Coleman Medal
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The Coleman Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually to the Australian Football League (AFL) player who kicks the most goals in the home-and-away season. It is named after Essendon full-forward John Coleman, one of the most prolific goalkickers in the league's history, who was league leading goalkicker for five consecutive seasons.
Charlie Curnow, 2022 and 2023 recipient
Percy Martini was retrospectively awarded a Leading Goalkicker Medal for his 51-goal performance in 1910.
Gordon Coventry led the VFL in goalkicking six times, including five consecutive occasions from 1926 to 1930.
Des Fothergill scored the most goals (63) in the 1946 VFL season.
John Coleman (Australian footballer)
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John Douglas Coleman was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Coleman, 1949
Coleman during training
John Coleman taking a spectacular mark over North Melbourne's full-back, Vic Lawrence, on Saturday, 30 May 1953, with Essendon's Stan Booth waiting for "the crumbs".
A distraught Coleman leaves Harrison House after his suspension on the eve of the 1951 finals series.