AFL Players Association awards The AFL Players Association awards are a group of awards given annually to players in the Australian Football League , voted for by all AFL players.Main awards The AFLPA nominates the following four awards as their main awards.The Leigh Matthews Trophy has been awarded by the players to the best player of the season annually since 1982. It is the AFLPA equivalent of the Brownlow Medal , and a variety of media-sponsored MVP awards. Gary Ablett , Jr. is the only player to win the award five times. Greg Williams , Wayne Carey, Michael Voss, Chris Judd and Nat Fyfe have won the award twice.Best Captain The Best Captain award was given sporadically from 1986 until 1997, and has been given annually since 1998. Michael Voss won the award four times from 2001–2004, the most of any player.Winners Year Player Club 1986 1987 1988 1990 1992 1994 1995 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player Awarded annually since 1991 to the most courageous player in the league . Glenn Archer has won the award most often with six wins, while Paul Kelly won it five times, including four consecutively from 1994–1997. Jonathan Brown won the award in 2007, 2008 and 2011. In 2009, Joel Selwood won the award for the first time , and then won it three consecutive times from 2012–2014.Winners Best First Year Player Awarded annually since 1998, the Best First Year Player award is awarded to the best adjudged player who is in his first year on an AFL list. The eligibility for the award is different to the AFL's other main award for the best performing young player, the AFL Rising Star , which can be won by any player aged under 21 as of 1 January that year, and who has not played more than ten matches before the start of the season. Michael Barlow , for example, won the award in 2010 but was not eligible for the Rising Star . Brownlow Medallists Adam Goodes and Chris Judd have both won the award in the past .Winners Other awards The following awards are also currently or have previously been presented by the AFLPA.Named after the indigenous game Marn Grook, the award was presented annually from 2001 to 2007 for the top emerging Indigenous player in the game , who must be within their first three seasons of AFL competition.Winners Grant Hattam Trophy The Grant Hattam Trophy has been awarded annually since 1999 to the best football journalist, as voted by the players. The Herald Sun s Mark Robinson and The Age s Emma Quayle are only journalists to have won the award twice. Herald Sun chief football writer Mike Sheahan won the award in 2008 for his article on Simon Goodwin and his gambling addiction . The Trophy was created in honour and memory of the late Grant Hattam who was a leading sports and media lawyer .Education and Training Excellence Award Given annually since 2001 to the player who displays the best all-round performance in balancing football with external education and training.Year Player Club 2001 Paul Licuria Collingwood 2002 Peter Bell Fremantle 2003 Simon Garlick Western Bulldogs 2004 Michael Wilson Port Adelaide 2005 James Clement Collingwood 2006 Josh Mahoney Port Adelaide 2007 Brett Burton Adelaide 2007 Shane Wakelin Collingwood 2008 Jason Blake St Kilda 2009 Max Hudghton St Kilda 2010 Tim Callan Western Bulldogs 2011 Henry Slattery Essendon 2012 Alan Toovey Collingwood 2013 Matthew Boyd Western Bulldogs 2014 Jonathon Griffin Fremantle 2015 Mike Pyke Sydney 2016 Jamie Macmillan North Melbourne 2017 Ed Curnow Carlton 2018 David Mundy Fremantle
Awarded annually to young aspiring non-AFL players, attempting to help them balance external study and training with football training .
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