| Year: | 1901 |
| Competition: | VFL |
| Match Type: | Grand Final |
| Home: | |
| Home Abbr: | ESS |
| Away: | |
| Away Abbr: | COL |
| Home Qtr1: | 3.0 (18) |
| Home Qtr2: | 5.2 (32) |
| Home Qtr3: | 5.4 (34) |
| Home Qtr4: | 6.7 (43) |
| Away Qtr1: | 0.1 (1) |
| Away Qtr2: | 0.3 (3) |
| Away Qtr3: | 2.3 (15) |
| Away Qtr4: | 2.4 (16) |
| Home Score: | 6.7 (43) |
| Away Score: | 2.4 (16) |
| Date: | 7 September 1901 |
| Stadium: | Lake Oval |
| Attendance: | 30,000 |
| Hall Of Fame: | Albert Thurgood (1996) Charlie Pannam (1996) |
| Last: | 1900 |
| Next: | 1902 |
The 1901 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Lake Oval in Melbourne on 7 September 1901. It was the 4th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1901 VFL season. The match, attended by 30,031 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 27 points.
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