The 1939 TANFL season was the 58th season of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in southern Tasmania.
won the TSL premiership for the 13th time and the second year in a row, defeating Cananore by 22 points in the final.
Ladder + Team Qualification 1 (P) 15 12 3 0 60 Finals series 2 Cananore 15 8 7 0 36 3 Lefroy 15 6 9 0 28 4 New Town 15 4 11 0 20
Finals From 1929 until 1941, the TANFL home-and-away season featured three rounds played for 4 premiership points per win, and two rounds played for 6 premiership points per win. A three-team system with challenge was then played, with the initial 1–3 positions based on premiership points, and the right of challenge going only to the team with the strictly best home-and-away season win-loss record.
Semi-final
Grand final
Awards Eric Zschech (Lefroy) won the George Watt memorial medal as the TANFL's best and fairest player. It was Zschech's second league best and fairest award, having first won it in 1936. Jack Metherell () was the TANFL's leading goalkicker, finishing the home-and-away season with 59 goals. won the Tasmanian State Premiership for the sixth time, defeating City (NTFA) on 23 September 1939 at North Hobart Oval, before an attendance of 5,800. North Hobart 13.13 (91) defeated City 12.13 (85)
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