List of Brownlow Medal winners

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The Chas Brownlow Trophy — better known as the Brownlow Medal, is an individual award given to the player judged best and fairest in the Australian Football League during the regular season. Determined by votes cast by the officiating umpires after each game, it is considered the highest honour for individual players in the AFL. [1][2] The medal has been awarded every year since 1924, with the exception of an intermission from 1942-1945 for World War II.

Contents

Winners by Season

      Indicates that medal was awarded retrospectively
* = Denotes the player with the most votes was ineligible due to suspension.

Year Player Team Votes
2008 Adam Cooney Western Bulldogs 24
2007 Jimmy Bartel Geelong 29
2006 Adam Goodes Sydney 26
2005 Ben Cousins West Coast Eagles 20
2004 Chris Judd West Coast Eagles 30
2003 Mark Ricciuto Adelaide 22
Nathan Buckley Collingwood
Adam Goodes Sydney
2002 Simon Black Brisbane Lions 25
2001 Jason Akermanis Brisbane Lions 23
2000 Shane Woewodin Melbourne 24
1999 Shane Crawford Hawthorn 28
1998 Robert Harvey St Kilda 32
1997 Robert Harvey St Kilda 26*
1996 Michael Voss Brisbane Bears 21*
James Hird Essendon
1995 Paul Kelly Sydney 21
1994 Greg Williams Carlton 30
1993 Gavin Wanganeen Essendon 18
1992 Scott Wynd Footscray 20
1991 Jim Stynes Melbourne 25
1990 Tony Liberatore Footscray 18
1989 Paul Couch Geelong 22
1988 Gerard Healy Sydney 20
1987 Tony Lockett St Kilda 20
John Platten Hawthorn
1986 Robert DiPierdomenico Hawthorn 17
Greg Williams Sydney
1985 Brad Hardie Footscray 22
1984 Peter Moore Melbourne 24
1983 Ross Glendinning North Melbourne 24
1982 Brian Wilson Melbourne 23
1981 Bernie Quinlan Fitzroy 22
Barry Round South Melbourne
1980 Kelvin Templeton Footscray 23
1979 Peter Moore Collingwood 22
1978 Malcolm Blight North Melbourne 22
1977 Graham Teasdale South Melbourne 59
1976 Graham Moss Essendon 48
1975 Gary Dempsey Footscray 20
1974 Keith Greig North Melbourne 27
1973 Keith Greig North Melbourne 27
1972 Len Thompson Collingwood 25
1971 Ian Stewart Richmond 21
1970 Peter Bedford South Melbourne 25
1969 Kevin Murray Fitzroy 19
1968 Bob Skilton South Melbourne 24
1967 Ross Smith St Kilda 24
1966 Ian Stewart St Kilda 21
1965 Noel Teasdale North Melbourne 20
Ian Stewart St Kilda
1964 Gordon Collis Carlton 27
1963 Bob Skilton South Melbourne 20
1962 Alistair Lord Geelong 28
1961 John James Carlton 21
1960 John Schultz Footscray 20
1959 Verdun Howell St Kilda 20
Bob Skilton South Melbourne
1958 Neil Roberts St Kilda 20
1957 Brian Gleeson St Kilda 24
1956 Peter Box Footscray 22
1955 Fred Goldsmith
 South Melbourne 21
1954 Roy Wright Richmond 29
1953 Bill Hutchison
 Essendon 26
1952 Bill Hutchison Essendon 21
Roy Wright Richmond
1951 Bernie Smith Geelong 23
1950 Alan Ruthven Fitzroy 21
1949 Ron Clegg South Melbourne 23
Col Austen Hawthorn
1948 Bill Morris
 Richmond 24
1947 Bert Deacon
 Carlton 20
1946 Don Cordner
 Melbourne 20
1941 Norman Ware Footscray 23
1940 Des Fothergill
 Collingwood 32
Herbie Matthews South Melbourne
1939 Marcus Whelan
 Collingwood 23
1938 Dick Reynolds
 Essendon 18
1937 Dick Reynolds Essendon 27
1936 Denis Ryan
 Fitzroy 26
1935 Haydn Bunton, Sr.
 Fitzroy 24
1934 Dick Reynolds Essendon 19
1933 Wilfred Smallhorn Fitzroy 18
1932 Haydn Bunton, Sr. Fitzroy 23
1931 Haydn Bunton, Sr. Fitzroy 26
1930 Harry Collier Collingwood 4
Allan Hopkins Footscray
Stan Judkins Richmond
1929 Albert Collier Collingwood 6
1928 Ivor Warne-Smith Melbourne 8
1927 Syd Coventry Collingwood 7
1926 Ivor Warne-Smith Melbourne 9
1925 Colin Watson St Kilda 9
1924 Edward Greeves Geelong 7

The medal was not awarded between 1942 and 1945, due to World War II

Ineligible winners

Historically, players who are suspended at some time during the season by the AFL's disclipinary tribunal for serious on-field offences (for instance, striking, kicking or charging) were ineligible for the award. Although the system for determining ineligibility has changed, suspended players have tallied the highest number of votes for the award on two occasions.

Player Team Year
Corey McKernan North Melbourne 1996
Chris Grant Western Bulldogs 1997

Multiple Winners

The following have won the Brownlow Medal on more than one occasion.

Number Player Team Seasons
3
Haydn Bunton, Sr. Fitzroy 1931, 1932, 1935
Dick Reynolds Essendon 1934, 1937, 1938
Bob Skilton South Melbourne 1959, 1963, 1968
Ian Stewart St Kilda / Richmond 1965, 1966, 1971
2
Ivor Warne-Smith Melbourne 1926, 1928
Bill Hutchison Essendon 1952, 1953
Roy Wright Richmond 1952, 1954
Keith Greig North Melbourne 1973, 1974
Peter Moore Collingwood/Melbourne 1979, 1984
Greg Williams Sydney/Carlton 1986, 1994
Robert Harvey St Kilda 1997, 1998
Adam Goodes Sydney 2003, 2006

Voting systems

Main article: Brownlow Medal

Since 1924, the vote system for the Brownlow has changed three times.

1924-1930 One vote per game.
1931-1976, 1978-present Six votes per game: 3 votes, 2 votes, and 1 vote
1976-1977 Twelve votes per game: 3 votes, 2 votes, and 1 vote from the two field umpires
The lengths of the home and away season have also changed since 1924.
1924-1941, 1950-1967 18 games
1946-1949 19
1968-1969, 1993 20 games
1970-1992, 1994-present 22 games

From 1930 to 1980, a countback system was used to determine the winner in the event of a tie. Under this system, the winner was the player with the most three-vote games.[2] In 1980, the countback system was removed and all players who had tied were awarded the medal retrospectively.[2] In the event of a tie in the current system, the players are considered joint winners. [2]

Notes

  1. ^ Sean Miller. "What makes the Brownlow so special?". Premier Media Group. Retrieved on 15 November 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d "Brownlow Medal - AFL Brownlow Medal". Australian Football League. Retrieved on 15 November 2008.


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