Geoff Christian Medal Explained

The Geoff Christian Medal, commonly referred to as the Christian Medal, is an Australian rules football award given to the best player in the Australian Football League (AFL) from one of the two teams based in Western Australia, the Fremantle Football Club and the West Coast Eagles. First awarded during the 1999 season, the award is named after and struck in honour of Geoff Christian (1934–1998), a sports writer and broadcaster who served as chief football writer for The West Australian between 1961 and 1988, before being posthumously inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2000 and 2004, respectively.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.abc.net.au/wa/stories/s1919369.htm Christian Medal 2007
  2. Web site: Fyfe wins fourth Geoff Christian Medal. Bryans. Aaron. 19 August 2019. ABC Radio. en. 28 August 2019.
  3. Wheeldon, Clint (2011). West Coast Eagle's [sic Matt Priddis wins Christian medal] – 720 ABC Perth. Published 5 September 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

    Votes for the medal are awarded by ABC Radio commentators on a 3–2–1 basis at the end of each match.[1] The most recent medal, awarded at the end of the 2019 regular season, was won by Fremantle's Nat Fyfe.[2] The award has been won multiple times by six players, Matthew Pavlich, Paul Hasleby, Nat Fyfe and Neale of Fremantle, and Daniel Kerr and Matt Priddis of West Coast. Fyfe has won the medal five times, the only player to do so.

    List of winners

    Votes tallies prior to 2002 are unknown.

    Year Name Club Votes
    1999
    2000
    2001
    2002 22
    2003 28
    2004 Paul Hasleby (2) 27
    2005 Matthew Pavlich (2) 26
    2006 18
    2007 26
    2008 Matthew Pavlich (3) 29
    2009 25
    2010 19
    2011 28
    2012 Daniel Kerr (2) 24
    2013 31
    2014 Matt Priddis (2) 38
    2015 Nat Fyfe (2) 33
    2016 38
    2017 Nat Fyfe (3) 24
    2018 Lachie Neale (2) 23
    2019Nat Fyfe (4) 26
    2020Nat Fyfe (5)20
    2021 30
    2022 Andrew Brayshaw (2)
    2023 38

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