Australian rules football award
Scott West has won the award a record seven times.Marcus Bontempelli has won the award six times.TheCharles Sutton Medal is anAustralian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudgedbest and fairest for theWestern Bulldogs throughout theVictorian Football League /Australian Football League season. The medal is named after 1950 winnerCharlie Sutton , who was the Bulldogs' 1954 premiership captain-coach.[ 1] [ 2] Con McCarthy , who played a key part in getting the club entry into theVictorian Football League . It was also called the Con Weickhardt trophy (also known as the Con Curtain trophy)[ 2] [ 3] Ivan McAlpine in 1927.
The voting system as of the2019 AFL season , consists of five members of theWestern Bulldogs match committee awarding a score from zero to five for each player after every game.[ 4] Brownlow Medal , the best and fairest award for theAustralian Football League . Those players wereNorman Ware (1941),John Schultz (1960),Gary Dempsey (1975),Kelvin Templeton (1980) andScott Wynd (1992).Scott West holds the record for most Charles Sutton Medals at the club, winning the accolade seven times in ten years; 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.Gary Dempsey andMarcus Bontempelli are in second with a total of six. Dempsey also holds the record for most Charles Sutton Medals won consecutively, his streak running from 1973 to 1977, a total of five years.
Player Medals Seasons Scott West 7 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005 Marcus Bontempelli 6 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 Gary Dempsey 6 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 John Schultz 5 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966 Norman Ware 5 1934, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941 Ted Whitten 5 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961 Matthew Boyd 3 2009, 2011, 2012 Ian Dunstan 3 1979, 1981, 1982 Harry Hickey 3 1939, 1945, 1948 Brad Johnson 3 1999, 2002, 2006 Ivan McAlpine 3 1927, 1930, 1932 Jack Collins 2 1951, 1952 Chris Grant 2 1994, 1996 Ryan Griffen 2 2010, 2013 Alby Morrison 2 1933, 1936 Arthur Olliver 2 1941, 1944 Joe Ryan 2 1946, 1947 Kelvin Templeton 2 1978, 1980 David Thorpe 2 1968, 1971 Terry Wallace 2 1988, 1989
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