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Encyclopedia > Charles Sutton Medal

The Charles Sutton Medal is awarded to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for the Western Bulldogs. Scott West holds the record at the club, winning seven medals, followed by Gary Dempsey, with six. It is named after 1950 winner Charlie Sutton, who was the Bulldogs' 1954 premiership captain. Best and Fairest is the phrase given to players in the Australian Football League (formerly the VFL) that are adjudged to have played the best during the season without being suspended. ... The Western Bulldogs, formerly known as the Footscray Football Club or The Bulldogs is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in western suburban Melbourne, Australia, drawing its supporter base from this traditionally poor, industrial, and less leafy part of Melbourne. ... Scott West is an Australian Football League player who plays for the Western Bulldogs. ... Charlie Sutton is a former Australian rules footballer who is known for captaining his team, Footscray to their only premiership, in 1954. ...


Some of its past winners include:

Best and Fairest awards in the Australian Football League
Adelaide Crows - Malcolm Blight Medal | Brisbane Lions - Merrett-Murray Medal | Carlton - Robert Reynolds Trophy | Collingwood - Copeland Trophy |
Essendon - Crichton Medal | Fremantle - George Doig Medal | Geelong - Carji Greeves Medal | Hawthorn - Peter Crimmins Trophy
Kangaroos - Syd Barker Medal | Melbourne - Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal| Port Adelaide - John Cahill Medal | Richmond - Jack Dyer Medal |
St Kilda - Trevor Barker Award | Sydney Swans - Bob Skilton Medal | West Coast Eagles - Club Champion Award | Western Bulldogs - Charles Sutton Medal

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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Scott West (1531 words)
He has won seven club best and fairest awards, and has won the most Charles Sutton Medals, his victory in 2005 overtaking Gary Dempsey's previous record of six.
West is considered one of the best players yet to win a Brownlow Medal, a view supported by the fact that he has the highest number of career Brownlow votes of any present day player to have not won the award (164 career votes).
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.
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (356 words)
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester (14 October 1757–May 8, 1829) was a British statesman.
Born in Abingdon, Charles Abbot was the son of Dr John Abbot, rector of All Saints, Colchester, and, by his mother's second marriage, half-brother of the famous Jeremy Bentham.
He was succeeded by his eldest son Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester (1798–1867), Postmaster General in 1858; and subsequently by his son Reginald Abbot, 3rd Baron Colchester (1842–1919), upon whose death the title became extinct.
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