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John Cahill Medal

Annual award in Australian football


Summary

Annual award in Australian football

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. 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.

Recipients

#Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
SeasonBest and fairestRef.Interclub eraSAFA eraSAFL eraSANFL eraAFL era
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878(2)
1879(3)
1880
1881(2)
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890(2)
1891(2)
1892(3)
1893
(4)
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899+
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904(2)
1905(2)
1906(2)
1907+
1908
1909(2)
1910+
1911
1912(2)
1913
1914+
1915(2)
1916
1917
1918
1919(2)
1920
1921+ (2)
1922
1923
1924(2)
1925+
1926
1927
1928(3)
1929
1930
1931
1932(2)
1933
1934
1935(2)
1936(2)
1937
1938+ (2)
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945+ (3)
1946
1947(4)
1948
1949(2)
1950
1951(3)
1952
1953
1954
1955(2)
1956+
1957
1958
1959(2)
1960(2)
1961
1962
1963(3)
1964+ (2)
1965(4)
1966
1967+ (3)
1968(2)
1969(4)
1970(3)
1971+
1972(2)
1973(4)
1974+ (3)
1975+
1976+ (4)
1977(5)
1978
1979
1980(2)
1981(6)
1982
1983(3)
1984(2)
1985(3)
1986+
1987
1988
1989
1990+
1991
1992+
1993
1994
1995
1996(2)
1997url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/breaking-news/port-adelaides-greatest-lineup-since-1997-defined-by-the-2004-afl-premiership-champions/news-story/8d2ece75298df07e7d2f77b37cc54c63title=Port Adelaide's greatest line-up since 1997 defined by the 2004 AFL premiership championslast=Ruccifirst=Michelangelodate=14 October 2014work=The Advertiserpublisher=News Corp Australiaaccess-date=20 August 2016}}
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004(2)
2005(3)url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-10-02/tredrea-voted-as-ports-best/2115924title=Tredrea voted as Port's bestdate=2 October 2005work=ABC Onlinepublisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporationaccess-date=20 August 2016}}
2006
2007url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/port-adelaide/port-adelaide-champion-kane-cornes-puts-his-familys-needs-ahead-of-his-football-dreams/news-story/fb9a995117acc3692762f5ce2e7df1a1title=Port Adelaide champion Kane Cornes puts his family's needs ahead of his football dreamslast=Ruccifirst=Michelangelodate=14 May 2015work=The Advertiserpublisher=News Corp Australiaaccess-date=20 August 2016}}
2008(2)
2009(4)
2010(3)
2011
2012(4)
2013
2014
2015(2)
2016(3)
2017
2018{{cite newsurl=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-05/veteran-utility-wins-port-bf-in-thrilling-counttitle=Veteran utility wins Port B&F in thrilling countfirst=Leedate=5 October 2018work=afl.com.aupublisher=Telstraaccess-date=6 October 2018}}
2019(2)
2020^
2021^#
2022^
2023^
2024^ (2)
2025^ (3)

Multiple winners

^Denotes current player
RecipientsMedalsSeasons
61971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1981
41966, 1968, 1970, 1973
2007, 2008, 2010, 2012
1958, 1959, 1963, 1965
1888, 1891, 1892, 1893
1961, 1964, 1967, 1969
1937, 1938, 1945, 1947
2001, 2004, 2005, 2009
^32023, 2024, 2025
1982, 1984, 1985
1978, 1980, 1983
1923, 1924, 1928
2014, 2015, 2016
1948, 1949, 1951
1877, 1888, 1889
21920, 1921
1914, 1919
2011, 2019
1902, 1904
1933, 1935
1908, 1909
1913, 1915
1886, 1890
1957, 1960
1990, 1996
1934, 1936
1929, 1932
1911, 1912
1900, 1905
1880, 1881
1901, 1906
1950, 1955

Notes

  • The South Australian Football League was in recess from 1916 to 1918 due to World War I.
  • The Port Adelaide Football Club did not participate in the 1942, 1943 and 1944 SANFL seasons because of World War II.

References

;General

;Specific

References

  1. "Award Winners". [[Bigpond]].
  2. (3 September 2017). "AFL Best and Fairest winners 2017: Who won your team's club champion award?". News Corp Australia.
  3. Rucci, Michelangelo. (14 October 2014). "Port Adelaide's greatest line-up since 1997 defined by the 2004 AFL premiership champions". [[News Corp Australia]].
  4. Agius, Matthew. (3 October 2014). "All shades of Gray as excitement machine takes home first John Cahill Medal". [[Bigpond]].
  5. "South Australian Football Hall of Fame – Warren Tredrea". [[South Australian National Football League]].
  6. Agius, Matthew. (29 July 2014). "Primus, Cornes inducted into South Australian Football Hall of Fame". [[Bigpond]].
  7. (5 October 2003). "AFL club champions 2003". [[Fairfax Media]].
  8. (2 October 2005). "Tredrea voted as Port's best". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
  9. (16 September 2006). "Lade named Port's best". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
  10. Rucci, Michelangelo. (14 May 2015). "Port Adelaide champion Kane Cornes puts his family's needs ahead of his football dreams". [[News Corp Australia]].
  11. Tullberg, Julie. (3 October 2009). "Port Adelaide's Warren Tredrea wins fourth John Cahill Medal". [[News Corp Australia]].
  12. Fjeldstad, Jesper. (11 September 2010). "Cornes is Power's Mr Consistency in winning 3rd medal". [[News Corp Australia]].
  13. Capel, Andrew. (17 September 2011). "Port Adelaide pair Travis Boak and Jackson Trengove tie in best and fairest". [[News Corp Australia]].
  14. (7 September 2012). "Kane Cornes claims fourth John Cahill Medal". [[News Corp Australia]].
  15. Thring, Harry. (22 September 2013). "Wingard a club champion at just 20 years old". [[Bigpond]].
  16. Rucci, Michelangelo. (3 October 2014). "Robbie Gray wins John Cahill Medal — his first club champion title at Port Adelaide Football Club". [[News Corp Australia]].
  17. Fjeldstad, Jesper. (5 December 2015). "Robbie Gray wins second straight Jack Cahill Medal as Port Adelaide's best-and-fairest". [[News Corp Australia]].
  18. Gaskin, Lee. (10 September 2016). "Gray's historic Power play with club champion hat-trick". [[Bigpond]].
  19. Rucci, Michelangelo. (6 October 2017). "Port Adelaide lead ruckman Patrick Ryder completes comeback season as Power club champion". News Corp Australia.
  20. Founten, Loukas. (4 October 2019). "Travis Boak awarded the 2019 John Cahill medal". Telstra.
  21. Founten, Loukas. (30 October 2020). "Byrne-Jones takes out the 2020 John Cahill Medal". Telstra.
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