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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]
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
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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