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The Australian Football League Players' Association Awards are a group of awards given annually to players in the Australian Football League, voted for by all AFL players. This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ...
Main Awards
The AFLPA nominates the following four awards as their main awards.
The Leigh Matthews Trophy has been awarded by the players to the best player of the season annually since 1982. It is the AFLPA equivalent of the Brownlow Medal (voted for by umpires), and a variety of media-sponsored MVP awards. Wayne Carey (1995, 1998) and Michael Voss (2002, 2003) are the only two players to have won the award twice. Chris Judd is the incumbent winner. The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. ...
The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. ...
The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ...
Wayne Carey (born May 27, 1971), is regarded as one of the greatest Australian rules football players of all time. ...
Michael Voss (born July 7, 1975) is an Australian rules footballer, usually playing midfield or in the forward line for Australian Football League team the Brisbane Lions. ...
Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September 1983) is the premiership captain of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League and is considered as one the best players in the game today. ...
Best Captain The Best Captain award has been given sporadically since 1986, and annually since 1998. Michael Voss won the award four times from 2001-2004, the most of any player. Mark Ricciuto has won the award for the past two years. Michael Voss (born July 7, 1975) is an Australian rules footballer, usually playing midfield or in the forward line for Australian Football League team the Brisbane Lions. ...
Mark Rupert Ricciuto (born June 8, 1975) is a prominent Australian rules football player, representing the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League. ...
Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player Awarded annually since 1991 to the most courageous player in the league. Glenn Archer has won the award most often with six wins, while Paul Kelly won it five times, including four consecutively from 1994-1997. Glenn Archer and Brett Kirk shared the award in 2006. Template:Infobox afl player/noimage Glenn Archer (born March 24, 1973) is an Australian rules footballer with the North Melbourne Football Club. ...
Paul Kelly may refer to: Paul Kelly (musician), (born 1955) Australian musician Paul Kelly (journalist) (born 1947), Australian journalist Paul Kelly (footballer) (born 1969), Australian footballer Paul Kelly (actor) (1899-1956) Paul Kelly (criminal) (c. ...
Template:Infobox afl player/noimage Glenn Archer (born March 24, 1973) is an Australian rules footballer with the North Melbourne Football Club. ...
Brett Kirk (born 25 October 1976) In England came to Australia when he was 6 and grew up in Dubbo, NSW is a south country NSW Australian football player with the Sydney Swans of the AFL, and is known colloquially as Kirky, Captain Kirk or during the 2005 Finals Series...
Best First Year Player Awarded annually since 1998, the Best First Year Player award is the AFLPA equivalent of the AFL Rising Star award. Brownlow Medallists Adam Goodes and Chris Judd have both won the award in the past. Marc Murphy won the award in 2006. The NAB Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. ...
The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ...
Adam Goodes (born January 8, 1980) is an Australian rules football player. ...
Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September 1983) is the premiership captain of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League and is considered as one the best players in the game today. ...
Marc Murphy (born July 19, 1987) is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club. ...
Other Awards The following awards are also presented by the AFLPA.
Marn Grook Award Named after the indigenous game Marn Grook, the award has been presented annually since 2001 to the top emerging indigenous player in the game, who must be within their first three seasons of AFL competition. Danyle Pearce won the 2006 award. Marn Grook (also spelt marngrook) is an Australian Aboriginal ball game, which is claimed to have had an influence on the modern game of Australian rules football, most notably in the spectacular jumping and high marking exhibited by the players of both games. ...
Danyle Pearce (born 7 April 1986) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. ...
Grant Hattam Trophy The Grant Hattam Trophy has been awarded annually since 1999 to best football journalist, as voted by the players. The Herald Sun's Mark Robinson is the only man to have won the award twice (2000, 2002). Fox Footy's Jason Bennet won the award in 2006. The Herald Sun is a newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that is published by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ...
Fox Footy Channel is a channel exclusively dedicated to Australian rules football, in particular the AFL. The channel was created after the Foxtel consortium won the rights to the AFL; formerly a key feature of Optus Vision programming. ...
Education and Training Excellence Award Given annually since 2001 to the player who displayes the best all-round performance in balancing football with external education and training. Won in 2006 by Josh Mahoney Josh Mahoney (born October 31, 1977), is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL. Pre-AFL career After beginning his career in the TAC Cup with the Western Jets, Mahoney moved to the Williamstown Seagulls in the VFL, playing 19 games with them in 1996. ...
Mike Fitzpatrick Scholarships Awarded annually to young aspiring non-AFL players, attempting to help them balance external study and training with football training. Sixteen players were awarded the scholarships for 2007.
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