1970 Brownlow Medal

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1970 Brownlow Medal
Winner Peter Bedford (South Melbourne)
25 votes
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Network Seven Network
  1969  · Brownlow Medal ·  1971  

The 1970 Brownlow Medal was the 43rd 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] Peter Bedford of the South Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-five votes during the 1970 VFL season. [2]

Leading votegetters

PlayerVotes
1st Peter Bedford (South Melbourne)25
2nd Gary Dempsey (Footscray)21
3rd Alex Jesaulenko (Carlton)20
4th Barry Cable (North Melbourne)19
=5th Barry Price (Collingwood)17
John McIntosh (St Kilda)
7th Francis Bourke (Richmond)16
8th Bill Goggin (Geelong)15
=9th Peter Hudson (Hawthorn)14
Daryl Griffiths (St Kilda)

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. "1970 Brownlow Medal". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 November 2016.