1993 Brownlow Medal

1993 Brownlow Medal
Winner Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon)
18 votes
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Network Seven Network

The 1993 Brownlow Medal was the 66th 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] Gavin Wanganeen of the Essendon Football Club won the medal by polling eighteen votes during the 1993 AFL season.[2] Wanganeen was the first Aboriginal player to win the Brownlow Medal in the history of the award and at age 20, he was the youngest winner since Denis Ryan in 1936.[3]

Leading votegetters

Player Votes
1st Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon) 18
2nd Greg Williams (Carlton) 17
Garry Hocking (Geelong)* 17
=3rd Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn) 16
Wayne Carey (North Melbourne)
=5th Leon Cameron (Footscray) 14
Nathan Buckley (Brisbane Bears)
Wayne Schwass (North Melbourne)* 14
7th Matthew Knights (Richmond) 13
Gary Ablett (Geelong)* 13
=8th Robert Harvey (St Kilda) 12
Damian Monkhorst (Collingwood)
Jim Stynes (Melbourne)
Scott Wynd (Footscray)

* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.

References

  1. Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record Season Guide 2009. Docklands, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-9805162-6-5.
  2. "1993 Brownlow Medal". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. Greg Hobbs (25 September 1993), "Brownlow Fever", Football Record (Advance ed.), vol. 82 no. 26, pp. 6–7
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