The John Cahill Medal , named after the Port Adelaide Football Club 's ten time premiership coach and inaugural AFL coach John Cahill , is awarded to the club player adjudged best and fairest for the season.[1] The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season , consists of each member of the coaching committee giving each player a ranking from zero to five after each match.[2]
Recipients [ edit ] Multiple winners [ edit ] Recipients Medals Seasons Russell Ebert 6 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1981 John Cahill 4 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973 Kane Cornes 4 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 Geof Motley 4 1958, 1959, 1963, 1965 Harry Phillips 4 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893 Jeff Potter 4 1961, 1964, 1967, 1969 Bob Quinn 4 1937, 1938, 1945, 1947 Warren Tredrea 4 2001, 2004, 2005, 2009 Craig Bradley 3 1982, 1984, 1985 Stephen Clifford 3 1978, 1980, 1983 Les Dayman 3 1923, 1924, 1928 Robbie Gray 3 2014, 2015, 2016 Dick Russell 3 1948, 1949, 1951 Thomas Smith 3 1877, 1888, 1889 Charlie Adams 2 1920, 1921 Jack Ashley 2 1914, 1919 Travis Boak ^ 2 2011, 2019 Lewis Corston 2 1902, 1904 Jack Dermody 2 1933, 1935 Sinclair Dickson 2 1908, 1909 Harry Eaton 2 1913, 1915 Charlie Fry 2 1886, 1890 Neville Hayes 2 1957, 1960 Scott Hodges 2 1990, 1996 Albert Hollingworth 2 1934, 1936 Ernest Mucklow 2 1929, 1932 Harold Oliver 2 1911, 1912 John Quinn Sr. 2 1900, 1905 John Sidoli 2 1880, 1881 Ted Strawns 2 1901, 1906 Fos Williams 2 1950, 1955
References [ edit ] General Specific ^ "Award Winners" . PortAdelaideFC.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ "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 . ^ a b c Rucci, Michelangelo (14 October 2014). "Port Adelaide's greatest line-up since 1997 defined by the 2004 AFL premiership champions" . The Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ Agius, Matthew (3 October 2014). "All shades of Gray as excitement machine takes home first John Cahill Medal" . PortAdelaideFC.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ "South Australian Football Hall of Fame – Warren Tredrea" . South Australian Football Hall of Fame . South Australian National Football League . Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ Agius, Matthew (29 July 2014). "Primus, Cornes inducted into South Australian Football Hall of Fame" . PortAdelaideFC.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ "AFL club champions 2003" . The Age . Fairfax Media . 5 October 2003. Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ a b "Tredrea voted as Port's best" . ABC Online . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 2 October 2005. Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ "Lade named Port's best" . ABC Online . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 16 September 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ a b Rucci, Michelangelo (14 May 2015). "Port Adelaide champion Kane Cornes puts his family's needs ahead of his football dreams" . The Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ Tullberg, Julie (3 October 2009). "Port Adelaide's Warren Tredrea wins fourth John Cahill Medal" . The Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ Fjeldstad, Jesper (11 September 2010). "Cornes is Power's Mr Consistency in winning 3rd medal" . The Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ Capel, Andrew (17 September 2011). "Port Adelaide pair Travis Boak and Jackson Trengove tie in best and fairest" . Herald Sun . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ "Kane Cornes claims fourth John Cahill Medal" . News.com.au . News Corp Australia . 7 September 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ Thring, Harry (22 September 2013). "Wingard a club champion at just 20 years old" . AFL.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ Rucci, Michelangelo (3 October 2014). "Robbie Gray wins John Cahill Medal — his first club champion title at Port Adelaide Football Club" . The Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ Fjeldstad, Jesper (5 December 2015). "Robbie Gray wins second straight Jack Cahill Medal as Port Adelaide's best-and-fairest" . Herald Sun . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 . ^ Gaskin, Lee (10 September 2016). "Gray's historic Power play with club champion hat-trick" . AFL.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 10 September 2016 . ^ Rucci, Michelangelo (6 October 2017). "Port Adelaide lead ruckman Patrick Ryder completes comeback season as Power club champion" . The Advertiser . News Corp Australia. Retrieved 22 November 2017 . ^ Gaskin, Lee (5 October 2018). "Veteran utility wins Port B&F in thrilling count" . afl.com.au . Telstra. Retrieved 6 October 2018 . ^ Founten, Loukas (4 October 2019). "Travis Boak awarded the 2019 John Cahill medal" . portadelaidefc.com.au . Telstra. Retrieved 5 October 2019 . ^ Founten, Loukas (30 October 2020). "Byrne-Jones takes out the 2020 John Cahill Medal" . portadelaidefc.com.au . Telstra. Retrieved 30 October 2020 .
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