Editing 1973 in sports (section)

==[[Australian rules football]]==
* [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]]
** [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] wins the 77th [[1973 VFL season|VFL Premiership]] defeating [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] 16.20 (116) to 12.14 (86) [[1973 VFL Grand Final|in the Grand Final]].
** [[Brownlow Medal]] awarded to [[Keith Greig]] ([[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]])
* [[South Australian National Football League]]:
** 1 September: [[South Adelaide Football Club|South Adelaide]] kick only 1.4 (10) against [[Sturt Football Club|Sturt]]'s 14.24 (108) in the rain at [[Unley Oval]], with the Panthers' sole goal being the first score of the match after five minutes. It was the lowest score in the SA(N)FL between 1914 and 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://australianfootball.com/seasons/lowest_scores/SANFL_107/400 |title=SANFL: Lowest Scores |access-date=30 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232147/http://australianfootball.com/seasons/lowest_scores/SANFL_107/400 |archive-date=30 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** 29 September: [[Glenelg Football Club|Glenelg]] 21.11 (137) defeat [[North Adelaide Football Club|North Adelaide]] 19.16 (130) for their second [[1973 SANFL season|SANFL premiership]] in what is often regarded as the great-ever SANFL Grand Final
* [[Western Australian National Football League]]
** 29 September: [[Subiaco Football Club|Subiaco]] break the longest premiership drought in WANFL history, beating [[West Perth Football Club|West Perth]] 10.12 (72) to 6.4 (40) for their first [[1973 WANFL season|premiership]] [[1924 WAFL season|since 1924]].