Mulrooney Medal

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The Mulrooney Medal is an Australian rules football award for the best and fairest player in the AFL Canberra first-grade competition. It has been the premier individual award for Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory since 1936. [1] From 2011 to 2013, the medal was awarded to the best and fairest player in the Eastern Conference of the North East Australian Football League. [2]

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It was named after football administrator John L. Mulrooney, for his contribution to Australian rules football in Canberra. [3]

Winners

YearPlayerVotesRef
2023Guy Richardson Ainslie 21 [4]
2023Thomas Simpson Belconnen 21 [5]
2022Luke Wharton Belconnen 20
2021Will Griggs Queanbeyan 17 [6]
2020Angus Baker Eastlake 14
2019Beau Walker Belconnen 15 [7]
2018Kel Evans Queanbeyan 15 [8]
2017Beau Walker Belconnen 18 [9]
2016James Bennett Belconnen 20 [10]
2015Isaac Taylor Belconnen 21 [11]
2013James Bennett Belconnen 21 [12]
2012Shane Harris Belconnen 16 [13]
2011 Daniel Currie Sydney Swans Reserves 16 [14]
Jarred Moore Sydney Swans Reserves 16 [14]
2010Mitch Daniher Queanbeyan 17 [15]
2009Mitch Daniher Queanbeyan 13 [16]
Chad Gibson Eastlake 13 [16]
Craig Healey Tuggeranong 13 [16]
2008Ryan Lewis Ainslie 19 [17]
2007 Jarred Moore Sydney Swans Reserves 23 [3]
2006 David Spriggs Sydney Swans Reserves 23 [3]
2005Jared Ilett Belconnen 21 [18]
2004Nathan McDonald Wagga Tigers 22 [19]
2003Steve Hazelman Belconnen 17 [20]
Luke Jess Tuggeranong 17 [21]
2002Daniel Jacques Wagga Tigers [19]
2001Steve Mahar Belconnen [20]
2000Guy Cannon Eastlake [22]
1999Shane Clarke Belconnen [20]
1998Stafford Cooper Tuggeranong 20 [21]
1997Steve Vizy Queanbeyan [23]
1996Steve Wilson Eastlake [22]
1995Steve Wilson Southern District 12 [24]
1994 Michael Kennedy Queanbeyan 17 [25]
1993John Garnaut Southern District 16 [26]
1992Marcus Sheridan Weston Creek 15 [27]
1991Brent Smith Belconnen 12 [28]
1990Steve Cornish Queanbeyan 13 [29]
Glen Dickerson* Eastlake 13 [29]
Andrew Mills* Manuka Weston 13 [29]
Michael Swan Manuka Weston 13 [29]
Tony Wynd Queanbeyan 13 [29]
1989Tony Wynd Queanbeyan 13 [30]
1988Tony Wynd Queanbeyan 18 [31]
1987Shane Fitzsimmons Manuka Weston 18 [32]
1986Peter Hamilton Ainslie 21 [33]
1985 Simon Overland Eastlake 29 [34]
1984 Geoff Hocking Belconnen 30 [35]
1983Tony Wynd Queanbeyan 27 [36]
1982 Greg Nichols Ainslie 39 [37]
1981 Keith Miller Eastlake 39 [38]
1980John Miller Ainslie 27 [39]
1979 Keith Miller Eastlake 42 [40]
1978Greg Eaves West Canberra 43 [41]
1977Edney Blackaby Manuka 23 [42]
1976 Mike Demaine West Canberra 17 [43]
1975Robert White Belconnen 26 [44]
1974Peter Phillipou Eastlake 15 [45]
1973Ralph Rendell Ainslie 20 [46]
1972Rob Wilson ANU 16 [47]
Paul Macdonald* Eastlake 16 [47]
1971Bill Vaughan Manuka 21 [48]
1970Bill Whittakers ANU 17 [49]
1969Russ de Goldi Acton 17 [50]
1968 Paul Feltham Eastlake 17 [51]
1967 Neil Lewthwaite Acton 17 [52]
1966Bill Drake Ainslie 19 [53]
1965 Glen Bow Manuka [54]
1964Keith Mitchell Turner 27 [55]
1963Bob Shearer Eastlake 21 [56]
1962Michael Codd Manuka 18 [57]
1961Col Monger Acton 16 [58]
1960Jim Wilson Acton 17 [59]
1959Barry Griffiths Acton 25 [60]
1958John Moody Royal Military College 29 [61]
1957John Moody Royal Military College 31 [62]
1956Barry Browning Ainslie 20 [63]
1955Barry Browning Ainslie 15 [64]
1954Roy Watterston Queanbeyan/Acton 17 [65]
1953Roy Watterston Queanbeyan/Acton 18 [66]
1952John Gleeson Turner 17 [67]
1951Ern Hurtig Eastlake 13 [68]
Barry McCabe Ainslie 13 [68]
1950Brendan Cain Ainslie 14 [69]
Percy Eagles Manuka 14 [69]
Keith Schow Queanbeyan 14 [69]
1949Jim Brophy Manuka [70]
1948Harold Maddigan Turner 18 [71]
1947 Mervyn Lee Acton 25 [72]
1946 Alan Stevens Ainslie 23 [73]
1945 Fred Green Navy [74]
1944–-
1943–-
1942–-
1941 Jack Furniss Fairbairn [75]
1940Robert Bloomfield Ainslie [76]
1939Alan Ware Manuka [77]
1938Jack Dorman* Manuka 13 [78]
Tom Kelly Queanbeyan 13 [78]
Merv Strang* Queanbeyan 13 [78]
1937Phil Barrett Manuka [79]
1936Dick Roe Ainslie 16 [80]
Roy Seton Acton 16 [80]

*Retrospectively awarded

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