2009 Brownlow Medal

August 2017 January 2020 2009 Brownlow Medal Geelong_Cats_AFL_Premiers_2009_(cropped).jpg 2009 Brownlow Medal winner Ablett Jr would go on to win the 2009 AFL Grand Final with Geelong later in the week. 21 September Crown Palladium Winner Gary Ablett, Jr. ()30 votes Seven Network Sandy Roberts 2008 Brownlow Medal 2010 The 2009 Brownlow Medal was the 82nd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season.AFL Record Season Guide 2016 2009 Lovett, Michael Slattery Media Group Docklands, Victoria 593 978-0-9805162-6-5 Gary Ablett Jr of the Geelong Football Club won the medal by polling 30 votes during the 2009 AFL season.2009 Brownlow Medal http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow2009.html AFL Tables 8 November 2016 Ablett won the award with thirty votes, eight votes ahead of 2004 medal winner, Chris Judd. It was Ablett's first Brownlow despite winning many other awards in the previous few years and being the Brownlow pre-count favourite for the previous three years.http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnews/ablett-wins-the-brownlow/2009/09/21/1253384956735.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Ablett wins the Brownlow Gleeson Michael 22 September 2009 The Age Fairfax Media It was the second time in three years that a player from Geelong won the Brownlow Medal.http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/medal-hype-to-spill-into-saturday/story-e6frf9if-1225777941304 Elite honours lifts grand finale Barrett Damian 22 September 2009 Herald Sun News Corp Australia Leading vote-getters Player Votes 1st Gary Ablett, Jr. (Geelong) 30 2nd Chris Judd (Carlton) 22 3rd Lenny Hayes (St Kilda) 20 =4th Jonathan Brown (Brisbane)Simon Black (Brisbane) 19 =6th Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda)Adam Goodes (Sydney) 17 8th Joel Selwood (Geelong) 16 =9th Bryce Gibbs (Carlton)Marc Murphy (Carlton)Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda) 15 Ablett's victory Gary Ablett's victory in the 2009 medal followed his sixth-place finish in 2007 and his third-place finish in 2008. In all three years he was the favourite to win the award. Ablett polled in 13 matches, including eight best-on-ground performances.http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-brownlow-medal-votes-leader-board-gary-ablett-wins/story-fn422eni-1225777929082 Brownlow Medal votes Herald Sun News Corp Australia His seventh best-on-ground performance in round 20 confirmed his victory, as his 26-vote tally at this point was seven votes ahead of Judd, Brown and Hayes, who were all equal on 19 votes with only six votes left from the remaining two rounds. During his acceptance speech, Ablett referred to his father, Australian Football Hall of Fame member Gary Ablett Sr., who, despite being considered one of the best footballers players of all time, never won a Brownlow medal.http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnews/how-about-that-dad-ive-won-the-brownlow/2009/09/21/1253384956666.html How about that, Dad? I've won the Brownlow Baum Greg 22 September 2009 The Age Fairfax Media I can at least say I've done something he hasn't done... I've always said I'd be happy to be half as good. He's the best player to play the game, in my opinion. Gary Ablett, Jr. 66% center Voting procedure The three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes, and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening.Brownlow Medal history and winners - AFL.com.au http://www.afl.com.au/news/event-news/brownlow/about-the-brownlow 27 August 2018 afl.com.au Ineligible players As the medal is awarded to the fairest and best player in the league, those who have been suspended during the season by the AFL Tribunal (or, who avoided suspension only because of a discount for a good record or an early guilty plea) are ineligible to win the award; however, they may still continue to poll votes. Sam Mitchell was the leading ineligible player after being found guilty of striking Adelaide's David Mackay.http://sportal.com.au/AFL-opinion-display/can-ablett-break-through-78099 Can Ablett break his Brownlow duck? Lerner Ronny 13 September 2009 Sportal https://web.archive.org/web/20100121141556/http://sportal.com.au/afl-opinion-display/can-ablett-break-through-78099 21 January 2010 dead dmy-all Chris Judd was suspended for an incident during the finals, but under the rules he remained eligible for both this year's and the 2010 medal, the latter of which he won.http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/no-brownlow-blues-for-chris-judd/story-fn422eni-1225770403254 No Brownlow blues for Chris Judd Matthews Bruce 8 September 2009 Herald Sun News Corp Australia Jack Anthony () Jason Akermanis () Chance Bateman () Jared Brennan () Dean Brogan () Domenic Cassisi () Joel Corey () Trent Cotchin () Lance Franklin () Michael Gardiner () Barry Hall () Daniel Kerr () Justin Koschitzke () Cameron Ling () Matthew Lloyd () Nick Maxwell () Adam McPhee () Sam Mitchell () Cameron Mooney () Drew Petrie () Jack Riewoldt () Patrick Ryder () Heath Shaw () Kade Simpson () Colin Sylvia () Source:AFL Record: Season Guide 2010 2010 510–511 G. Slattery Lovett, Michael 978-0-9806274-5-9 Pre-count favourites Gary Ablett started the year as the favourite to win the medal with both the bookmakershttp://www.watoday.com.au/sport/punter-could-win-25000-with-a-cousins-brownlow-20090311-8ux7.html Punter could win $25,000 with a Cousins Brownlow Clarke Tim 11 March 2009 WAtoday Fairfax Media https://web.archive.org/web/20120311025302/http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/punter-could-win-25000-with-a-cousins-brownlow-20090311-8ux7.html 11 March 2012 dead dmy-all and in a poll of all 16 AFL captains.http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/afl/rival-captains-write-off-swans/story-e6frexyi-1225690110117 Rivan AFL captains say Sydney Swans will not make finals Tugwell Nikki 20 March 2009 The Daily Telegraph News Corp Australia He remained as favourite throughout the year and entered the count as the leading contender for the third consecutive year.http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/its-your-time-to-win-brownlow-gary-ablett/story-fn422eni-1225777211024 It's your time to win Brownlow, Gary Ablett Warner Michael 21 September 2009 Herald Sun News Corp Australia Other leading contenders included Dane Swan and St Kilda midfielders Leigh Montagna, Nick Dal Santo and Lenny Hayes.http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26086788-23209,00.html Geelong's Gary Ablett will win Brownlow Medal, says Champion Data Clark John 21 September 2009 Fox Sports (Australia) News Corp Australia Event For the first time, the red carpet was change to a blue carpet, to celebrate the release of the new Toyota Prius. The carpet arrivals were hosted by Fifi Box and 's Brad Sewell. The poor behaviour of full-forward and The Footy Show panellisy Brendan Fevola became a talking point of the event. Fevola was heavily intoxicated at the function, including while on camera, and he verbally abused and personally attacked guests, gave his opinion on Brownlow votes, knocked a bottle of beer out of the hand of 2008 Brownlow Medallist Adam Cooney, vomited and urinated on Casino fixtures, simulated sex acts, sexually harassed unsuspecting female guests and bystanders, sang a cappella on stage at the Brownlow afterparty, and fought with a Channel 7 journalist and Crown security staff before being removed from the complex by his teammates. Fevola was fined $10,000 by the AFL for his actions: he was also fired from the Grand Final edition of The Footy Show and voluntarily withdrew from the Coleman Medallist's lap of honour at the 2009 AFL Grand Final.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/25/2696440.htm Fevola withdraws from lap of honour ABC Online Australian Broadcasting Corporation 25 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090928085735/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/25/2696440.htm 28 September 2009 dead . References 30em Category:2009 in Australian rules football Category:2009 AFL season 2009