Football award
The Doig Medal is the best and fairest award given out to the player considered best and fairest during a season for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL .
It was renamed in 2000[1] after the legendary Fremantle footballing family, the Doigs, who have had over 17 members play league football for East Fremantle or South Fremantle in the WAFL . The most famous is George Doig who has been inducted in the Australian Football Hall of Fame .[2]
Eight different players won the award between 1995 and 2002 until Peter Bell won his second medal in 2003.[3] Following Bell's third medal in 2004, Matthew Pavlich won four consecutive medals to hold the record of six medals in total.[4] Nat Fyfe became the third player to win multiple Doig medals when he won consecutive medals in 2013 and 2014.[5]
The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season , consists of five coaches giving each player a ranking from zero to five after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 25 votes for a game.[6]
Recipients
Multiple winners
Player
Medals
Seasons
Matthew Pavlich
6
2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
Peter Bell
3
2001, 2003, 2004
Nat Fyfe ^
3
2013, 2014, 2019
Aaron Sandilands ^
2
2009, 2015
Lachie Neale
2
2016, 2018
See also
References
General
Specific
^ a b c d Washbourne, Michael (2 October 2008). "The 10 greatest players in Fremantle Dockers history" . The Sunday Times . News Corp Australia . Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016 .
^ Carpenter, Alan (29 November 2006). George Doig - Condolence Statement (PDF) (Speech). Assembly. Retrieved 20 August 2009 .
^ Ahmed, Nabila; Ryan, Melissa (4 October 2003). "Buckley is Magpies best, again" . The Age . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 20 August 2009 .
^ Hagdorn, Kim (4 October 2008). "Fremantle skipper Matthew Pavlich wins fifth Doig Medal" . The Sunday Times . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2009 .
^ Miller, Dale (16 November 2014). "Fyfe named Freo best and fairest" . The West Australian . Seven West Media . Retrieved 24 November 2014 .
^ "AFL Best and Fairest winners 2017: Who won your team's club champion award?" . Fox Sports Australia . News Corp Australia. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017 .
^ "Peter Mann re-elected unopposed" . FremantleFC.com.au . Bigpond . 15 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016 .
^ Duffield, Mark (24 October 2012). "Mann bids for seat on Freo board" . The West Australian . Seven West Media . Retrieved 16 August 2016 .
^ O’Donoghue, Craig (1 June 2010). "Cook calls it quits" . The West Australian . Seven West Media . Retrieved 16 August 2016 .
^ a b Green, Warwick (5 June 2015). "AFL Hall of Fame 2015: Peter Bell driven by determination to succeed" . Herald Sun . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 16 August 2016 .
^ a b c d Australian Associated Press (9 October 2011). "Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich wins AFL club's best player in 2011, collecting sixth Doig Medal" . Fox Sports (Australia) . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 16 August 2016 .
^ "Champions medals for Judd, Bell" . ABC Online . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 2 October 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2016 .
^ "Pavlich makes it five Doig Medals" . ABC Online . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 5 October 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2016 .
^ Chadwick, Justin (10 October 2009). "Fremantle ruckman Aaron Sandilands wins the Doig Medal after stellar season" . The Courier-Mail . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 14 June 2015 .
^ Mic, Cullen (3 October 2010). "Mundy wins Doig Medal" . AFL.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 11 October 2015 .
^ Quartermaine, Braden (9 October 2011). "Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich wins sixth Doig Medal" . The Sunday Times . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 11 October 2015 .
^ O’Donoghue, Craig (7 October 2012). "Crowley hails coach Lyon after winning Doig Medal" . The West Australian . Seven West Media . Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2015 .
^ Brad, Elborough (17 November 2013). "Nat Fyfe wins Fremantle Dockers Doig Medal" . The Age . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 24 November 2014 .
^ Hagdorn, Kim (16 November 2014). "Nat Fyfe wins Fremantle's 2014 Best and Fairest award" . Perth Now . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 24 November 2014 .
^ Quartmaine, Braden (10 October 2015). "Ruckman Aaron Sandilands wins Fremantle Dockers club champion award Doig Medal" . Perth Now . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 11 October 2015 .
^ Tom, Wildie (8 October 2016). "Neale claims first Doig Medal" . FremantleFC.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 9 October 2016 .
^ Tom, Fee (7 October 2017). "Bradley Hill wins Doig Medal - Doig Wrap" . FremantleFC.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 7 October 2017 .
^ King, Travis (7 October 2018). "Lions target Neale wins another Doig Medal" . afl.com.au . Telstra . Retrieved 7 October 2018 .
^ "Fyfe wins third Doig Medal" . fremantlefc.com.au . Telstra . 5 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018 .
^ "Young Docker claims Freo's B&F" . PerthNow . 22 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2021 .
^ "Sean Darcy wins the 2021 Doig Medal!" . fremantlefc.com.au . Retrieved 2 October 2021 .
^ "Andrew Brayshaw wins the 2022 Doig Medal" . fremantlefc.com.au . Retrieved 2 October 2022 .
^ "Caleb Serong wins 2023 Doig Medal!" . fremantlefc.com.au . Retrieved 13 September 2023 .
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