Ken Farmer Medal

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The Ken Farmer Medal is named in honour of the Australian rules footballer full-forward Ken Farmer, who played for North Adelaide Football Club for his entire 13-season career, being North Adelaide's leading goalkicker all 13 seasons he played and leading the league overall for 11 of those seasons, four more than any other player in the league's history. The medal is awarded to the South Australian Football League's (SANFL) top goalkicker at the end of the home-and-away matches each season and was instigated in 1981.

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Ken Farmer Medallists

YearMedallistClubGoals
1877John Young (1) Adelaide (1)14
1878William Dedman (1) Norwood (1)12
1879William Dedman (2) Norwood (2)12
1880Joe Traynor (1) Norwood (3)7
1881Joe Pollock (1) Norwood (4)7
W J Duffy (1) Norwood (5)7
1882H J Wardrop (1) South Adelaide (1)14
1883J E Litchfield (1) Port Adelaide (1)13
1884R C Roy (1) Port Adelaide (2)22
1885H R Hill (1) South Adelaide (2)19
1886R Stephens (1) Adelaide (2)17
1887Alf Bushby (1) Port Adelaide (3)25
1888Charles Woods (1) Norwood (6)29
1889 Charlie Fry (1) Port Adelaide (4)32
1890J McKenzie (1) Port Adelaide (5)32
1891Charles Woods (2) Norwood (7)55
1892Charles Woods (3) Norwood (8)46
1893 Anthony Daly (1) Norwood (9)88
1894 Anthony Daly (2) Norwood (10)47
1895 Anthony Daly (3) Norwood (11)46
1896Jack Kay (1) South Adelaide (3)25
1897 Jimmy Tompkins (1) Port Adelaide (6)27
1898Jack Kay (2) South Adelaide (4)35
1899 Anthony Daly (4) South Adelaide (5)32
1900 Anthony Daly (5) West Torrens (1)27
1901 William Miller (1) Norwood (12)44
1902Jack Kay (3) South Adelaide (6)28
1903 Anthony Daly (6) North Adelaide (1)54
1904 William Miller (2) Norwood (13)35
1905John Mathison (1) Port Adelaide (7)30
Anthony Daly (7) North Adelaide (2)30
1906John Mathison (2) Port Adelaide (8)42
1907 John Quinn (1) Port Adelaide (9)32
1908John Mathison (3) Port Adelaide (10)33
1909 Richard Townsend (1) Norwood (14)22
1910 Frank Hansen (1) Port Adelaide (11)46
1911 Frank Hansen (2) Port Adelaide (12)41
1912 Frank Hansen (3) Port Adelaide (13)37
1913 Frank Hansen (4) Port Adelaide (14)39
1914 John Dunn (1) Port Adelaide (15)33
1915Francis Fitzgerald (1) West Adelaide (1)31
1916–1918 Suspended during World War 1
1919Len Lackman (1) Port Adelaide (16)26
1920 Frank Golding (1) Sturt (1)30
1921 Roy Bent (1) Norwood (15)42
1922 Tom Hart (1) Norwood (16)50
1923Percy Lewis (1) North Adelaide (3)58
1924 Roy Bent (2) Norwood (17)53
1925 Roy Bent (3) Norwood (18)59
1926 Roy Bent (4) Norwood (19)65
1927 Jack Owens (1) Glenelg (1)80
1928 Jack Owens (2) Glenelg (2)83
1929 Les Dayman (1) Port Adelaide (17)86
1930 Ken Farmer (1) North Adelaide (4)105
1931 Ken Farmer (2) North Adelaide (5)126
1932 Ken Farmer (3) North Adelaide (6)102
Jack Owens (3) Glenelg (4)102
1933 Ken Farmer (4) North Adelaide (7)112
1934 Ken Farmer (5) North Adelaide (8)106
1935 Ken Farmer (6) North Adelaide (9)128
1936 Ken Farmer (7) North Adelaide (10)134
1937 Ken Farmer (8) North Adelaide (11)108
1938 Ken Farmer (9) North Adelaide (12)112
1939 Ken Farmer (10) North Adelaide (13)113
1940 Ken Farmer (11) North Adelaide (14)125
1941 Bruce Schultz (1) Norwood (20)100
Competition reduced to aligned teams during WWII
1942Ross Reynolds (1) Sturt (2)
South Adelaide (7)
45
1943William Isaac (1) Norwood (21)
North Adelaide (15)
73
1944William Isaac (2) Norwood (22)
North Adelaide (16)
76
Competition returns to un-aligned teams.
1945Stanley Scott (1) South Adelaide (8)64
