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Did Gary Ablett Snr win a Brownlow Medal?
won the Cats’ best and fairest award, emulating a feat established by his father in his first season with the Cats back in 1984; he also won the Brownlow Medal in 2009 and 2013.
Has Gary Ablett Jr won a Brownlow?
During his first stint at Geelong, Ablett won two premierships, two Carji Greeves Medals, a Geelong leading goalkicker award and the 2009 Brownlow Medal. He is also a life member of the club and has been inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame.
Did Ted Whitten win a Brownlow?
In 1992, Whitten was awarded the Order of Australia medal for his services to Australian football. In 2009 The Australian nominated Whitten as one of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow medal.
Who has won the most Brownlow medals?
Ablett Jnr also received 122 votes from the umpires during his time at the Gold Coast Suns. His total career tally of 262 Brownlow Medal votes is the most by an individual player in the history of the award.
Who has won more than one Brownlow Medal?
They are Haydn Bunton (Fitzroy), Dick Reynolds (Essendon), Bob Skilton (South Melbourne) and Ian Stewart (St Kilda and Richmond). Another eight players have won two Brownlows….Brownlow Medallists: 1924 – Present.
| Year | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Player | Robert Harvey |
| Team | St Kilda |
| Votes | 32 |
| Recruited from | Seaford |
Has a Backman won a Brownlow?
Geelong’s Tom Stewart was the only backman inside the top 50 with eight votes. Scott Wynd was the last genuine ruckman to win the Brownlow Medal back in 1992, and since then the award has been overrun by midfielders.
How much is a Brownlow medal worth?
The value is estimated to be between $75,000 and $100,000. “I don’t think it gets much better than a Brownlow Medal,” auctioneer Charles Leski said. “You always wait for calls from people willing to sell Brownlow Medals, but they are tightly held and prized.
Where did Ted Whitten live?
Melbourne
Whitten grew up in the western suburbs of Braybrook and Footscray in Melbourne.
Who are the players who never won a Brownlow Medal?
Wayne Carey didn’t. Brad Hardie won a Brownlow. Leigh Matthews didn’t. And while the trio of Ablett-Carey-Matthews won 13 club best and fairests between them, the trio of Woewodin-Wynd-Hardie won just three.
Who was the first Geelong player to win the Brownlow Medal?
AS WELL as having a casually racist nickname, Carji Greeves is known for winning the first Brownlow ever and for having the Cats best and fairest named after him. Funnily enough though, Carji never won a Geelong best and fairest himself.
When did Jocka Todd win the Brownlow Medal?
In the year he won the Brownlow (1924), the Cats didn’t award a best and fairest and wouldn’t do so for another three seasons. The award was then snagged by Jocka Todd, before the founding father of this very website, Reg Hickey, won the first of his many awards in 1928.
How many club best and fairests did Ablett Carey win?
And while the trio of Ablett-Carey-Matthews won 13 club best and fairests between them, the trio of Woewodin-Wynd-Hardie won just three. Generally speaking, club best and fairests are a better indication of where a player stands in the “he wasn’t half bad” stakes.