Brownlow Medal
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The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal, is awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cas
The first Brownlow Medal, awarded to Edward Greeves Jr. in 1924
Brownlow Medal votes are allocated by the game-controlling field umpires (pictured in yellow attire).
Jobe Watson was originally declared the winner of the 2012 Brownlow Medal by polling four more votes than runners up Trent Cotchin and Sam Mitchell; however, in November 2016, he was retrospectively deemed ineligible for the award due to his part in the Essendon Football Club supplements saga, and the title was given to Cotchin and Mitchell.
Crown Resorts, current home of the Brownlow Medal ceremony
Matt Rowell
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Matthew Rowell is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League. Rowell was recruited by Gold Coast with the first selection in the 2019
Brownlow Medal
…now common for multiple players to poll 30 votes in the same year, with four players doing so in 2021. The 2024 and 2025 counts saw Patrick Cripps and Matt Rowell win with 45 and 39 votes respectively – the highest two totals in history – with seasons which commentators considered worthy of the medal but well…
Rowell playing for Gold Coast in 2021