Awards
- The 1951 VFL Premiership team was Geelong.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was George Goninon of Geelong with 86 goals (including the finals series).
- John Coleman of Essendon kicked 75 goals in the home-and-away season and did not play in the final series — thus, if there had been such a thing as a Coleman Medal in 1951, he would have won it.
- The winner of the 1951 Brownlow Medal was Bernie Smith of Geelong with 23 votes.
- Melbourne took the "wooden spoon" in 1951.
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