Has an AFL game ever ended 57-52?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 57-52 3 times. It first happened on April 26, 1958, when Collingwood beat Fitzroy, and most recently on September 8, 2020, when Carlton beat Sydney.
That makes 57-52 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 58-52 has happened 4 times and 57-53 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 37 years, between 1958 and 1995.