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The '''Charles Brownlow Trophy''', better known as the '''Brownlow Medal''' (and informally as '''Charlie'''), is awarded to the [[
The medal was first awarded by the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] (VFL). It was created and named in honour of [[Chas Brownlow|Charles Brownlow]], a former [[Geelong Football Club]] footballer (1880–1891) and club secretary (1885–1923), and VFL president (1918–19), who had died in January 1924 after an extended illness.
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The current voting system has been used for the vast majority of Brownlow Medal counts. There have been different voting systems for short periods in the past:
* until 1930, only one vote was cast in each game. This was changed to the current 3–2–1 system after the 1930 season saw three players tied on four votes apiece;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4383592 |title=LEAGUE FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=25 April 1931 |access-date=30 October 2012 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411113554/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4383592 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* in 1976, the VFL introduced a second field umpire, and both umpires individually awarded 3–2–1 votes; this voting system was abandoned in 1978, and the two (and later, three and then four) umpires conferred to give a single set of 3–2–1 votes.
Since the rules were changed after the 1980 season, if two or more eligible players score the equal highest number of votes, each wins a Brownlow medal. Up to 1980, if two or more players were tied, a single winner was chosen on a countback:
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===Ineligibility===
[[File:Jobe Watson 2017.1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jobe Watson]] was originally declared the winner of the 2012 Brownlow Medal by polling four more votes than runners up [[Trent Cotchin]] and [[Sam Mitchell (footballer)|Sam Mitchell]]
The ''fairest'' component of the medal is achieved by making ineligible any player who is suspended by the AFL Tribunal during the home-and-away season. An ineligible player cannot win the Brownlow Medal, regardless of the number of votes he has received.
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A player remains eligible for the Brownlow Medal under the following circumstances:
* if he is suspended during the finals or pre-season;
* if he serves a suspension in the current season which was earned for an offence committed
* he receives any sort of club-imposed suspension which is not recognised by the AFL Tribunal;
* if he is found guilty by the AFL Tribunal of an offence which attracts only a financial penalty.
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==Award ceremony==
[[File:CrownTowers-hotel.jpg|thumb|Crown Resorts, current home of the Brownlow Medal ceremony]]
Over the years, the award ceremony has become increasingly elaborate, with footballers and their dates gradually becoming more fashion-conscious.<ref>
The event itself consists of the votes for each match being read out in succession by the CEO of the AFL, interspersed with a retrospective look at highlights from each round of the season and commentary from the broadcast network's usual football commentary team.
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==Records==
[[File:Haydn Bunton Snr leap.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Haydn Bunton Sr.]], the first of four players to win three Brownlow Medals. He also holds the record for the highest career average of votes per game.]]
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;Most medals by player
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;Most votes in a season
* 3–2–1 voting system:
* All voting systems: 59 – [[Graham Teasdale]] ([[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne]], 1977)
;Most career votes
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;Highest career average of votes per game
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==Changi Brownlow Medal==
During World War II, there was an Australian rules football competition amongst the prisoners of war held at [[Singapore]]'s Changi prison. There were four teams named "Geelong", "Essendon", "Collingwood" and "Carlton". The standard was reportedly high, with some of the players having appeared in the major league in Australia. At the end of the final season in 1943, Corporal [[Peter Chitty]] won a makeshift award known as the "Changi Brownlow", which his family later donated to the Australian War Memorial. It is variously claimed the medal was originally a piece of an aircraft wing or part of a kitchen utensil. The War Memorial states that it may have been an old soccer medallion found in stores and refashioned and engraved. The presentation was made by former Brownlow Medallist [[Wilfred Smallhorn]], who was too ill to play.<ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20080328213112/http://saints.com.au/Season2008/News/NewsArticle/tabid/5315/Default.aspx?newsId=18985 Allan Grant, "Saints in World Wars. Legends of the game – Peter Chitty" (St Kilda Football Club Web-site, 9 January 2006) – An account of the 1943 Changi Brownlow Medal won by Peter Chitty (includes a photograph of the medallion)]</ref><ref>Wilson, N. (2004) "War's footy legend", Herald Sun, p. 18, 21 August 2004.</ref>
==See also==
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