| 1959 Brownlow Medal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Bob Skilton(South Melbourne) Verdun Howell(St Kilda) 20 votes | |||
| Television/radio coverage | ||||
| Network | Seven Network | |||
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The1959Brownlow Medal was the 32nd year the award was presented to the player adjudged thefairest and best player during theVictorian Football League (VFL) home and away season.[1]Bob Skilton of theSouth Melbourne Football Club andVerdun Howell of theSt Kilda Football Club both won the medal by polling twenty votes during the1959 VFL season.[2]
Under the tie-breaker rules in place in 1959, Skilton was originally the outright winner: he and Howell were tied on 20 votes, but Skilton polled five 3-vote games to Howell's three.[3] In 1980, the League removed the tie-break from the rules and allowed for multiple tied winners in the same year; and in 1989 it retrospectively removed the tie-breaker from all previous counts, elevating Howell to joint winner of the 1959 medal.[4]
| Player | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| =1st | Bob Skilton (South Melbourne) | 20 |
| Verdun Howell (St Kilda) | ||
| =3rd | Ray Gabelich (Collingwood) | 14 |
| Bill Serong (Collingwood) | ||
| Hugh Mitchell (Essendon) | ||
| Ted Whitten (Footscray) | ||
| =7th | Thorold Merrett (Collingwood) | 12 |
| Ron Hovey (Geelong) | ||
| Graham Donaldson (Carlton)* | 11 | |
| =10th | Bob Johnson (Melbourne) | 10 |
| Brian McGowan (South Melbourne) |
*The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by theVFL Tribunal during the year.
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