Gary Ablett Jr.
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Gary Robert Ablett Jr. is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League. The eldest son of Australian
Ablett playing for Geelong in 2019
Ablett playing for Geelong in 2007
Ablett following the 2009 AFL Grand Final win
Ablett playing for Gold Coast in 2017
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
Gary Ablett Jr.
…rule in the 2001 national draft and has since become recognised as one of the all-time great midfielders. Ablett is a dual premiership player, dual Brownlow Medallist, five-time Leigh Matthews Trophy winner, three-time AFLCA champion player of the year award winner and eight-time All-Australian. During his first stint…
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