Tomkins Medal

The Tomkins Medal (officially called the H. W. Tomkins Memorial Medal) was an Australian rules football honour awarded from 1939 to 2008 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) under-19 competition, as judged by field umpires. It was named after Horace W. (Dick) Tomkins, past League administrator, League life member, junior football ambassador and Secretary of the West Torrens Football Club. ^{[1] [2]} From 1936 to 1938, the award was known as the O'Halloran Medal. ^[3]

Winners

O'Halloran Medal

Year	Name	Club
1936 [4]	Jack Butler	Norwood (1)
1937 [3]	Allan Telfer	North Adelaide (1)
1938 [5]	Des Crawley	Sturt (1)

Tomkins Medal

Year	Name	Club
1939 [5]	Des Crawley	Sturt (2)
1940 [3]	Reg Hogben	North Adelaide (2)
1941 [6]	Allan Crabb	Glenelg (1)
1942-1944	No Award
1945 [7]	Jim Deane	South Adelaide (1)
1946 [8]	Ken McGregor	West Adelaide (1)
1947 [9]	Ken McGregor	West Adelaide (2)
1948 [10]	Glyn Williams	West Adelaide (3)
1949 [11]	Ray Whitaker	Port Adelaide (1)
1950 [3]	Lloyd Weston	North Adelaide (3)
1951 [12]	Aldo Rosetto	West Adelaide (4)
1952 [13] [14]	Neville Hayes	Port Adelaide (2)
1953 [15]	Vincent Copley	Port Adelaide (3)
1954	M. Meredith	Port Adelaide (4)
1955	B. Carr	South Adelaide (2)
1956 [16]	Jeff Bray	West Adelaide (5)
1957 [3]	Barry Potts	North Adelaide (4)
1958 [5]	G. Green	Sturt (3)
1959 [17]	Bob Simunsen	Woodville (1)
1960	Chris Hunt	Glenelg (2)
1961 [3]	Graeme Farrell	North Adelaide (5)
1962 [4]	Jon Burton	Norwood (2)
1963 [4]	Jon Burton	Norwood (3)
1964 [4]	Brian Woodcock	Norwood (4)
1965	Peter Bitmead	West Adelaide (6)
1966	Owen Vick	West Torrens (1)
1967	Neil Worthley	Glenelg (3)
1968	Robert Hooper	West Adelaide (7)
1969 [3]	John Payne	North Adelaide (6)
1970 [18]	Kym Stoddart	Central District (1)
1971	John Crouch	Port Adelaide (5)
1972 [4]	Neil Craig	Norwood (5)
1973 [18]	Wilbur Wilson	Central District (2)
1974 [18]	Wayne Hughes	Central District (3)
1975	Steven Carr	West Torrens (2)
1976	Wayne Slattery	South Adelaide (3)
1977 [19]	Leon Grosser	West Adelaide (8)
1978 [18] [20]	Brenton Graham	Central District (4)
1979 [5]	Kim Klomp	Sturt (4)
1980 [21]	Duncan Fosdike	Norwood (6)
1981 [4]	Dean Renfrey	Norwood (7)
1982	Steve Goldsworthy	Norwood (8)
1983	Craig Dewhirst	South Adelaide (4)
1984 [5]	Gary Argus	Sturt (5)
1985	Jason Roe	Port Adelaide (6)
1986 [18]	Craig Griffiths	Central District (5)
1987 [5]	J. James	Sturt (6)
1988	Craig Vozzo	West Adelaide (9)
1989 [18]	Paul Hicks	Central District (6)
1990 [4]	Michael King	Norwood (9)
1991 [4]	Dale Betterman	Norwood (10)
1992	Adrian Rowett	Glenelg (4)
1993 tied	David Flesfader	Glenelg (5)
1993 tied	C. Voice	Port Adelaide (7)
1994	L. Bettis	South Adelaide (5)
1995 [4]	Damien King	Norwood (11)
1996 [4]	Dwayne Povey	Norwood (12)
1997	Adam O'Hara	Woodville-West Torrens (1)
1998 [18] [22]	Matthew Krieg	Central District (7)
1999	Greg Chapman	Woodville-West Torrens (2)
2000	B. Wilcox	Port Adelaide Magpies (1)
2001	Adam Merrett	Glenelg (6)
2002	Tom Chadwick	West Adelaide (10)
2003	Lee Saunders	South Adelaide (6)
2004	Bradley Hunter	South Adelaide (7)
2005 tied	Blake Wegener	West Adelaide (11)
2005 tied	Glenn Dundovic	West Adelaide (12)
2006	Samuel McDonald	West Adelaide (13)
2007 [23]	Kieran Flanigan	Sturt (7)
2008 [24]	Shane Harris	Woodville-West Torrens (3)

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