2013 Brownlow Medal
The 2013 Brownlow Medal was the 86th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.[1] Gary Ablett of the Gold Coast Football Club won the medal for the second time by polling twenty-eight votes during the 2013 AFL season.[2]
| 2013 Brownlow Medal | |
|---|---|
 2013 Brownlow Medallist, Gary Ablett | |
| Date | 23 September |
| Location | Crown Palladium |
| Hosted by | Bruce McAvaney |
| Winner | Gary Ablett (Gold Coast) 28 votes |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Seven Network Fox Footy |
The 16 votes collected by Melbourne players is the lowest ever by any team in a single season under a multiple voting system. The entire top ten (see below) outpolled the club.[3]
Leading votegetters
| Player | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gary Ablett (Gold Coast) | 28 |
| 2nd | Joel Selwood (Geelong) | 27 |
| 3rd | Dane Swan (Collingwood) | 26 |
| Steve Johnson (Geelong)* | 25 | |
| 4th | Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide) | 22 |
| =5th | Dan Hannebery (Sydney) | 21 |
| Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) | ||
| Tom Rockliff (Brisbane) | ||
| =8th | Trent Cotchin (Richmond) | 19 |
| Kieren Jack (Sydney) | ||
| 10th | Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle) | 18 |
* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.
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 are read and tallied on the evening.
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.
Graph Of 2013 Brownlow count
References
- Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record Season Guide 2016. Docklands, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 593.
- Rogers, Michael (25 September 2013). "Brownlow Medal as it happened". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- @sirswampthing (10 December 2019). "Fewest Brownlow votes by a club in a season (3-2-1 voting system only) 16 - 2013 MELB 17 - 2013 GWS 20 - 1996 FITZ, 2016 BRIS 21 - 1981 MELB 22 - 2012 GWS, 2019 GCS @AFL" (Tweet) – via Twitter.