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Copeland Trophy

Award in the Collingwood Football Club

Summary

Award in the Collingwood Football Club

The E.W. Copeland Trophy is an Australian rules football award given by the Collingwood Football Club to the player adjudged best and fairest for Collingwood during the year.

The Copeland Shield, as it was formerly known, was donated by Ern Copeland, the secretary who came to the club in 1895 and led the club through the 1890s depression, saving it from financial ruin. He remained an employee of Collingwood for 29 years, finally retiring in 1924. The trophy was unveiled in 1932, with the best and fairest award winners from the previous five years engraved on the trophy.

Along with the Copeland Trophy, the R.T. Rush Trophy is awarded to the second best and fairest player, the J.J. Joyce Trophy is awarded to the third placed player, the Jock McHale Trophy to the fourth placed player, and the Jack Regan Trophy to the fifth placed player.

The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches awarding 22 votes per match, with no specific distribution required. If two players are tied at the end of the season, the player with the highest average votes-per-game is awarded the winner. If they are still tied, the player with the highest number of 'high value' votes is awarded the winner.

Recipients

+	Player won Brownlow Medal in same season

Season	Recipient(s)	Ref.
1927	+
1928
1929	+
1930	+ (2)
1931
1932	(2)
1933
1934	(2)
1935	(3)
1936
1937
1938	(2)
1939	+
1940	+ (3)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946		last=Edmund	first=Sam	title=Copeland Trophy win proves Dane Swan is one of the greats at Collingwood	url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/copeland-trophy-win-proves-dane-swan-is-one-of-the-greats-at-collingwood/story-e6frf9jf-1225967916755	access-date=8 December 2010	newspaper=Herald Sun	date=9 December 2010}}
1947	(2)
1948	(3)
1949
1950
1951	(2)
1952	(3)
1953	(4)
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959	(2)
1960
1961	(2)
1962	(3)
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968	(2)
1969
1970
1971
1972	+ (3)
1973	(4)
1974	(2)
1975
1976
1977	(5)
1978
1979	+
1980	(2)
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985	(2)
1986
1987
1988	(2)
1989
1990	(2)
1991
1992
1993	(2)
1994	(2)
1995
1996	(2)
1997	(3)
1998	(3)
1999	(4)
2000	(5)
2001		url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/04/1033538774897.html	title=Licuria named as Pies' best	last1=Saltau	first1=Chloe	last2=Ker	first2=Peter	last3=Shiell	first3=Alan	date=5 October 2002	work=The Age	access-date=10 August 2016}}
2002	(2)
2003	+ (6)
2004		url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/magpie-calls-it-a-day/story-e6frf9if-1111114487649	title=Collingwood defender James Clement retires	date=24 September 2007	work=Herald Sun	access-date=10 August 2016}}
2005	(2)
2006
2007
2008
2009	(2)
2010	(3)
2011	^
2012
2013	^ (2)
2014	^ (3)
2015	^ (4)
2016	^ (5)
2017	^
2018	^ (2)	{{cite news	url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-05/top-pies-in-stunning-copeland-trophy-tie	title=Top Pies in stunning Copeland Trophy tie
2019	(2)
2020
2021	^
2022	^ (2)
2023	^
2024	^
2025	^

Multiple winners

^	Denotes current Collingwood player

Player	Medals	Seasons
	6	1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003
^	5	2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
	5	1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1977
	4	1949, 1951, 1952, 1953
	3	1989, 1994, 1997
	3	1929, 1934, 1935
	3	1937, 1938, 1940
	3	1946, 1947, 1948
	3	2008, 2009, 2010
	3	1957, 1961, 1962
	2	2004, 2005
	2	1928, 1930
	2	1927, 1932
^	2	2021, 2022
	2	1982, 1988
	2	2018, 2019
	2	2001, 2002
	2	1992, 1993
	2	1958, 1959
	2	1979, 1980
	2	1971, 1974
^	2	2017, 2018
	2	1984, 1990
	2	1981, 1985

Notes

The Copeland Trophy was not awarded in the 1942, 1943, and 1944 VFL seasons because of World War II.

References

;General

;Specific

References

(8 August 1932). "Copeland Trophy Unveiled". [[The Argus (Melbourne).
(3 September 2017). "AFL Best and Fairest winners 2017: Who won your team's club champion award?". News Corp Australia.
Edmund, Sam. (9 December 2010). "Copeland Trophy win proves Dane Swan is one of the greats at Collingwood". Herald Sun.
(5 October 2002). "Licuria named as Pies' best". [[The Age]].
(4 October 2003). "Best and Fairest honoured". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
(24 September 2007). "Collingwood defender James Clement retires". [[Herald Sun]].
(7 October 2006). "Didak takes out Magpies award". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
(13 October 2010). "Cloke signs new two-year deal with Magpies". [[The Age]].
Australian Associated Press. (2 October 2009). "Collingwood midfielder Dane Swan wins second straight Copeland Trophy". [[The Advertiser (Adelaide).
Matthews, Bruce. (8 October 2011). "Scott Pendlebury wins Collingwood's best-and-fairest award". [[Herald Sun]].
McFarlane, Glenn. (6 October 2012). "Dayne Beams caps a stunning season with Collingwood's Copeland Trophy". [[Herald Sun]].
McFarlane, Glenn. (5 October 2013). "Collingwood star Scott Pendlebury claims second Copeland Trophy". [[Herald Sun]].
McFarlane, Glenn. (3 October 2014). "Scott Pendlebury has won his third Copeland Trophy as Collingwood's best and fairest". [[Herald Sun]].
Cherny, Daniel. (10 October 2015). "Scott Pendlebury wins fourth Collingwood best and fairest award". [[The Age]].
Ryan, Peter. (7 October 2016). "Pies skipper Pendlebury wins fourth-straight Copeland Trophy". [[Bigpond]].
McFarlane, Glenn. (6 October 2017). "Steele Sidebottom pips Taylor Adams to claim his first Collingwood Copeland Trophy". [[Herald Sun]].
(4 October 2019). "Grundy goes back-to-back".
(13 October 2020). "Adams wins E.W Copeland Trophy".
(1 October 2021). "Crisp claims his first E. W. Copeland Trophy".
(1 October 2022). "Crisp claims his second E.W. Copeland Trophy".
Ward, Roy. (2023-10-06). "Josh Daicos wins Copeland Trophy in Collingwood’s flag year".
(4 October 2024). "Nick Daicos presented with first E.W. Copeland Trophy".
(3 October 2025). "Cameron claims maiden E.W. Copeland Trophy". [[Collingwood Football Club]].

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