Editing 1978 in sports (section)

==[[Australian rules football]]==
'''[[Victorian Football League]]'''
* 1 July: [[Footscray Football Club|Footscray]] beat Carlton's nine year record for the highest VFL score when they kick 33.15 (213) to [[St Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]]’s 16.10 (106). [[Kelvin Templeton]] and [[Ian Dunstan]] amass 22 goals between them, equalling the 1931 record of [[Doug Strang]] and [[Jack Titus]] (who died that year).
* [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] wins the 82nd [[1978 VFL season|VFL Premiership]] (Hawthorn 18.13 (121) d [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] 15.13 (103))
* [[Brownlow Medal]] awarded to [[Malcolm Blight]] (North Melbourne)
'''[[South Australian National Football League]]'''
* 30 September: [[Norwood Football Club|Norwood]] 16.15 (111) pip [[Sturt Football Club|Sturt]] 14.26 (110) to win their twenty-fourth league premiership after the Double Blues had lost only one match all season.
* [[Magarey Medal]] awarded to [[Kym Hodgeman]] ([[Glenelg Football Club|Glenelg]])
'''[[Western Australian National Football League]]'''
* 23 September: [[East Perth Football Club|East Perth]] 11.15 (81) defeat [[Perth Football Club|Perth]] 12.7 (79) to win their fourteenth [[1978 WANFL season|WA(N)FL premiership]]
* [[Sandover Medal]] won by [[Phil Kelly (Australian footballer)|Phil Kelly]] (East Perth)