1996 Brownlow Medal

1996 Brownlow Medal
Winners	Michael Voss (Brisbane Bears) James Hird (Essendon) 21 votes
Television/Radio coverage
Network	Seven Network

The 1996 Brownlow Medal was awarded to Michael Voss from the Brisbane Bears and James Hird from the Essendon Football Club for being the best and fairest players during the 1996 Australian Football League home and away season.^[1]

In the leadup to the count, the AFL requested that the previous year's winner, Paul Kelly, attend the count in person at the World Congress Centre in Melbourne, rather than via video link from Sydney. This caused a betting plunge on Kelly.^[2]

Corey McKernan polled the same number of votes as Voss and Hird, but due to a tribunal suspension during the year was deemed ineligible to win the award. This caused some to call for the rules to be changed to allow suspended players to still be eligible.^[3] The eligibility rules have remained the same since then, relying on the fairest section of best and fairest to continue to exclude suspended players from being able to win the award. McKernan went on to be a member of North Melbourne's 1996 AFL Grand Final winning team, something that both Voss and Hird said that they would prefer over winning the medal.^[1]

Leading votegetters

Position	Player	Club	Votes
=1st	Michael Voss	Brisbane	21
=1st	James Hird	Essendon	21
Ineligible*	Corey McKernan	North Melbourne	21
=3rd	Chris Grant	Footscray	20
=3rd	Nathan Burke	St Kilda	20
5th	Garry Hocking	Geelong	19
6th	Paul Salmon	Hawthorn	18
=7th	Justin Charles	Richmond	17
	Stewart Loewe	St Kilda
	Guy McKenna	West Coast
	Robert Harvey	St Kilda
*McKernan was ineligible to win the medal due to a tribunal suspension

References

1 2 Browne, Ashley (29 September 1996). "Michael Voss and James Hird - Brownlow Medallists". The Age.
↑ Blake, Martin (22 September 1996). "League orders Kelly to medal count". The Age.
↑ Watkins, Sian (24 September 1996). "Maintain medal rules, says Roos". The Age.

External links

1996 Medal Count at AFL Tables
Medal Count at Footywire

Brownlow Medal

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