Doig Medal Explained

The Doig Medal is the best and fairest award given out to the player considered best and fairest during a season for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL.

It was renamed in 2000[1] after the legendary Fremantle footballing family, the Doigs, who have had over 17 members play league football for East Fremantle or South Fremantle in the WAFL. The most famous is George Doig who has been inducted in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.[2]

Eight different players won the award between 1995 and 2002 until Peter Bell won his second medal in 2003.[3] Following Bell's third medal in 2004, Matthew Pavlich won four consecutive medals to hold the record of six medals in total.[4] Nat Fyfe became the third player to win multiple Doig medals when he won consecutive medals in 2013 and 2014.[5]

The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving each player a ranking from zero to five after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 25 votes for a game.[6]

Recipients

^Denotes current player
+Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
SeasonWinnerRunner upThirdFourthFifthclass=unsortableRef.
1995[7]
1996[8]
1997
1998
1999
2000[9]
2001[10]
2002[11]
2003 (2)
2004 (3)[12]
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2008 (5)[13]
2010[14]
2011 (6)^[15]
2012[16]
2013^[17]
2014^ (2)[18]
2015 (2)+^^[19]
2016^[20]
2017^^[21]
2018 (2)^^[22]
2019+^(3)^[23]
2020^^^[24]
2021^^^[25]
2022^^align=center colspan=2 style="background:#cfecec;"[26]
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2023Caleb Serong^Andrew Brayshaw^Luke Ryan^Luke Jackson^Hayden Young^[27]

Multiple winners

^Denotes current player
PlayerMedalsSeasons
6 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
3 2001, 2003, 2004
^ 3 2013, 2014, 2019
2 2009, 2015
2 2016, 2018

See also

References

General
Specific

Notes and References

  1. News: The 10 greatest players in Fremantle Dockers history. Washbourne. Michael. 2 October 2008. The Sunday Times. News Corp Australia. 16 August 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160711003432/http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/the-10-greatest-dockers/story-e6frg1wu-1111116813308. 11 July 2016.
  2. George Doig - Condolence Statement. Alan. Carpenter. Alan Carpenter. Assembly. 29 November 2006. 20 August 2009.
  3. News: Buckley is Magpies best, again. Ahmed. Nabila. Ryan. Melissa. 4 October 2003. The Age. Fairfax Media. 20 August 2009.
  4. News: Fremantle skipper Matthew Pavlich wins fifth Doig Medal. Hagdorn. Kim. 4 October 2008. The Sunday Times. News Corp Australia. 20 August 2009.
  5. News: Fyfe named Freo best and fairest. Dale. Miller. 16 November 2014. The West Australian. Seven West Media. 24 November 2014.
  6. News: AFL Best and Fairest winners 2017: Who won your team's club champion award?. 3 September 2017. Fox Sports Australia. News Corp Australia. 3 September 2017.
  7. News: Peter Mann re-elected unopposed. 15 October 2014. FremantleFC.com.au. Bigpond. 16 August 2016.
  8. News: Mann bids for seat on Freo board. Duffield. Mark. 24 October 2012. The West Australian. Seven West Media. 16 August 2016.
  9. News: Cook calls it quits. O’Donoghue. Craig. 1 June 2010. The West Australian. Seven West Media. 16 August 2016.
  10. News: AFL Hall of Fame 2015: Peter Bell driven by determination to succeed. Green. Warwick. 5 June 2015. Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 16 August 2016.
  11. News: Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich wins AFL club's best player in 2011, collecting sixth Doig Medal. Australian Associated Press. 9 October 2011. Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. 16 August 2016.
  12. News: Champions medals for Judd, Bell. 2 October 2004. ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 August 2016.
  13. News: Pavlich makes it five Doig Medals. 5 October 2008. ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 August 2016.
  14. News: Mundy wins Doig Medal. Cullen. Mic. 3 October 2010. AFL.com.au. Bigpond. 11 October 2015.
  15. News: Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich wins sixth Doig Medal. Braden. Quartermaine. 9 October 2011. The Sunday Times. News Corp Australia. 11 October 2015.
  16. News: Crowley hails coach Lyon after winning Doig Medal. O’Donoghue. Craig . 7 October 2012. The West Australian. Seven West Media. 11 October 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121008053929/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/15052592/crowley-hails-coach-lyon-after-winning-doig-medal/. 8 October 2012.
  17. News: Nat Fyfe wins Fremantle Dockers Doig Medal. Elborough. Brad. 17 November 2013. The Age. Fairfax Media. 24 November 2014.
  18. News: Nat Fyfe wins Fremantle's 2014 Best and Fairest award. Hagdorn. Kim. 16 November 2014. Perth Now. News Corp Australia. 24 November 2014.
  19. News: Ruckman Aaron Sandilands wins Fremantle Dockers club champion award Doig Medal. Quartmaine. Braden. 10 October 2015. Perth Now. News Corp Australia. 11 October 2015.
  20. News: Neale claims first Doig Medal. Wildie. Tom. 8 October 2016. FremantleFC.com.au. Bigpond. 9 October 2016.
  21. News: Bradley Hill wins Doig Medal - Doig Wrap. Fee. Tom. 7 October 2017. FremantleFC.com.au. Bigpond. 7 October 2017.
  22. News: Lions target Neale wins another Doig Medal. Travis. King. 7 October 2018. afl.com.au. Telstra. 7 October 2018.
  23. News: Fyfe wins third Doig Medal. 5 October 2018. fremantlefc.com.au. Telstra. 6 October 2018.
  24. News: Young Docker claims Freo's B&F . 2 October 2021 . PerthNow . 22 October 2020 . en.
  25. News: Sean Darcy wins the 2021 Doig Medal! . 2 October 2021 . fremantlefc.com.au . en.
  26. News: Andrew Brayshaw wins the 2022 Doig Medal . 2 October 2022 . fremantlefc.com.au . en.
  27. News: Caleb Serong wins 2023 Doig Medal!. 13 September 2023. fremantlefc.com.au . en.

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