1977 Brownlow Medal


The 1977 Brownlow Medal was the 50th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League home and away season. Graham Teasdale of the South Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling fifty-nine votes during the 1977 VFL season. The count was the second of two occasions in which the two field umpires independently voted for the best players on the ground under the 3-2-1 system. This meant that the winner of the Brownlow had a higher number of votes than usual, and Teasdale's fifty-nine votes set and holds the record for the most votes ever polled in a single season. From 1978 onwards, the field umpires conferred after each game and awarded a single set of votes, rather than voting independently.

Leading votegetters


PlayerVotes
1stGraham Teasdale 59
2ndKevin Bartlett 45
3rdBill Picken 41
=4thBruce Doull 34
=4thLen Thompson 34
=4thLeigh Matthews 34
Jeff Sarau *30
=7thGary Dempsey 27
=7thGary Hardeman 27
9thDavid Dench 26
10thSimon Madden 25

* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the VFL Tribunal during the year.