1977 Brownlow Medal

December 2017 December 2017 1977 Brownlow Medal 29 August Southern Cross Ballroom Winner Graham Teasdale ()59 votes Seven Network 1976 Brownlow Medal 1978 The 1977 Brownlow Medal was the 50th 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 Graham Teasdale of the South Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling fifty-nine votes during the 1977 VFL season.1977 Brownlow Medal http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1977.html AFL Tables 7 November 2016 The count was the second of two occasions in which the two field umpires independently voted for the best players on the ground under the 3-2-1 system. This meant that the winner of the Brownlow had a higher number of votes than usual, and Teasdale's fifty-nine votes set and holds the record for the most votes ever polled in a single season. From 1978 onwards, the field umpires conferred after each game and awarded a single set of votes, rather than voting independently. Leading votegetters Player Votes 1st Graham Teasdale () 59 2nd Kevin Bartlett () 45 3rd Bill Picken () 41=4th Bruce Doull () 34 Len Thompson () Leigh Matthews () Jeff Sarau ()* 30=7th Gary Dempsey () 27 Gary Hardeman () 9th David Dench () 26 10th Simon Madden () 25 * The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the VFL Tribunal during the year. References Category:1977 in Australian rules football 1977