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Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy

Annual Australian Football League award

Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy
Summary

Annual Australian Football League award

FieldValue
nameKeith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy
givenforThe best and fairest player at the Melbourne Football Club
locationCrown Palladium
countryAustralia
presenterMelbourne Football Club
first1935
firstwinnerAllan La Fontaine
mostwinsAllan La Fontaine
Jim Stynes
Clayton Oliver (4 times)
mostrecentMax Gawn (2025)

Jim Stynes Clayton Oliver (4 times)

The Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Melbourne Football Club throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) season. The Melbourne Football Club was established in 1858 and was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association, playing in the league from 1877 to 1896. After the formation of the Victorian Football League in 1896, Melbourne joined the league as a foundation club the next year and has competed in the league ever since. The inaugural Melbourne best and fairest winner was Allan La Fontaine in 1935, and he retained it the following season. The award was known as the Melbourne best and fairest

Allan La Fontaine, Jim Stynes and Clayton Oliver have each won the award on four occasions in 1935, 1936, 1941 and 1942; 1991, 1995, 1996 and 1997 and 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022 respectively; the most for any recipient of the award. Jim Stynes and Nathan Jones are the only two players to have won the award in three consecutive seasons; in the 1995–1997 seasons and 2012–2014 seasons respectively. Two players have won the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy in the same season as winning the Brownlow Medal, which is awarded to the fairest and best player in the VFL/AFL, Jim Stynes in 1991 and Shane Woewodin in 2000. The voting system as of the 2016 AFL season, consists of four members of the match committee giving each player a ranking out of ten after each game. Players can receive a maximum of 40 votes for a game.

