W. S. Crichton Medal

W.S. Crichton Medal

Awarded for	The Best and Fairest player of the Essendon Football Club
Location	Crown Palladium Ballroom
Country	Australia
Presented by	Essendon Football Club
First awarded	1901
Last awarded	Ongoing
Currently held by	Dyson Heppell (Essendon Football Club)
Official website	Essendon Football Club Honours

The W.S. Crichton Medal is the name given to Best and Fairest award for Australian rules football team the Essendon Football Club. The naming of the award is to honour Walter S. Crichton, a former administrator for Essendon (who was a committeeman from 1926-1931, vice-president from 1932-1940, and president from 1941-1959).

The Best and Fairest award has been awarded since 1897, although before 1921 records of winners are patchy; the award was suspended during World War I.

Recipients:

Year	Winner
2014	Dyson Heppell
2013	Brendon Goddard
2012	Jobe Watson (Brownlow Medal winner)
2011	David Zaharakis
2010	Jobe Watson
2009	Jobe Watson
2008	David Hille
2007	James Hird
2006	Scott Lucas
2005	Jason Johnson
2004	Adam McPhee
2003	James Hird, Scott Lucas (tied)
2002	Mark Johnson
2001	Jason Johnson
2000	Dustin Fletcher
1999	Mark Mercuri
1998	Damien Hardwick
1997	Sean Denham
1996	James Hird (Brownlow Medal winner)
1995	James Hird
1994	James Hird
1993	Gary O'Donnell
1992	Mark Harvey
1991	Alan Ezard
1990	Mark Thompson
1989	Tim Watson
1988	Tim Watson
1987	Mark Thompson
1986	Glenn Hawker
1985	Tim Watson
1984	Simon Madden
1983	Simon Madden
1982	Terry Daniher
1981	Neale Daniher
1980	Tim Watson
1979	Simon Madden
1978	Ken Fletcher
1977	Simon Madden
1976	Graham Moss (Brownlow Medal winner)
1975	Graham Moss
1974	Graham Moss
1973	Andrew Wilson
1972	Neville Fields
1971	Barry Davis
1970	Daryl Gerlach
1969	Barry Davis
1968	Barry Davis
1967	John Birt
1966	Don McKenzie
1965	John Birt
1964	Ken Fraser
1963	Ken Fraser
1962	Jack Clarke
1961	John Birt
1960	Reg Burgess
1959	Hugh Mitchell
1958	Jack Clarke
1957	Reg Burgess
1956	Bill Hutchison
1955	Bill Hutchison
1954	John Gill
1953	Bill Hutchison (Brownlow Medal winner)
1952	Bill Hutchison (Brownlow Medal winner)
1951	Norm McDonald
1950	Bill Hutchison
1949	John Coleman
1948	Bill Hutchison
1947	Bill Hutchison
1946	Wally Buttsworth
1945	Wally Buttsworth
1944	Perc Bushby
1943	Dick Reynolds
1942	Dick Reynolds
1941	Wally Buttsworth
1940	Hugh Torney
1939	Dick Reynolds
1938	Dick Reynolds (Brownlow Medal winner)
1937	Dick Reynolds (Brownlow Medal winner)
1936	Dick Reynolds
1935	Keith Forbes
1934	Dick Reynolds (Brownlow Medal winner)
1933	Paddy Walsh
1932	Syd Carman
1931	Tom Clarke
1930	Keith Forbes
1929	Howard Okey
1928	Norm Beckton
1927	Frank Maher
1926	Joe Harrison
1925	Greg Stockdale
1924	Tom Fitzmaurice
1923	Tom Fitzmaurice
1922	Tom Fitzmaurice
1920	Jack Garden
1913	Fred Baring
1912	Ernie Cameron
1911	Ernie Cameron
1909	Bill Busbridge
1908	Bill Busbridge
1906	Jack McKenzie
1903
1901	Albert Thurgood

References

Essendon official Club Honours page

Essendon Football Club

History Premierships & Records Players Captains Coaches Awards W. S. Crichton Medal Leading Goalkickers Captain: Jobe Watson Coach: James Hird Nickname: Bombers

Home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921) Windy Hill (1922–91) Princes Park (1993–97) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–present) Docklands Stadium (2000–present)

Premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000

Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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W. S. Crichton Medal · Essendon Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1901: Thurgood
1903: Gavin
1906: J. McKenzie
1908: Busbridge
1909: Busbridge
1911: Cameron
1912: Cameron
1913: Baring
1920: Garden
1922: Fitzmaurice
1923: Fitzmaurice
1924: Fitzmaurice
1925: Stockdale
1926: Harrison
1927: Maher
1928: Beckton
1929: Okey
1930: Forbes
1931: T. Clarke
1932: Carman
1933: Walsh
1934: Reynolds
1935: Forbes
1936: Reynolds
1937: Reynolds
1938: Reynolds
1939: Reynolds
1940: Torney
1941: Buttsworth
1942: Reynolds
1943: Reynolds
1944: Bushby
1945: Buttsworth
1946: Buttsworth
1947: Hutchison
1948: Hutchison
1949: Coleman
1950: Hutchison
1951: McDonald
1952: Hutchison
1953: Hutchison
1954: Gill
1955: Hutchison
1956: Hutchison
1957: Burgess
1958: J. Clarke
1959: Mitchell
1960: Burgess
1961: Birt
1962: J. Clarke
1963: Fraser
1964: Fraser
1965: Birt
1966: D. McKenzie
1967: Birt
1968: Davis
1969: Davis
1970: Gerlach
1971: Davis
1972: Fields
1973: Wilson
1974: Moss
1975: Moss
1976: Moss
1977: Madden
1978: K. Fletcher
1979: Madden
1980: T. Watson
1981: N. Daniher
1982: T. Daniher
1983: Madden
1984: Madden
1985: T. Watson
1986: Hawker
1987: Thompson
1988: T. Watson
1989: T. Watson
1990: Thompson
1991: Ezard
1992: Harvey
1993: O'Donnell
1994: Hird
1995: Hird
1996: Hird
1997: Denham
1998: Hardwick
1999: Mercuri
2000: D. Fletcher
2001: J. Johnson
2002: M. Johnson
2003: Hird/Lucas
2004: McPhee
2005: J. Johnson
2006: Lucas
2007: Hird
2008: Hille
2009: J. Watson
2010: J. Watson
2011: Zaharakis
2012: J. Watson
2013: Goddard
2014: Heppell

Best and Fairest awards in the Australian Football League

Current awards	Brownlow Medal (league-wide) Malcolm Blight Medal (Adelaide) Merrett–Murray Medal (Brisbane Lions) John Nicholls Medal (Carlton) Copeland Trophy (Collingwood) W. S. Crichton Medal (Essendon) Doig Medal (Fremantle) Carji Greeves Medal (Geelong) Gold Coast Suns Club Champion (Gold Coast) Kevin Sheedy Medal (Greater Western Sydney) Peter Crimmins Medal (Hawthorn) Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal (Melbourne) Syd Barker Medal (North Melbourne) John Cahill Medal (Port Adelaide) Jack Dyer Medal (Richmond) Trevor Barker Award (St Kilda) Bob Skilton Medal (Sydney) John Worsfold Medal (West Coast) Charles Sutton Medal (Western Bulldogs)

Former awards	Mitchell Medal (Fitzroy) Brisbane Bears Club Champion (Brisbane Bears)