AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL
Brownlow Medallists
 
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Brownlow Medal Winners in the Menzies Era:

(The Brownlow Medal is awarded to the best and fairest player in the AFL season excluding Finals matches.)

1949 Ron Clegg (South Melbourne) Col Austen* (Hawthorn)
1950 Alan Ruthven (Fitzroy)
1951 Bernie Smith (Geelong)
1952 Roy Wright (Richmond) Bill Hutchison* (Essendon)
1953 Bill Hutchison (Essendon)
1954 Roy Wright (Richmond)
1955 Fred Goldsmith (South Melbourne)
1956 Peter Box (Footscray)
1957 Brian Gleeson (St Kilda)
1958 Neil Roberts (St Kilda)
1959 Bob Skilton (South Melbourne) Verdun Howell* (St Kilda)
1960 John Schultz (Footscray)
1961 John James (Carlton)
1962 Alistair Lord (Geelong)
1963 Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)
1964 Gordon Collis (Carlton)
1965 Ian Stewart (St Kilda) Noel Teasdale* (South Melbourne)
1966 Ian Stewart (St Kilda)
1967 Ross Smith (St Kilda)
1968 Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)
1969 Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)
1970 Peter Bedford (South Melbourne)
1971 Ian Stewart (Richmond)
1972 Len Thompson (Collingwood)

* Retrospective Brownlow Medals presented in 1989 to players who tied or were beaten on countbacks but who now qualify because of a rule change.

 

     

 

 

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