1946 Peter Dalwood (1) Norwood (23)70
1947 Bob McLean (1) Port Adelaide (18)80
1948 Colin Churchett (1) Glenelg (5)88
1949 Colin Churchett (2) Glenelg (6)72
1950 Colin Churchett (3) Glenelg (7)105
1951 Colin Churchett (4) Glenelg (8)102
1952John Willis (1) West Torrens (2)85
1953Max Mayo (1) Norwood (24)78
1954William McKenzie (1) North Adelaide (17)67
1955Paul Caust (1) Sturt (3)57
1956 Rex Johns (1) Port Adelaide (19)70
1957Peter Phipps (1) West Adelaide (2)90
1958 Rex Johns (2) Port Adelaide (20)55
1959 Wally Dittmar (1) Port Adelaide (21)74
1960 Wally Dittmar (2) Port Adelaide (22)69
1961 Geoff Kingston (1) West Torrens (3)79
1962 Rex Johns (3) Port Adelaide (23)76
1963 Rex Johns (4) Port Adelaide (24)54
1964Ross Sawley (1) Sturt (4)70
1965 Ian Brewer (1) Norwood (25)96
1966 Eric Freeman (1) Port Adelaide (25)81
1967Dennis Sachse (1) North Adelaide (18)90
1968Rick Vidovich (1) Central District (1)62
1969 Fred Phillis (1) Glenelg (9)137
1970 Fred Phillis (2) Glenelg (10)107
1971 Fred Phillis (3) Glenelg (11)99
1972Michael Coligan (1) Norwood (26)81
1973Ken Whelan (1) Sturt (5)107
1974Ken Whelan (2) Sturt (6)108
1975 Fred Phillis (4) Glenelg (12)108
1976 Fred Phillis (5) Glenelg (13)98
1977 Tim Evans (1) Port Adelaide (26)87
1978 Tim Evans (2) Port Adelaide (27)90
1979 Glynn Hewitt (1) Woodville (1)83
1980 Tim Evans (3) Port Adelaide (28)146
Award named the Ken Farmer Medal
1981 Tim Evans (4) Port Adelaide (29)98
1982 Tim Evans (5) Port Adelaide (30)125
1983 Rick Davies (1) Sturt (7)151
1984 Tim Evans (6) Port Adelaide (31)127
1985 Malcolm Blight (1) Woodville (2)126
1986 Stephen Nichols (1) Woodville (3)103
1987 John Roberts (1) North Adelaide (19)111
1988 Stephen Nichols (2) Woodville (4)103
1989Rudi Mandemaker (1) Central District (2)93
1990 Scott Hodges (1) Port Adelaide (32)153
1991 Scott Morphett (1) Woodville-West Torrens (1)99
1992 Mark Tylor (1) Port Adelaide (33)97
1993 Mark Tylor (2) Port Adelaide (34)87
1994 Scott Hodges (2) Port Adelaide (35)114
1995 Danny Del-Re (1) South Adelaide (9)92
1996 Scott Hodges (3) Port Adelaide (36)102
1997 Jim West (4) Norwood (27)73
1998 Adam Richardson (1) West Adelaide (3)100
1999 Adam Richardson (2) West Adelaide (4)66
2000 Adam Richardson (3) West Adelaide (5)72
2001 Adam Richardson (4) West Adelaide (6)81
2002 Daniel Hargraves (1) North Adelaide (20)68
2003 Darren Bradshaw (1) West Adelaide (7)88
2004 Daniel Schell (1) Central District (3)63
2005 Daniel Schell (2) Central District (4)67
2006Mark Passador (1) Woodville-West Torrens (2)79
2007 Brant Chambers (1) Sturt (8)106
2008 Brant Chambers (2) Sturt (9)97
2009 Brant Chambers (3) Sturt (10)80
2010Todd Grima (1) Glenelg (14)58
2011Michael Wundke (1) South Adelaide (10)67
2012Justin Hardy (1) Central District (5)58
2013Michael Wundke (2) South Adelaide (11)52
2014Michael Wundke (3) Woodville-West Torrens (3)63
2015Clint Alleway (1) Glenelg (15)47
2016 Brett Eddy (1) South Adelaide (12)68
2017 Brett Eddy (2) Port Adelaide (37)53
2018Mark Evans (1) Sturt (11)40
2019 Liam McBean (1) Glenelg (16)46
2020 James Rowe (1), Liam McBean (2) Woodville-West Torrens (4), Glenelg (17)38
2021 Liam McBean (3) Glenelg (18)49
2022 Daniel Menzel Woodville-West Torrens (5)51
2023 Lachlan Hosie Glenelg 52


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ClubLeading Goal Kickers
Port Adelaide 37
Norwood 27
North Adelaide 20
Glenelg 16
South Adelaide 12
Sturt 11
West Adelaide 7
Central District 5
Woodville-West Torrens 5
Woodville 4
West Torrens 3
Adelaide 2

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