Coach: Norm Smith
Captain: Ron Barassi
Finishing Position: 1st (Premiers)
Best and Fairest: Brian Dixon
Leading Goalkicker: Ian Ridley (38)
Best First Year Player: Ray Nilsson
Members: 4440
| Matches | Ladder | Playing List | Tribunal | Reserves | Under 19s |
The defending premiers had to cope with the loss of Don Williams (24), Athol Webb (24) and Dick Fenton-Smith (27), and Captain John Beckwith stood down after contemplating retirement. He remained deputy to new captain Ron Barassi.
The Thirds and Seconds were rebranded as Under 19s and Reserves respectively.
Melbourne finished Round 15 with one loss and were heavy premiership favourites, before losing their last three games. Fitzroy started the Semi Final as the form side, but were thrashed, and after the Len Smith led Lions lost the Preliminary Final, Collingwood would again be the Grand Final opposition. The Magpies were restricted to two goals, their lowest score since 1900, as Melbourne captured their 11th premiership.
Despite this latest success, trouble was stirring between Norm Smith and the committee. In his premiership address, Smith said, "This has not been my happiest year at Melbourne. Many people in this room have to put away their shotguns for another year. These critics are within the football club itself. There are too many people in the club who claim to know a great deal about football - more than anyone else - but they do nothing about it except criticise. Today I have given my answer". Smith concluded his speech by saying "Put those shotguns away. Hang them up on the wall".
An exhibition match was played against South Australian premier North Adelaide. Players didn't go on an end-of-season trip, conserving money for a proposed trip to New Zealand at the end of 1961.
Tassie Johnson, John Lord, Bryan Kenneally and Clyde Laidlaw were the Melbourne representatives in a long kicking competition held at that year's Royal Melbourne Show. Kenneally was the competition winner.
Melbourne's VFL delegates were Bert Chadwick and Richard Taylor, however Taylor was replaced by Jim Cardwell between 6 May and 19 August, and Chadwick by Tom Trumble between 19 August and 21 October.
Lord Mayor Bernard Evans was the club's patron.
Premiership season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | North Melbourne | WIN | 99-44 | ||
| 2 | St. Kilda | WIN | 72-48 | ||
| 3 | South Melbourne | WIN | 110-46 | ||
| 4 | Collingwood | LOSS | 19-55 | ||
| 5 | Hawthorn | WIN | 57-37 | ||
| 6 | Richmond | WIN | 124-32 | ||
| 7 | Essendon | WIN | 71-69 | ||
| 8 | Footscray | WIN | 75-44 | ||
| 9 | Fitzroy | WIN | 110-68 | ||
| 10 | Geelong | WIN | 83-41 | ||
| 11 | Carlton | WIN | 71-58 | ||
| 12 | North Melbourne | WIN | 103-73 | ||
| 13 | St. Kilda | WIN | 49-45 | ||
| 14 | South Melbourne | WIN | 109-70 | ||
| 15 | Collingwood | WIN | 111-65 | ||
| 16 | Hawthorn | LOSS | 67-76 | ||
| 17 | Richmond | LOSS | 60-68 | ||
| 18 | Essendon | LOSS | 65-78 | ||
| SF | Fitzroy | WIN | 102-40 | ||
| GF | Collingwood | WIN | 62-14 | ||
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P: | |
| Melbourne | 14 | 0 | 4 | 143.1 | 56 |
| Fitzroy | 14 | 0 | 4 | 112.5 | 56 |
| Essendon | 13 | 0 | 5 | 125.1 | 52 |
| Collingwood | 11 | 0 | 7 | 114.3 | 44 |
| Hawthorn | 11 | 0 | 7 | 104.9 | 44 |
| St. Kilda | 9 | 0 | 9 | 101.7 | 36 |
| Carlton | 8 | 1 | 9 | 99.0 | 34 |
| South Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 11 | 92.3 | 28 |
| Geelong | 6 | 1 | 11 | 95.5 | 26 |
| Footscray | 6 | 0 | 12 | 90.4 | 24 |
| North Melbourne | 5 | 0 | 13 | 80.3 | 20 |
| Richmond | 2 | 2 | 14 | 66.7 | 12 |
Exhibition match
| Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| North Adelaide | WIN | Unknown | |||
Playing list
