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=== 1950β1973: failure and success=== The 1950s were initially as uncompetitive for St Kilda as the prior decade. The club failed to make the finals for the first half of the decade, and won three wooden spoons over the period.<ref name=Fifties>{{cite web |title=1950-1959: Nobody will laugh at St Kilda |url=https://www.saints.com.au/club/history/history-by-decade/1950-1959 |website=saints.com.au |date=4 March 2020 |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> At the end of 1955, [[Alan Killigrew]] was appointed as the club's coach.<ref>{{cite news |title=Killigrew to coach St Kilda |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71700022?searchTerm=st%20kilda%20alan%20killigrew |access-date=24 October 2021 |work=Argus |date=7 October 1955}}</ref> As part of Killigrew's plan to reinvigorate the club, 17 players were removed from the club's list - one of the most substantial list turnovers in VFL history.<ref name=Fifties/> Between 1957 and 1959, St Kilda won three consecutive Brownlow Medals.<ref name=Fifties/> The 1959 winner, [[Verdun Howell]], tied with [[Bob Skilton]] in the Brownlow Medal count. At the time, Skilton was awarded the medal on count-back. The league later decided to award a Brownlow Medal to any player who was eligible to win who tied on the same number of votes as a winner who won on count-back β with Howell receiving the Brownlow retrospectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee: Verdun Howell |url=https://www.saints.com.au/news/317154/2016-australian-football-hall-of-fame-inductee-verdun-howell |website=saints.com.au |date=15 June 2016 |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brownlow History |url=https://www.afl.com.au/brownlow-medal/history |website=afl.com.au |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In 1958, St Kilda won the [[1958 Night Series Cup|Consolation Night Series competition]], a competition that was played between clubs that had failed to qualify for the premiership season finals series. St Kilda defeated Carlton 16.13 (109) to 15.11 (101).<ref name=Night>{{cite web |last1=Eastman |first1=David |title=1958 VFL Night Series Cup |url=https://www.hardballget.net/afl-npm-1958-vfl-night-series.html |website=Hard Ball Get |access-date=20 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In 1961, after finishing sixth in 1960, [[Allan Jeans]] was appointed coach. In his first season as coach, St Kilda qualified for the final four for the first time since 1939.<ref name=Sixties>{{cite web |title=1960-1969: Moorabbin and the Ultimate Glory |url=https://www.saints.com.au/club/history/history-by-decade/1960-1969 |website=saints.com.au |date=4 March 2020 |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The club lost to [[Footscray Football Club|Footscray]] in the first semi-final. The club qualified for finals again in [[1963 VFL season|1963]], but was eliminated in the semi-finals again.<ref name=Sixties/> In 1965, St Kilda finished the home and away season as minor premiers for the first time in the club's history. St Kilda defeated Collingwood in the second semi-final to progress into the grand final.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holmesby |first1=Russell |title=Rewind to 1965: The one-point thriller that snapped the September drought |url=https://www.saints.com.au/news/821233/team-selection-placeholder |website=saints.com.au |date=2 October 2020 |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The club finished second in the 1965 premiership season, being defeated by [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] in the [[1965 VFL Grand Final]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Essendon too strong for St Kilda in VFL final |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105863820?searchTerm=st%20kilda%20essendon%20grand%20final |access-date=24 October 2021 |work=Canberra Times |date=27 September 1965}}</ref> {| style="margin-right:4px; margin-top:8px; float:right; border:1px #000 solid; border-radius:8px; background:#fff; font-family:Verdana; font-size:8pt; text-align:center;" |- | width=200 | ''[[1966 VFL Grand Final]]'' || ''G'' || ''B'' || ''Total'' |- | style="text-align:left" | [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] || 10 || 13 || 73 |- | style="text-align:left" | St Kilda || '''10''' || '''14''' || '''74''' |- | Venue: [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] | colspan=3 | Crowd: 101,655<ref name=FinalsReview>{{cite web |last1=Devany |first1=John |title=Australian Football - Saints make their point - 1966 VFL Grand Final |url=https://australianfootball.com/articles/view/Saints+make+their+point+-+1966+VFL+Grand+Final/306 |website=australianfootball.com |access-date=24 October 2021}}</ref> |} Following their successful 1965 season, St Kilda qualified for finals in consecutive years for the first time since 1907β08.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Tables - St Kilda - Streaks |url=https://afltables.com/afl/teams/stkilda/streaks.html#21 |website=afltables.com |access-date=24 October 2021}}</ref> The club was defeated in the second semi-final by Collingwood - however, the club defeated Essendon in the preliminary final in to qualify for the [[1966 VFL Grand Final]].<ref name=FinalsReview/> St Kilda defeated Collingwood by a single point to win their first premiership in 68 seasons.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGarry |first1=Andrew |title=Which teams have had the longest wait for a VFL/AFL flag? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-24/longest-vfl-afl-premiership-droughts/100485040 |access-date=24 October 2021 |work=ABC News |date=24 September 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref> The following year, St Kilda failed to qualify for the finals series, finishing fifth.<ref>{{cite news |title=Richmond puts St Kilda out of four |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106972760?searchTerm=st%20kilda%20out%20of%20final |access-date=24 October 2021 |work=Canberra Times |date=21 August 1967}}</ref> Despite continued finals appearances in the early 1970s, St Kilda was unable to win a second premiership - being defeated by the eventual premiers in each finals series between 1970 and 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=1970-1979: The Rise and Fall |url=https://www.saints.com.au/club/history/history-by-decade/1970-1979 |website=saints.com.au |date=4 March 2020 |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> During this 4-year period, St Kilda qualified for the [[1971 VFL Grand Final]]. Despite leading by 20 points at the beginning of the last quarter, they were defeated by Hawthorn by 7 points.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rules Final To Hawthorn|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/250203774?searchTerm=hawthorn%20premiership |access-date=24 October 2021 |work=Papua New Guinea Post-Courier |date=27 September 1971}}</ref>
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