1999 Brownlow Medal

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1999 Brownlow Medal
LocationSydney, Australia
Winner Shane Crawford (Hawthorn)
28 votes
Television/radio coverage
Network Seven Network
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The 1999 Brownlow Medal was the 72nd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. [1] Shane Crawford of the Hawthorn Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-eight votes during the 1999 AFL season. [2]

The count was notable in that it was the first time since the award's inception in 1924 that it was held outside Melbourne. [3] [4]

Leading vote-getters

PlayerVotes
1st Shane Crawford (Hawthorn)28
2nd Mark Mercuri (Essendon)22
=3rd Matthew Allan (Carlton)20
Nathan Buckley (Collingwood)
5th Wayne Schwass (Sydney)19
6th Craig Bradley (Carlton)18
7th Matthew Richardson (Richmond)16
=8th Adrian Fletcher (Fremantle)15
Ben Cousins (West Coast)
10th Scott West (Western Bulldogs)14

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