Syd Barker Medal


The Syd Barker Medal is awarded to the North Melbourne Football Club player who has been judged the best and fairest of the footy season. The award has been given out continuously since 1937. Before then it was known as the Syd Barker Memorial Trophy.
The award is named after Syd Barker who was a popular captain of the North Melbourne Football Club in 1915-1919, 1921 & 1927. He was a brilliant ruckmen of his time, starring in North Melbourne's 1910, 1914, 1915 and 1918 premiership sides, and captaining the famous "Invincibles" side that went undefeated in a record 58 games.
The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of each player earning up to 20 votes in a match, with votes from their best 20 games and finals counting towards their final total.

Recipients

SeasonRecipientRef.
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
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
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2013^
2013
2014^
2015^
2016^
2017^
2018^
2019^

Multiple winners

PlayerMedalsSeasons
52003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010
41992, 1993, 1996, 1998
41971, 1976, 1977, 1981
41963, 1964, 1965, 1966
31958, 1959, 1960
31945, 1949, 1950
31985, 1987, 1988
32004, 2006, 2010
32009, 2011, 2012
21935, 1937
22014, 2019
21973, 1979
21961, 1967
21982, 1983
^22017, 2018
21989, 1991
21994, 1995
21997, 1999
22011, 2013