Mulrooney Medal

The Mulrooney Medal is an Australian rules football award for the best and fairest player in the AFL Canberra first-grade competition. It has been the premier individual award for Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory since 1936.[1] From 2011 to 2013, the medal was awarded to the best and fairest player in the Eastern Conference of the North East Australian Football League.[2]

It was named after football administrator John L. Mulrooney, for his contribution to Australian rules football in Canberra.[3]

Winners

Year Player Votes Ref
2015 Isaac Taylor Belconnen 21 [4]
2013 James Bennett Belconnen 21 [5]
2012 Shane Harris Belconnen 16 [6]
2011 Dan Currie Sydney Swans Reserves 16 [7]
Jarred Moore Sydney Swans Reserves 16 [7]
2010 Mitch Daniher Queanbeyan 17 [8]
2009 Mitch Daniher Queanbeyan 13 [9]
Chad Gibson Eastlake 13 [9]
Craig Healey Tuggeranong 13 [9]
2008 Ryan Lewis Ainslie 19 [10]
2007 Jarred Moore Sydney Swans Reserves 23 [3]
2006 David Spriggs Sydney Swans Reserves 23 [3]
2005 Jared Ilett Belconnen 21 [11]
2004 Nathan McDonald Wagga Tigers 22 [12]
2003 Steve Hazelman Belconnen 17 [13]
Luke Jess Tuggeranong 17 [14]
2002 Daniel Jacques Wagga Tigers [12]
2001 Steve Mahar Belconnen [13]
2000 Guy Cannon Eastlake [15]
1999 Shane Clarke Belconnen [13]
1998 Stafford Cooper Tuggeranong [14]
1997 Steve Vizy Queanbeyan [16]
1996 Steve Wilson Eastlake [15]
1995 Steve Wilson Southern District 12 [17]
1994 Michael Kennedy Queanbeyan 17 [18]
1993 John Garnaut Southern District 16 [19]
1992 Marcus Sheridan Weston Creek 15 [20]
1991 Brent Smith Belconnen 12 [21]
1990 Steve Cornish Queanbeyan 13 [22]
Glen Dickerson* Eastlake 13 [22]
Andrew Mills* Manuka Weston 13 [22]
Michael Swan Manuka Weston 13 [22]
Tony Wynd Queanbeyan 13 [22]
1989 Tony Wynd Queanbeyan 13 [23]
1988 Tony Wynd Queanbeyan 18 [24]
1987 Shane Fitzsimmons Manuka Weston 18 [25]
1986 Peter Hamilton Ainslie 21 [26]
1985 Simon Overland Eastlake 29 [27]
1984 Geoff Hocking Belconnen 30 [28]
1983 Tony Wynd Queanbeyan 27 [29]
1982 Greg Nichols Ainslie 39 [30]
1981 Keith Miller Eastlake 39 [31]
1980 John Miller Ainslie 27 [32]
1979 Keith Miller Eastlake 42 [33]
1978 Greg Eaves West Canberra 43 [34]
1977 Edney Blackaby Manuka 23 [35]
1976 Mike Demaine West Canberra 17 [36]
1975 Robert White Belconnen 26 [37]
1974 Peter Phillipou Eastlake 15 [38]
1973 Ralph Rendell Ainslie 20 [39]
1972 Rob Wilson ANU 16 [40]
Paul Macdonald* Eastlake 16 [40]
1971 Bill Vaughan Manuka 21 [41]
1970 Bill Whittakers ANU 17 [42]
1969 Russ de Goldi Acton 17 [43]
1968 Paul Feltham Eastlake 17 [44]
1967 Neil Lewthwaite Acton 17 [45]
1966 Bill Drake Ainslie 19 [46]
1965 Glen Bow Manuka [47]
1964 Keith Mitchell Turner 27 [48]
1963 Bob Shearer Eastlake 21 [49]
1962 Michael Codd Manuka 18 [50]
1961 Col Monger Acton 16 [51]
1960 Jim Wilson Acton 17 [52]
1959 Barry Griffiths Acton 25 [53]
1958 John Moody Royal Military College 29 [54]
1957 John Moody Royal Military College 31 [55]
1956 Barry Browning Ainslie 20 [56]
1955 Barry Browning Ainslie 15 [57]
1954 Roy Watterston Queanbeyan/Acton 17 [58]
1953 Roy Watterston Queanbeyan/Acton 18 [59]
1952 John Gleeson Turner 17 [60]
1951 Ern Hurtig Eastlake 13 [61]
Barry McCabe Ainslie 13 [61]
1950 Brendan Cain Ainslie 14 [62]
Percy Eagles Manuka 14 [62]
Keith Schow Queanbeyan 14 [62]
1949 Jim Brophy Manuka [63]
1948 Harold Maddigan Turner 18 [64]
1947 Mervyn Lee Acton 25 [65]
1946 Alan Stevens Ainslie 23 [66]
1945 Fred Green Navy [67]
1944 – -
1943 – -
1942 – -
1941 Jack Furniss Fairbairn [68]
1940 Robert Bloomfield Ainslie [69]
1939 Alan Ware Manuka [70]
1938 Jack Dorman* Manuka 13 [71]
Tom Kelly Queanbeyan 13 [71]
Merv Strang* Queanbeyan 13 [71]
1937 Phil Barrett Manuka [72]
1936 Dick Roe Ainslie 16 [73]
Roy Seton Acton 16 [73]

*Retrospectively awarded

References

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  2. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (19 December 2014). "Six teams in revamped AFL Canberra first-grade competition". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
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