1949 Brownlow Medal

November 2016 November 2016 1949 Brownlow Medal Winner Colin Austen ()Ron Clegg ()23 votes 1948 Brownlow Medal 1950 The 1949 Brownlow Medal was the 22nd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season.AFL Record Season Guide 2009 2009 Lovett, Michael Slattery Media Group Docklands, Victoria 496 978-0-9805162-6-5 Colin Austen of the Hawthorn Football Club and Ron Clegg of the South Melbourne Football Club both won the medal by polling twenty-three votes during the 1949 VFL season.1949 Brownlow Medal http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1949.html AFL Tables 5 November 2016 Under the tie-breaker rules in place in 1949, Clegg was originally the outright winner: he and Austen were tied on 23 votes, but Clegg polled six 3-vote games to Austen's five.The Argus Melbourne, VIC R. Clegg wins 1949 Brownlow Medal 1 September 1989 20 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 Austen to joint winner of the 1949 medal.The Canberra Times Canberra, ACT Medals awarded retrospectively 6 April 1989 18 Leading votegetters Player Votes=1st Col Austen () 23 Ron Clegg () 3rd Harold Bray () 20 4th John Coleman () 15=5th Fred Flanagan () 14 Jim Ross () 7th Ern Henfry () 13=8th Bill Hutchison () 12 Don Cordner () Bill Wilson () References Category:1949 in Australian rules football 1949