1997 Brownlow Medal
Award
1997 Brownlow Medal | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | Robert Harvey (St Kilda) 26 votes | |||
Television/radio coverage | ||||
Network | Seven Network | |||
|
The 1997 Brownlow Medal was the 70th 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] Robert Harvey of the St Kilda Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-six votes during the 1997 AFL season.[2] Despite polling more votes than Harvey, Chris Grant of the Western Bulldogs was ineligible due to suspension.
Leading vote-getters
Player | Votes | |
---|---|---|
Chris Grant (Western Bulldogs)* | 27 | |
1st | Robert Harvey (St Kilda) | 26 |
=2nd | Peter Matera (West Coast) | 21 |
Paul Kelly (Sydney) | ||
=4th | Nathan Burke (St Kilda) | 18 |
Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide) | ||
6th | Brad Sholl (Geelong) | 16 |
=7th | Andrew Wills (Fremantle) | 15 |
Craig Bradley (Carlton) | ||
=9th | Paul Salmon (Hawthorn) | 13 |
Nathan Buckley (Collingwood) | ||
Darren Jarman (Adelaide)* | 13 | |
Dale Lewis (Sydney)* |
* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.
References
- ^ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2009). AFL Record Season Guide 2009. Docklands, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-9805162-6-5.
- ^ "1997 Brownlow Medal". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- v
- t
- e
- Ansett Australia Cup
- Premiership season
- Finals series
- Grand Final
- AFL Players Association awards
- All-Australian team
- Brownlow Medal
- Coleman Medal
- Goal of the Year
- Leigh Matthews Trophy
- Mark of the Year
- Michael Tuck Medal
- Norm Smith Medal
- Rising Star
- Adelaide
- Brisbane Lions
- Carlton
- Collingwood
- Essendon
- Fremantle
- Geelong
- Hawthorn
- Melbourne
- North Melbourne
- Port Adelaide
- Richmond
- St Kilda
- Sydney
- West Coast
- Western Bulldogs
![]() | This Australian rules football-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e