Has an AFL game ever ended 83-56?
It has. 83-56 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Melbourne on May 5, 1906; the latest was Essendon beat Collingwood on September 7, 1963.
That makes 83-56 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 84-56 has happened 4 times and 83-57 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 32 years, between 1931 and 1963.