Bob Skilton Medal
The Bob Skilton Medal is an annual Australian rules football award presented to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Sydney Swans (formerly the South Melbourne Football Club) throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) season. It is named after Bob Skilton, who won the award a record nine times from 1958 to 1968. The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving an undetermined number of players up to ten votes each after every match. Players can receive a maximum of 50 votes for a game.[1]
Recipients
[edit]| ^ | Denotes current player |
| + | Player won Brownlow Medal in same season |
Multiple winners
[edit]| ^ | Denotes current player |
| Player | Medals | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Skilton | 9 | 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 |
| Peter Bedford | 5 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975 |
| Herbie Matthews | 5 | 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943 |
| Paul Kelly | 4 | 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 |
| Ron Clegg | 3 | 1948, 1949, 1951 |
| Adam Goodes | 3 | 2003, 2006, 2011 |
| Gerard Healy | 3 | 1986, 1987, 1988 |
| Josh Kennedy | 3 | 2012, 2015, 2016 |
| Luke Parker^ | 3 | 2014, 2017, 2021 |
| Bill Williams | 3 | 1946, 1947, 1950 |
| David Ackerly | 2 | 1980, 1982 |
| Jim Cleary | 2 | 1942, 1944 |
| Ron Hillis | 2 | 1930, 1935 |
| Brett Kirk | 2 | 2005, 2007 |
| Jake Lloyd^ | 2 | 2018, 2020 |
| Jarrad McVeigh | 2 | 2008, 2013 |
| Barry Round | 2 | 1979, 1981 |
| Jim Taylor | 2 | 1953, 1957 |
| Len Thomas | 2 | 1931, 1938 |
| Paul Williams | 2 | 2001, 2002 |
| Stephen Wright | 2 | 1985, 1990 |
References
[edit]General
- "Club Honour Roll (1971–present)". SydneySwans.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
Specific
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sydney Swans champion and Indigenous leader Adam Goodes named 2014 Australian of the Year". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Cordy, Neil (21 February 2014). "Former Sydney Swans Barry Hall and Craig Bolton inducted into hall of fame". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Cousins awarded Eagles' best and fairest". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Cowley, Michael (7 October 2006). "Better than the Brownlow: Goodes takes out his 'proudest' award". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "McLeod collects Crows' top gong". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 October 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Morrissey, Tim (1 October 2008). "Jarrad McVeigh takes best and fairest". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Ryan O'Keefe wins Sydney Swans 2009 best and fairest award". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Paul (1 October 2010). "Jack caps breakout year with Skilton Medal". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Otto, Tyson (7 October 2011). "Adam Goodes wins third Bob Skilton Medal". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Sydney Swans midfielder Josh Kennedy emphatically claims first Bob Skilton medal after superb season". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Cordy, Neil (5 October 2013). "Sydney co-captain Jarrad McVeigh wins second Swans best and fairest Bob Skilton Medal". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Stevenson, Amy (3 October 2014). "Adam Goodes ready for another year, Luke Parker wins 2014 Bob Skilton Medal". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Sygall, David (9 October 2015). "Sydney Swans star on-baller Josh Kennedy claims second Bob Skilton Medal". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Curley, Adam (6 October 2016). "Star Swan Kennedy pips Hannebery for third best and fairest". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ Curley, Adam (6 October 2017). "Star Swan wins second Bob Skilton Medal". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ Curley, Adam (5 October 2018). "First Skilton Medal for star Swans defender". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ Curley, Adam (17 September 2019). "Swans co-captain wins first Bob Skilton Medal in a landslide". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 18 September 2019.