Recipients

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Allan La Fontaine, the winner of four best and fairests
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Melbourne]] and [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] legend
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Jim Stynes, the winner of four Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophies, including three consecutive from 1995–1997
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Nathan Jones, the winner of three Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophies in consecutive seasons from 2012–2014
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Jack Viney, the 2016 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott winner
+Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
SeasonRecipientVotesRunner upVotesRef
1935———
1936(2)———
1937———url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19660901&id=fh0QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=apMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1203,111800title=One of the Greatsdate=1 September 1966work=The Agepublisher=Fairfax Mediaaccess-date=22 August 2016archive-date=7 March 2017archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307211341/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19660901&id=fh0QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=apMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1203,111800url-status=live}}
1938——url=http://www.mcg.org.au/things-to-do/sporting-statues/norm-smithtitle=Norm Smithpublisher=Melbourne Cricket Groundaccess-date=22 August 2016archive-date=7 October 2016archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007092446/http://www.mcg.org.au/things-to-do/sporting-statues/norm-smithurl-status=live}}
1939(2)———
1940———
1941(3)———
1942(4)———
1943———
1944(2)——
1945——
1946(3)———
1947———
1948———
1949——
1950——
1951——url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19540930&id=SsRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ScMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4200,4248482title=Cordner Wins Melbourne Club Awarddate=30 September 1954work=The Agepublisher=Fairfax Mediaaccess-date=22 August 2016archive-date=7 March 2017archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307211326/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19540930&id=SsRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ScMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4200,4248482url-status=live}}
1952——
1953——
1954(2)——
19556968
1956(2)87.587
1957——
1958——url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/melbourne/footys-greatest-number-what-is-the-best-jumper-number-at-melbourne/news-story/7d8cd9832ece41a216d7a606976a5351title=Footy's greatest number: What is the best jumper number at Melbourne?date=15 July 2014work=Herald Sunpublisher=News Corp Australiaaccess-date=22 August 2016}}
1959(2)——
1960——
1961——url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/looking-back-at-the-biggest-transfer-in-footy-history-ron-barassis-move-to-carlton/news-story/38e0790458c30e5f876645a09962af52title=Looking back at the biggest transfer in footy history: Ron Barassi's move to Carltonlast=McFarlanefirst=Glenndate=14 February 2015work=Herald Sunpublisher=News Corp Australiaaccess-date=22 August 2016}}
1962——url=http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2010-07-07/where-are-they-now-hassa-manntitle=Where are they now? Hassa Mannlast=Carrollfirst=Lyndadate=7 July 2010work=MelbourneFC.com.aupublisher=Bigpondaccess-date=22 August 2016archive-date=4 March 2016archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084038/http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2010-07-07/where-are-they-now-hassa-mannurl-status=live}}
1963(2)——
1964(2)——
1965——url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/john%2Btownsend/9407title=John Townsendwork=AustralianFootball.comaccess-date=22 August 2016archive-date=3 December 2016archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203093509/http://australianfootball.com/players/player/john%2Btownsend/9407url-status=live}}
1966——
1967(3)——
1968——
1969(2)——
1970——
1971——url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/former-melbourne-great-greg-wells-urges-melbourne-players-to-play-with-mongrel/story-e6frf9mf-1226613794072title=Former Melbourne great Greg Wells urges Melbourne players to play with mongrellast=McFarlanefirst=Glenndate=6 April 2013work=Herald Sunpublisher=News Corp Australiaaccess-date=22 August 2016}}
1972——url=http://www.australiaday.vic.gov.au/ambassadors/2016-ambassadors/stan-alves-oam/title=Stan Alves OAMwork=Australia Day–Vicpublisher=Department of Premier and Cabinetaccess-date=22 August 2016url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919081526/http://www.australiaday.vic.gov.au/ambassadors/2016-ambassadors/stan-alves-oam/archive-date=19 September 2016df=dmy-all}}
1973——
1974(2)——
1975——url=http://www.foxsportspulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=0-3909-47838-0-0&sID=66295&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=5295918title=Laurie Fowlerwork=Oakleigh District Football Clubpublisher=Fox Sports Pulseaccess-date=22 August 2016archive-date=22 August 2016archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822152829/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=0-3909-47838-0-0&sID=66295&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=5295918url-status=live}}
1976(2)132121
197710492
197812696
1979(2)118105
1980(3)4341
1981367250
1982388324
1983402361url=http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-22/hall-of-fame-alan-johnsontitle=Hall of Fame–Alan Johnsondate=22 May 2012work=MelbourneFC.com.aupublisher=Bigpondaccess-date=22 August 2016archive-date=23 August 2016archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823001142/http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-22/hall-of-fame-alan-johnsonurl-status=live}}
1984362+306
1985279273
1986237172
1987342320
1988487427
1989(2)278207
1990301271url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/garry-lyon-from-melbourne-football-club-star-to-highprofile-media-performer/news-story/7866dee13dff26366138400e56a22b25title=Garry Lyon: From Melbourne Football Club star to high-profile media performerlast=Royallfirst=Iandate=13 February 2016work=Herald Sunpublisher=News Corp Australiaaccess-date=22 August 2016}}
1991+650449url=http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2014-03-20/the-life-and-times-of-jim-stynestitle=The life and times of Jim Styneslast=Burganfirst=Mattdate=20 March 2014work=MelbourneFC.com.aupublisher=Bigpondaccess-date=22 August 2016archive-date=23 August 2016archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823001648/http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2014-03-20/the-life-and-times-of-jim-stynesurl-status=live}}
1992463320
1993394279
1994(2)355319
1995(2)311272
1996(3)444284
1997(4)404355
1998(2)347323
1999271270
2000+341.5328
2001331228
2002336295
2003267240
2004287286
2005316262
2006464317
2007(2)256190
20087560
20098269
2010295277
2011227201
2012368348
2013(2)365360
2014(3)311293
2015328^327
2016^407399
2017530^346
2018^657595
2019^ (2)464^323
(2)
2020385^362
2021(3)670644
2022(4)608553
2023(2)607^527
2024^ (2)407^405
2025^ (3)592479

Multiple winners

^Denotes current player
PlayerTrophiesSeasons
41935, 1936, 1941, 1942
41991, 1995, 1996, 1997
42017, 2019, 2021, 2022
31975, 1979, 1980
32012, 2013, 2014
31962, 1963, 1967
31937, 1939, 1946
^32018, 2019, 2025
21972, 1974
21961, 1964
21950, 1954
21983, 1989
21990, 1994
22006, 2007
21958, 1959
22020, 2023
21938, 1944
21955, 1956
21965, 1969
^22016, 2024
21993, 1998
21971, 1976

Footnotes

  • Records indicating the runners up are unavailable from 1935–1937, 1939–1943 and 1946–1948.
  • Records indicating the votes the winner and runner up received are unavailable from 1935–1954 and 1957–1975.

References

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