11	1	1533	1640	48.31	17
7	Woodville-West Torrens	20	6	14	0	1491	1810	45.17	12
8	Glenelg	20	5	14	1	1391	2112	39.71	11
9	South Adelaide	20	4	14	2	1348	1952	40.85	10

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

Grand final

	1997 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday, 5 October (2:10 pm)	Norwood	def.	Port Adelaide	Football Park (crowd: 44,161)
	3.4 (22) 6.5 (41) 13.8 (86) 19.12 (126)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.2 (8) 3.3 (21) 4.7 (31) 7.11 (53)

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