1929 Brownlow Medal

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1929 Brownlow Medal
Winner Albert Collier (Collingwood)
6 votes
  1928  · Brownlow Medal ·  1930  

The 1929 Brownlow Medal was the sixth year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. [1] Albert Collier of the Collingwood Football Club won the medal by polling six votes during the 1929 VFL season. [2]

A new provision was introduced to suspend Brownlow Medal voting during rounds when the state team was active to avoid disadvantaging the players selected in the team. This provision was not repeated in future years. [3]

Leading votegetters

PlayerVotes
1st Albert Collier (Collingwood)6
=2nd Allan Hopkins (Footscray)4
Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne)
Arthur Batchelor (Fitzroy)
=5th Jack Titus (Richmond)3
Harold Matthews (St Kilda)
Jack Collins (Geelong)
Arthur Ludlow (St Kilda)
Ernest Utting (Hawthorn)
Reg Hickey (Geelong)
Bob Makeham (Collingwood)
Harry Vallence (Carlton)
Charlie Cameron (North Melbourne)

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The 2000 Brownlow Medal was the 73rd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. Shane Woewodin of the Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-four votes during the 2000 AFL season.

The 1986 Brownlow Medal was the 59th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Robert DiPierdomenico of the Hawthorn Football Club and Greg Williams of the Sydney Swans both won the medal by polling seventeen votes during the 1986 VFL season.

The 1985 Brownlow Medal was the 58th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Brad Hardie of the Footscray Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-two votes during the 1985 VFL season.

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The 1976 Brownlow Medal was the 49th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Graham Moss of the Essendon Football Club won the medal by polling forty-eight votes during the 1976 VFL season. The count was the first of two occasions in which the two field umpires independently voted for the best players on the ground under the 3-2-1 system. This meant that the winner of the Brownlow had a higher number of votes than usual. From 1978 onwards, the field umpires conferred after each game and awarded a single set of votes, rather than voting independently.

The 1981 Brownlow Medal was the 54th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Bernie Quinlan of the Fitzroy Football Club and Barry Round of the South Melbourne Football Club both won the medal by polling twenty-two votes during the 1981 VFL season.

The 1984 Brownlow Medal was the 57th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Peter Moore of the Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-four votes during the 1984 VFL season.

The 1982 Brownlow Medal was the 55th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Brian Wilson of the Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-three votes during the 1982 VFL season.

The 1928 Brownlow Medal was the fifth year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Ivor Warne-Smith of the Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling eight votes during the 1928 VFL season; having previously won the 1926 Brownlow Medal, Warne-Smith became the league's first dual Brownlow Medallist.

The 1931 Brownlow Medal was the eighth year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Haydn Bunton of the Fitzroy Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-six votes during the 1931 VFL season.

The 1940 Brownlow Medal was the 17th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Des Fothergill of the Collingwood Football Club and Herbie Matthews of the South Melbourne Football Club both won the medal by polling thirty-two votes during the 1940 VFL season.

The 1959 Brownlow Medal was the 32nd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Bob Skilton of the South Melbourne Football Club and Verdun Howell of the St Kilda Football Club both won the medal by polling twenty votes during the 1959 VFL season.

References

  1. Lovett, Michael, ed. (2009). AFL Record Season Guide 2009. Docklands, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 496. ISBN   978-0-9805162-6-5.
  2. "1929 Brownlow Medal" . Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. "Football - Brownlow Medallist". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. 5 September 1929. p. 5.