Has an AFL game ever ended 69-52?
It has. 69-52 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Essendon beat St Kilda on May 9, 1914; the latest was Hawthorn beat Essendon on June 9, 1962.
That makes 69-52 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 70-52 has happened 3 times and 69-53 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 48 years, between 1914 and 1962.