Charles Sutton Medal

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Charles Sutton Medal
Sport Australian rules football
Awarded forThe best and fairest player at the Western Bulldogs Football Club
Location Crown Palladium
Country Australia
Presented byWestern Bulldogs Football Club
History
First award1927
First winner Ivan McAlpine
Most wins Scott West (7 times)
Most recent Marcus Bontempelli (2024)
Scott West has won the award a record seven times. Scott west afl player.jpg
Scott West has won the award a record seven times.
Marcus Bontempelli has won the award six times and is the current holder of the award. Marcus Bontempelli 2018.1.jpg
Marcus Bontempelli has won the award six times and is the current holder of the award.

The Charles Sutton Medal is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged best and fairest for the Western Bulldogs throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League season. The medal is named after 1950 winner Charlie Sutton, who was the Bulldogs' 1954 premiership captain-coach. [1] There were many previous names for the medal, which was originally known as the McCarthy Trophy [2] from 1927 to 1939, named after Con McCarthy, who played a key part in getting the club entry into the Victorian Football League. It was also called the Con Weickhardt trophy (also known as the Con Curtain trophy) [2] from 1940 to 1954. It was named after the man who chaired the club for 4 years. [3] It was renamed to its current name in 1955. The inaugural winner for the award was Ivan McAlpine in 1927.

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The voting system as of the 2019 AFL season, consists of five members of the Western Bulldogs match committee awarding a score from zero to five for each player after every game. [4] The maximum score that can be obtained after one game is 25. Five players have won the award while also winning the Brownlow Medal, the best and fairest award for the Australian Football League. Those players were Norman Ware (1941), John Schultz (1960), Gary Dempsey (1975), Kelvin Templeton (1980) and Scott Wynd (1992). Scott West holds the record for most Charles Sutton Medals at the club, winning the accolade seven times in ten years; 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005. Gary Dempsey and Marcus Bontempelli are in second with a total of six. Dempsey also holds the record for most Charles Sutton Medals won consecutively, his streak running from 1973 to 1977, a total of five years.

Recipients

^Denotes current player
+Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
SeasonRecipient(s)Ref.
1927 Ivan McAlpine
1928 Alby Outen
1929 Bill Russ
1930 Ivan McAlpine (2)
1931 Allan Hopkins
1932 Ivan McAlpine (3)
1933 Alby Morrison
1934 Norman Ware
1935 George Bennett
1936 Alby Morrison (2)
1937 Norman Ware (2)
1938 Norman Ware (3)
1939 Harry Hickey
1940 Norman Ware (4)
1941 Arthur Olliver [5] [6]
Norman Ware + (5)
1942 Ted Ellis
1943 Allan Collins
1944 Arthur Olliver (2)
1945 Harry Hickey (2)
1946 Joe Ryan
1947 Joe Ryan (2)
1948 Harry Hickey (3)
1949 Wally Donald
1950 Charlie Sutton
1951 Jack Collins
1952 Jack Collins (2)
1953 Harvey Stevens [7]
1954 Ted Whitten
1955 Peter Box
1956 Don Ross
1957 Ted Whitten (2)
1958 Ted Whitten (3)
1959 Ted Whitten (4)
1960 John Schultz + [5]
1961 Ted Whitten (5) [8]
1962 John Schultz (2)
1963 Ray Walker
1964 John Schultz (3)
1965 John Schultz (4)
1966 John Schultz (5)
1967 John Jillard
1968 David Thorpe
1969 George Bisset
1970 Gary Dempsey
1971 David Thorpe (2)
1972 Peter Welsh
1973 Gary Dempsey (2)
1974 Gary Dempsey (3)
1975 Gary Dempsey + (4) [5]
1976 Gary Dempsey (5)
1977 Gary Dempsey (6)
1978 Kelvin Templeton [5]
1979 Ian Dunstan [9]
1980 Kelvin Templeton + (2)
1981 Ian Dunstan (2) [9]
1982 Ian Dunstan (3) [9]
1983 Brian Royal [10]
1984 Andrew Purser [10]
1985 Doug Hawkins [11]
1986 Brad Hardie [12]
1987 Tony McGuinness [10]
1988 Terry Wallace [13]
1989 Terry Wallace (2) [13]
1990 Peter Foster [14]
1991 Tony Liberatore [15]
1992 Scott Wynd + [5]
1993 Leon Cameron [16]
1994 Chris Grant [17]
1995 Scott West [18]
1996 Chris Grant (2) [17]
1997 Scott West (2) [18]
1998 Scott West (3) [18]
1999 Brad Johnson [19]
2000 Scott West (4) [18]
2001 Luke Darcy [20]
2002 Brad Johnson (2) [20]
2003 Scott West (5) [21]
2004 Scott West (6) [22]
2005 Scott West (7) [23]
2006 Brad Johnson (3) [19]
2007 Brian Lake [24]
2008 Daniel Cross [25]
2009 Matthew Boyd [26]
2010 Ryan Griffen [27]
2011 Matthew Boyd (2) [28]
2012 Matthew Boyd (3) [29]
2013 Ryan Griffen (2) [30]
2014 Tom Liberatore ^ [31]
2015 Easton Wood [32]
2016 Marcus Bontempelli ^ [33]
2017 Marcus Bontempelli ^ (2) [34]
2018 Lachie Hunter ^ [35]
2019 Marcus Bontempelli ^ (3) [9]
2020 Caleb Daniel ^ [36]
2021 Marcus Bontempelli ^ (4)
2022 Josh Dunkley ^
2023 Marcus Bontempelli ^ (5)
2024 Marcus Bontempelli ^ (6) [37]

Multiple winners

^Denotes current player
PlayerMedalsSeasons
Scott West 71995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005
Marcus Bontempelli ^62016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
Gary Dempsey 61970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
John Schultz 51960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966
Norman Ware 51934, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941
Ted Whitten 51954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961
Matthew Boyd 32009, 2011, 2012
Ian Dunstan 31979, 1981, 1982
Harry Hickey 31939, 1945, 1948
Brad Johnson 31999, 2002, 2006
Ivan McAlpine 31927, 1930, 1932
Jack Collins 21951, 1952
Chris Grant 21994, 1996
Ryan Griffen 22010, 2013
Alby Morrison 21933, 1936
Arthur Olliver 21941, 1944
Joe Ryan 21946, 1947
Kelvin Templeton 21978, 1980
David Thorpe 21968, 1971
Terry Wallace 21988, 1989

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