1939 Brownlow Medal

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1939 Brownlow Medal
Winner Marcus Whelan (Collingwood)
23 votes

The 1939 Brownlow Medal was the 16th 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] Marcus Whelan of the Collingwood Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-three votes during the 1939 VFL season. [2]

Leading votegetters

PlayerVotes
1st Marcus Whelan (Collingwood)23
2nd Harry Hickey (Footscray)20
3rd Dick Reynolds (Essendon)19
4th Jack Dyer (Richmond)17
5th Wilfred Smallhorn (Fitzroy)16
=6th Jock Cordner (North Melbourne)14
Syd Dyer (North Melbourne)
8th Herbie Matthews (South Melbourne)13
9th Stan Spinks (Hawthorn)12
=10th Alby Pannam (Collingwood)11
Hugh Torney (Essendon)
Jim Cleary (South Melbourne)
Jack Mueller (Melbourne)*11

*The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the VFL Tribunal during the year.

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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 1975 Brownlow Medal was the 48th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Gary Dempsey of the Footscray Football Club won the medal by polling twenty votes during the 1975 VFL season.

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The 1971 Brownlow Medal was the 44th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Ian Stewart of the Richmond Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-one votes during the 1971 VFL season.

The 1972 Brownlow Medal was the 45th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Len Thompson of the Collingwood Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-five votes during the 1972 VFL season.

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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. "1939 Brownlow Medal". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 November 2016.