Trevor Barker Award

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St Kilda FC Trevor Barker Award

The Trevor Barker Award is an Australian rules football award for the player voted the St Kilda Football Club best and fairest player during the home and away season in the Australian Football League by a voting panel.

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The St Kilda Best & Fairest Award was first inaugurated in 1914. It was re-named the Trevor Barker Award in the 1990s in honour of St Kilda Hall of Fame Legend, Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee, club captain, dual best & fairest winner and reserves coach Trevor Barker, who died in 1996 aged 39.

Nick Riewoldt has won the most awards, notching up six wins between 2002 and 2014. [1]

The voting system, as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving players a ranking from one to four after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 20 votes for a game. [2]

The winning player receives a smaller replica of the main trophy each season, along with medals awarded for the players who finish in the top three. The awards name is also the name of the St Kilda Football Club's main player awards event, held at the conclusion of each season. The ceremony also includes the Robert Harvey Best Clubman Award, the Lenny Hayes Crest Player Award, the Best Emerging Player Award, and the publicly voted Sainter of the Year award.

Recipients

+Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
#Player won Coleman Medal in same season
*Player won AFL PA MVP in same season
^Player won Norm Smith Medal in same season
~Current player
SeasonRecipient(s)Ref.
1914 Wels Eicke
1915 Wels Eicke (2)
1916
1917
1918 Roy Cazaly
1919 Wels Eicke (3)
1920 Wally Cameron
1921 Bill Cubbins
1922 Barney Carr
1923 Bill Cubbins (2)
1924 Colin Watson
1925 Cyril Gambetta
1926 Horrie Mason
Harold Matthews
1927 Harold Matthews (2)
1928 Bill Cubbins (3)
1929 Bill Cubbins (4)
1930 Fred Phillips
1931 Harry Neill
1932 Bill Mohr
1933 Harry Comte
1934 Jack Davis
1935 Jack Davis (2)
1936 Bill Mohr # (2)
1937 Jack Davis (3)
1938 Stan Lloyd
1939 Roy Fountain
1940 Alan Killigrew
1941 Reg Garvin
1942 Ken Walker
1943 Ken Walker (2)
1944 Reg Garvin (2)
1945 Harold Bray
1946 Keith Rosewarne
1947 Harold Bray (2)
1948 Robert Hancock
1949 Jim Ross
1950 Bruce Phillips
1951 Jim Ross (2)
1952 Jim Ross (3)
1953 Keith Drinan
1954 Les Foote
1955 Neil Roberts
1956 Keith Drinan (2)
1957 Brian Gleeson +
1958 Neil Roberts + (2)
1959 Verdun Howell +
1960 Lance Oswald
1961 Lance Oswald (2)
1962 Darrel Baldock
1963 Darrel Baldock (2)
1964 Ian Stewart
1965 Darrel Baldock (3)
1966 Ian Stewart + (2)
1967 Ross Smith +
1968 Carl Ditterich
1969 Bob Murray
1970 Daryl Griffiths
1971 Ross Smith (2)
1972 Stuart Trott
1973 Kevin Neale
1974 Glenn Elliott
1975 Jeff Sarau
1976 Trevor Barker
1977 Jeff Sarau (2)
1978 Graeme Gellie
1979 Jeff Dunne
1980 Jeff Dunne (2)
1981 Trevor Barker (2)
1982 Peter Kiel
1983 Max Crow
1984 Greg Burns
1985 Paul Morwood
1986 Greg Burns (2)
1987 Tony Lockett +,#,*
1988 Danny Frawley
1989 Nicky Winmar
1990 Stewart Loewe
1991 Tony Lockett # (2)
1992 Robert Harvey
1993 Nathan Burke
1994 Robert Harvey (2)
1995 Nicky Winmar (2)
1996 Nathan Burke (2)
1997 Robert Harvey +,* (3)
1998 Robert Harvey + (4)
1999 Nathan Burke (3)
2000 Andrew Thompson [3]
2001 Peter Everitt [4]
2002 Nick Riewoldt [5]
2003 Lenny Hayes [6]
2004 Nick Riewoldt * (2) [7]
2005 Steven Baker [8]
Luke Ball
2006 Nick Riewoldt (3) [7]
2007 Nick Riewoldt (4) [9]
2008 Sam Fisher [10]
2009 Nick Riewoldt (5) [11]
2010 Lenny Hayes ^ (2) [12]
2011 Sam Fisher (2) [13]
2012 Lenny Hayes (3) [14]
2013 Jack Steven [15]
2014 Nick Riewoldt (6) [16]
2015 Jack Steven (2) [17]
2016 Jack Steven (3) [18]
2017 Sebastian Ross ~ [19]
2018 Jack Steven (4) [20]
2019 Sebastian Ross ~ (2) [21]
2020 Jack Steele ~ [22]
2021 Jack Steele ~ (2) [23]
2022 Jack Sinclair ~ [24]
2023 Jack Sinclair ~ (2)

Multiple winners

^Denotes current player
PlayerMedalsSeasons
Nick Riewoldt 62002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014
Bill Cubbins 41921, 1923, 1928, 1929
Robert Harvey 41992, 1994, 1997, 1998
Jack Steven 42013, 2015, 2016, 2018
Darrel Baldock 31962, 1963, 1965
Nathan Burke 31993, 1996, 1999
Jack Davis 31934, 1935, 1937
Wels Eicke 31914, 1915, 1919
Lenny Hayes 32003, 2010, 2012
Jim Ross 31949, 1951, 1952
Sebastian Ross ^22017, 2019
Jack Steele ^22020, 2021
Jack Sinclair ^22022, 2023

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