1924 Brownlow Medal

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1924 Brownlow Medal
Date17 September [1]
Location VFL Headquarters
Winner Edward 'Carji' Greeves (Geelong)
7 votes
Brownlow Medal ·  1925  

The 1924 Brownlow Medal was the inaugural year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. [2] Edward 'Carji' Greeves of the Geelong Football Club won the medal by polling seven votes during the 1924 VFL season.

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Voting system

The voting system used in the 1924 Brownlow Medal was as follows: [2]

Votes

Leading vote-getters

The following list shows the leading vote-getters for the 1924 Brownlow Medal. [4] Edward 'Carji' Greeves was the winner, with George Shorten and Bert Chadwick runners-up.

Greeves' outstanding season is further outlined by the fact that he is one of the youngest players to win the award, aged just 20 years 312 days at the time. [5]

Greeves' seven best-on-ground awards in just fourteen games played [6] is another outstanding statistic. With vote inflation included (where 1 vote in 1924 equals 3 votes), Greeves is one of the most consistent vote-getters of all time, with an average of 0.81 votes per game throughout his 10-season career. [7]

Team totals

The following list shows the teams whose players polled the most votes. [8] Geelong topped the list with 11 votes, 7 of them made up by 'Carji' Greeves.

TeamVotes
1st Geelong 11
= 2nd Richmond
Essendon
10
4th Fitzroy 9
5th South Melbourne 8
6th Melbourne 7
= 7th St Kilda
Carlton
6
9th Collingwood 5

The team that polled the most votes, Geelong, missed the 1924 VFL finals by two games, finishing 5th. [9]

Leading vote-getters by team

The following list shows the players who topped their team for the most votes polled. [4]

Presentation

The Brownlow Medal was presented to the player at League Headquarters, without the fanfare, glitz and glamour of the award today. [10]

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References

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