The 1945 Carlton Football Club season was the Carlton Football Club's 82nd season of competition, and 49th as a member of the Australian Football League. Carlton fielded teams in the senior and reserves grades of the 1982 VFL season. Under coach Percy Bentley, Carlton recovered from a middling 3–6 start to win thirteen of its last fourteen games, winning the premiership by defeating South Melbourne in the Grand Final. It was the 7th senior VFL premiership in the club's history.