1981 Brownlow Medal

December 2017 July 2026 1981 Brownlow Medal Winners Bernie Quinlan ()Barry Round ()22 votes Seven Network 1980 Brownlow Medal 1982 The 1981 Brownlow Medal was the 54th 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 Bernie Quinlan of the Fitzroy Football Club and Barry Round of the South Melbourne Football Club both won the medal by polling twenty-two votes during the 1981 VFL season.1981 Brownlow Medal http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1981.html AFL Tables 6 January 2016 Prior the 1981 season, the VFL amended the rules to allow for the awarding Brownlow Medals jointly to all players tied for the most votes; this eliminated tie-breakers which had previously been in place to ensure there would be only a single winner. The tie between Round and Quinlan meant that this new provision was used in its first season.The Canberra Times Canberra, ACT Medals awarded retrospectively 6 April 1989 18 Leading votegetters Player Votes=1st Bernie Quinlan () 22 Barry Round () 3rd Rodney Ashman () 21 4th Peter Moore () 16=5th Merv Neagle () 15John Mossop ()Trevor Barker () 8th Tony Buhagiar () 14 9th Geoff Cunningham () 13 10th Ken Hunter () 12 References Category:1981 in Australian rules football 1981