| Number | Player | Games | Goals | ||
| 2 | Alan Rowarth | 15 | 22 | ||
| 4 | John Lord | 20 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Ian McLean | 4 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Frank Adams | 13 | 16 | ||
| 7 | Geoff Case | 19 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Tassie Johnson | 19 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Brian Dixon | 20 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Bob Turner | 5 | 5 | ||
| 11 | Laurie Mithen | 20 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Neil Crompton | 5 | 4 | ||
| 14 | Trevor Johnson | 18 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Bob Johnson | 16 | 30 | ||
| 20 | Graeme Pinfold | 7 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Brian Leahy | 12 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Bryan Kenneally | 17 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Geoff Tunbridge | 20 | 17 | ||
| 24 | Ian Ridley | 20 | 38 | ||
| 26 | Ian Thorogood | 15 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Denis Jones | 15 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Terry Gleeson | 15 | 3 | ||
| 29 | Hassa Mann | 20 | 22 | ||
| 30 | John Beckwith | 16 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Ron Barassi | 18 | 21 | ||
| 32 | George Milner | 5 | 1 | ||
| 34 | Len Mann | 6 | 1 | ||
| 35 | Clyde Laidlaw | 19 | 14 | ||
| 37 | Bernie Massey | 7 | 0 | ||
| 38 | Ray Nilsson | 13 | 19 | ||
| 45 | Peter Baker | 1 | 0 | ||
Best and Fairest
| Player | |||||
| 1st | Brian Dixon | ||||
| 2nd | Ian Ridley | ||||
| 3rd | John Beckwith | ||||
Awards
Most Improved - Bryan Kenneally
Outstanding Service - Ron Barassi, Tassie Johnson, Terry Gleeson, Laurie Mithen, John Lord, Geoff Tunbridge
Best Clubman - Alan Rowarth
Most Improved Player - Bryan Kenneally
Tribunal
| Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
| Practice Match | Terry Gleeson | Obscene language | 2 matches | ||
| Round 12 | Ron Barassi | Obscene Language | 1 match | ||
| Round 16 | Robert B Johnson | Obscene Language | 2 matches | ||
Reserves
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P: | |
| Geelong | 14 | 1 | 3 | 134.3 | 58 |
| Hawthorn | 14 | 0 | 4 | 142.2 | 56 |
| Collingwood | 14 | 0 | 4 | 136.8 | 56 |
| Footscray | 13 | 1 | 4 | 130.0 | 54 |
| Carlton | 11 | 0 | 7 | 100.0 | 44 |
| Essendon | 10 | 0 | 8 | 88.7 | 40 |
| St Kilda | 6 | 0 | 12 | 94.2 | 24 |
| Melbourne | 6 | 0 | 12 | 88.7 | 24 |
| Fitzroy | 5 | 0 | 13 | 83.9 | 20 |
| Richmond | 5 | 0 | 13 | 83.2 | 20 |
| South Melbourne | 5 | 0 | 13 | 73.2 | 20 |
| North Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 14 | 79.0 | 16 |
Best and Fairest - Len Mann
Second Best and Fairest - Bruce Leslie
Best First Year Player - Felix Strachov
Outstanding Service - Bernie Massey, Barry Sheppard
Under 19s
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P: | |
| Geelong | 13 | 0 | 3 | 131.8 | 52 |
| Collingwood | 12 | 0 | 4 | 154.5 | 48 |
| St Kilda | 11 | 0 | 5 | 115.2 | 44 |
| South Melbourne | 11 | 0 | 5 | 114.6 | 44 |
| Footscray | 10 | 0 | 6 | 120.0 | 40 |
| Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 9 | 96.6 | 28 |
| Essendon | 7 | 0 | 9 | 89.7 | 28 |
| Fitzroy | 6 | 0 | 10 | 91.4 | 24 |
| North Melbourne | 5 | 1 | 10 | 88.6 | 22 |
| Carlton | 4 | 1 | 11 | 78.5 | 18 |
| Hawthorn | 4 | 1 | 11 | 75.2 | 18 |
| Richmond | 4 | 1 | 11 | 74.4 | 18 |
Best and Fairest - John Leahy
Second Best and Fairest - Gavin Mooney
Outstanding service - Brian Weidlich, Reg Wicks, Ray Groom, Robert Anderson, Alec Ingwersen
Fourths
Best and Fairest - Herbie Matthews
Second Best and Fairest - Terry Johnston
Outstanding Service - Kevin Glass, George Carey
Media
Age - 29/09/1960, 27/09/1960