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Doig Medal

Football award

Summary

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 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.

Eight different players won the award between 1995 and 2002 until Peter Bell won his second medal in 2003. Following Bell's third medal in 2004, Matthew Pavlich won four consecutive medals to hold the record of six medals in total. Nat Fyfe became the third player to win multiple Doig medals when he won consecutive medals in 2013 and 2014.

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.

Recipients

+Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
SeasonWinnerRunner upThirdFourthFifthRef.
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003(2)
2004(3)
(2)
(3)
(4)
2008(5)
2010
2011(6)
2012
2013
2014(2)
2015(2)+
2016
2017
2018(2)^
2019+ (3){{cite newsurl=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2019-10-05/doig-medal-fyfe-winnertitle=Fyfe wins third Doig Medal
2020^^
2021^^^
2022^^^
^
2023^^^^^{{cite newstitle=Caleb Serong wins 2023 Doig Medal!
2024^ (2)^^^^
^
2025^ (3)^^^

Multiple winners

^Denotes current player
PlayerMedalsSeasons
62002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
32001, 2003, 2004
32013, 2014, 2019
^32023, 2024, 2025
22009, 2015
22016, 2018

References

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;Specific

References

  1. Washbourne, Michael. (2 October 2008). "The 10 greatest players in Fremantle Dockers history". [[News Corp Australia]].
  2. Carpenter, Alan. (29 November 2006). "George Doig - Condolence Statement".
  3. (4 October 2003). "Buckley is Magpies best, again". [[Fairfax Media]].
  4. Hagdorn, Kim. (4 October 2008). "Fremantle skipper Matthew Pavlich wins fifth Doig Medal". [[News Corp Australia]].
  5. Miller, Dale. (16 November 2014). "Fyfe named Freo best and fairest". [[Seven West Media]].
  6. (3 September 2017). "AFL Best and Fairest winners 2017: Who won your team's club champion award?". News Corp Australia.
  7. (15 October 2014). "Peter Mann re-elected unopposed". [[Bigpond]].
  8. Duffield, Mark. (24 October 2012). "Mann bids for seat on Freo board". [[Seven West Media]].
  9. O’Donoghue, Craig. (1 June 2010). "Cook calls it quits". [[Seven West Media]].
  10. Green, Warwick. (5 June 2015). "AFL Hall of Fame 2015: Peter Bell driven by determination to succeed". [[News Corp Australia]].
  11. Australian Associated Press. (9 October 2011). "Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich wins AFL club's best player in 2011, collecting sixth Doig Medal". [[News Corp Australia]].
  12. (2 October 2004). "Champions medals for Judd, Bell". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
  13. (5 October 2008). "Pavlich makes it five Doig Medals". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
  14. Chadwick, Justin. (10 October 2009). "Fremantle ruckman Aaron Sandilands wins the Doig Medal after stellar season". [[News Corp Australia]].
  15. Mic, Cullen. (3 October 2010). "Mundy wins Doig Medal". [[Bigpond]].
  16. Quartermaine, Braden. (9 October 2011). "Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich wins sixth Doig Medal". [[News Corp Australia]].
  17. O’Donoghue, Craig. (7 October 2012). "Crowley hails coach Lyon after winning Doig Medal". [[Seven West Media]].
  18. Brad, Elborough. (17 November 2013). "Nat Fyfe wins Fremantle Dockers Doig Medal". [[Fairfax Media]].
  19. Hagdorn, Kim. (16 November 2014). "Nat Fyfe wins Fremantle's 2014 Best and Fairest award". [[News Corp Australia]].
  20. Quartmaine, Braden. (10 October 2015). "Ruckman Aaron Sandilands wins Fremantle Dockers club champion award Doig Medal". [[News Corp Australia]].
  21. Tom, Wildie. (8 October 2016). "Neale claims first Doig Medal". [[Bigpond]].
  22. Tom, Fee. (7 October 2017). "Bradley Hill wins Doig Medal - Doig Wrap". [[Bigpond]].
  23. King, Travis. (7 October 2018). "Lions target Neale wins another Doig Medal". [[Telstra]].
  24. (22 October 2020). "Young Docker claims Freo's B&F". PerthNow.
  25. "Sean Darcy wins the 2021 Doig Medal!". fremantlefc.com.au.
  26. "Andrew Brayshaw wins the 2022 Doig Medal". fremantlefc.com.au.
  27. (18 September 2024). "Serong is so right: Star Docker joins club legends with back-to-back B&Fs". afl.com.au.
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