Has an AFL game ever ended 60-59?
It has. 60-59 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Sydney beat Geelong on May 3, 1958; the latest was Sydney beat North Melbourne on April 11, 1970.
That makes 60-59 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 61-59 has happened 4 times and 60-60 has happened 1 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1950 and 1979.