2013 Brownlow Medal
| 2013 Brownlow Medal | |
|---|---|
 2013 Brownlow Medallist, Gary Ablett | |
| Date | 23 September |
| Location | Crown Palladium |
| Hosted by | Bruce McAvaney |
| Winner | Gary Ablett (Gold Coast) 28 votes |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Seven Network Fox Footy |
The 2013 Brownlow Medal was the 86th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.[1] Gary Ablett of the Gold Coast Football Club won the medal for the second time by polling twenty-eight votes during the 2013 AFL season.[2]
Leading vote-getters[]
| Player | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gary Ablett (Gold Coast) | 28 |
| 2nd | Joel Selwood (Geelong) | 27 |
| 3rd | Dane Swan (Collingwood) | 26 |
| Steve Johnson (Geelong)* | 25 | |
| 4th | Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide) | 22 |
| =5th | Dan Hannebery (Sydney) | 21 |
| Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) | ||
| Tom Rockliff (Brisbane) | ||
| =8th | Trent Cotchin (Richmond) | 19 |
| Kieren Jack (Sydney) | ||
| 10th | Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle) | 18 |
* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.
Voting procedure[]
The three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes, and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening.[3]
As the medal is awarded to the fairest and best player in the league, those who have been suspended during the season by the AFL Tribunal (or, who avoided suspension only because of a discount for a good record or an early guilty plea) are ineligible to win the award; however, they may still continue to poll votes.
Records[]
The bottom two clubs on the ladder, Melbourne (2–20) and Greater Western Sydney (1–21), both returned historically weak performances in the Brownlow Medal count, with Melbourne players collectively polling only 16 votes, and Greater Western Sydney players collectively polling only 17 votes. As of 2021, these tallies stand as the lowest two season tallies by any club since the 3–2–1 voting system was established in 1931, breaking the previous record of 20 set by Fitzroy in 1996.[4][5]
Graph Of 2013 Brownlow count[]
References[]
- ^ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record Season Guide 2016. Docklands, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 593.
- ^ Rogers, Michael (25 September 2013). "Brownlow Medal as it happened". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Brownlow Medal history and winners - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ @sirswampthing (10 December 2019). "Fewest Brownlow votes by a club in a season (3-2-1 voting system only) 16 - 2013 MELB 17 - 2013 GWS 20 - 1996 FITZ, 2016 BRIS 21 - 1981 MELB 22 - 2012 GWS, 2019 GCS @AFL" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Brownlow Medal Team Totals". AFL tables. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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