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Kevin Sheedy Medal

Australian rules football player award

Summary

Australian rules football player award

The Kevin Sheedy Medal is the award given to the Greater Western Sydney Giants player determined to have been the "best and fairest" throughout an AFL season. The award is named after the club's inaugural coach, Kevin Sheedy. The inaugural winner of the award was Callan Ward, one of the club's first captains.

Recipients

	Denotes current player

Season	Player(s)	Ref
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018		{{cite news	url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-05/giant-whitfield-rewarded-for-careerbest-year	title=Giant Whitfield rewarded for career-best year
2019		{{cite news	url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-10-04/young-giant-stuns-superstars-to-salute-as-club-champion	title=Young Giant stuns superstars to salute as club champion
2020
(2)
2021	(2)	{{cite news	url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/682661/gun-giant-edges-superstar-teammate-in-thrilling-b-f-count	title=Gun GWS Giant Edges Superstar Teammate in thrilling B & F Count
2022
2023	(2)
2024
2025

Multiple winners

Player	Medals	Seasons
	2	2017, 2021
	2	2018, 2020
	2	2016, 2023

References

[https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/kevin-sheedy-officially-appointed-coach-of-western-sydney-afl-team/news-story/ef53946278b22ffc5fb5f31969a292d6] {{dead link. (November 2021)
(6 September 2012). "Greater Western Sydney co-captain Callan Ward claims Kevin Sheedy medal for club's best and fairest". [[News Corp Australia]].
Dampney, James. (7 September 2013). "Cameron caps his year with Giant reward". [[Bigpond]].
Cordy, Neil. (5 September 2014). "Sydney premiership ruckman Shane Mumford claims GWS Giants best and fairest award". [[News Corp Australia]].
Cordy, Neil. (12 September 2015). "GWS Giants best and fairest won by Heath Shaw after outstanding season". [[News Corp Australia]].
Curley, Adam. (7 October 2016). "Giant Toby Greene caps breakout year with Kevin Sheedy Medal". [[Bigpond]].
Curley, Adam. (6 October 2017). "Kelly caps stellar year with Giants B&F". Bigpond.
(29 October 2020). "History Made with Joint Kevin Sheedy Medallists". Telstra.
Garb, Daniel. (26 August 2022). "AA defender tops skipper to claim Giants' best". Telstra.
(6 October 2023). "Greene Claims Second Sheedy Medal". GWS Giants.
(3 October 2024). "Hogan the Hero in 2024".
Beveridge, Riley. (2 October 2025). "Midfield bull lands maiden Giants B&F, reliable defender rewarded".

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