1959 Brownlow Medal

November 2016 November 2016 1959 Brownlow Medal Winner Bob Skilton ()Verdun Howell ()20 votes Seven Network 1958 Brownlow Medal 1960 The 1959 Brownlow Medal was the 32nd 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 Bob Skilton of the South Melbourne Football Club and Verdun Howell of the St Kilda Football Club both won the medal by polling twenty votes during the 1959 VFL season.1959 Brownlow Medal http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1959.html AFL Tables 6 November 2016 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.https://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow_idx.html Brownlow Medal Winners AFL Tables 23 October 2021 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.The Canberra Times Canberra, ACT Medals awarded retrospectively 6 April 1989 18 Leading votegetters Player Votes=1st Bob Skilton () 20 Verdun Howell ()=3rd Ray Gabelich () 14 Bill Serong () Hugh Mitchell () Ted Whitten ()=7th Thorold Merrett () 12 Ron Hovey () Graham Donaldson ()* 11=10th Bob Johnson () 10 Brian McGowan () * The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the VFL Tribunal during the year. References Category:1959 in Australian rules football 1959