Jack Dyer Medal

The Jack Dyer Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the player or players adjudged best and fairest for the Richmond Football Club.

The award is now named in honour of Jack Dyer, a champion ruckman who won the award five times from 1937 to 1946. He was one of the inaugural "Legends" inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.

Other multiple winners have been Kevin Bartlett (five times); Wayne Campbell and dual Brownlow Medallist Roy Wright (four times each); Ron Branton, Neville Crowe, Geoff Raines, Brownlow Medallist Bill Morris, and Trent Cotchin (three times each). Basil McCormack, Jack Titus, Leo Merrett, Des Rowe, Dave Cuzens, Royce Hart, Maurice Rioli, Dale Weightman, Matthew Knights, Tony Free, Joel Bowden, Brett Deledio, Dustin Martin, and most recently Jack Riewoldt have all won the award twice.

Bill Morris, Roy Wright, Ian Stewart, Trent Cotchin and Dustin Martin all won the best and fairest in the same years that they won their Brownlow Medals at Richmond, while Stan Judkins, Brownlow Medallist in 1930, never won the club's award.

The voting system as of the 2023 AFL season, consists of all the team’s players on match day receiving a rating from 0-5 based on their overall performance. The match committee assesses each player’s offensive, defensive and contest impacts on the game. After those game phases have been analysed, the 0-5 rating is given as a joint match committee decision. Votes are not allocated for what the match committee deems a below-average performance.[1]

Recipients

^ Denotes current player
+ Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
Season Recipient(s) Ref.
1908 to 1926 —
1927 Basil McCormack [2]
1928 Basil McCormack (2) [2]
1929 Jack Titus
1930 to 1934 —
1935 Ray Martin [2]
1936 —
1937 Jack Dyer (1) [2]
1938 Jack Dyer (2) [2]
1939 Jack Dyer (3) [2]
1940 Jack Dyer (4) [2]
1941 Jack Titus (2)
1942 Leo Merrett
1943 Ron Durham [2]
1944 Leo Merrett (2)
1945 Bill Morris
1946 Jack Dyer (5) [2]
1947 Bill Wilson
1948 Bill Morris+ (2)
1949 Geoff Spring
1950 Bill Morris (3) [2]
1951 Des Rowe [2]
Roy Wright
1952 Roy Wright+ (2) [2]
1953 Havel Rowe
1954 Roy Wright+ (3)
1955 Des Rowe (2)
1956 Laurie Sharp
1957 Roy Wright (4)
1958 Dave Cuzens [2]
1959 Dave Cuzens (2) [2]
1960 Ron Branton [2]
1961 Ron Branton (2) [2]
1962 Ron Branton (3) [2]
1963 Neville Crowe [2]
1964 Neville Crowe (2) [2]
1965 Bill Barrot
1966 Neville Crowe (3) [2]
1967 Kevin Bartlett [2]
1968 Kevin Bartlett (2) [2]
1969 Royce Hart [3]
1970 Francis Bourke
1971 Ian Stewart+ [3]
1972 Royce Hart (2) [3]
1973 Kevin Bartlett (3) [2]
1974 Kevin Bartlett (4) [2]
1975 Kevin Morris
1976 Kevin Sheedy
1977 Kevin Bartlett (5)
1978 Geoff Raines
1979 Barry Rowlings [2]
1980 Geoff Raines (2) [2]
1981 Geoff Raines (3) [2]
1982 Maurice Rioli [2]
1983 Maurice Rioli (2) [2]
1984 Mark Lee
1985 Trevor Poole
1986 Dale Weightman [2]
1987 Dale Weightman (2) [2]
1988 Michael Pickering
1989 Tony Free
1990 Matthew Knights
1991 Craig Lambert
1992 Matthew Knights (2)
1993 Tony Free (2)
1994 Chris Bond [3]
1995 Wayne Campbell
1996 Paul Broderick [2]
1997 Wayne Campbell (2)
1998 Nick Daffy
1999 Wayne Campbell (3)
2000 Andrew Kellaway [2]
2001 Darren Gaspar [2]
2002 Wayne Campbell (4) [4]
2003 Mark Coughlan [5]
2004 Joel Bowden [6]
2005 Joel Bowden (2) [6]
2006 Kane Johnson [7]
2007 Matthew Richardson [3]
2008 Brett Deledio [8]
2009 Brett Deledio (2) [9]
2010 Jack Riewoldt [10]
2011 Trent Cotchin [11]
2012 Trent Cotchin+ (2) [12]
2013 Daniel Jackson [13]
2014 Trent Cotchin (3) [14]
2015 Alex Rance [15]
2016 Dustin Martin [16]
2017 Dustin Martin+ (2) [17]
2018 Jack Riewoldt (2) [18]
2019 Dion Prestia^ [19]
2020 Jayden Short^ [20]
2021 Dylan Grimes [21]
2022 Tom Lynch^
2023 Tim Taranto^ [22]
2024 Daniel Rioli [23]

Multiple winners

^ Denotes current player
Player Medals Seasons
Jack Dyer 5 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946
Kevin Bartlett 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1977
Wayne Campbell 4 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002
Roy Wright 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957
Ron Branton 3 1960, 1961, 1962
Trent Cotchin 2011, 2012, 2014
Neville Crowe 1963, 1964, 1966
Bill Morris 1945, 1948, 1950
Geoff Raines 1978, 1980, 1981
Joel Bowden 2 2004, 2005
Dave Cuzens 1958, 1959
Brett Deledio 2008, 2009
Dustin Martin 2016, 2017
Tony Free 1989, 1993
Royce Hart 1969, 1972
Matthew Knights 1990, 1992
Basil McCormack 1927, 1928
Leo Merrett 1942, 1944
Jack Riewoldt 2010, 2018
Maurice Rioli 1982, 1983
Des Rowe 1951, 1955
Jack Titus 1929, 1941
Dale Weightman 1986, 1987

Removed winners

Following a nineteen-year investigation undertaken by members of the Richmond Historical Committee, it was announced in November 2019 that their research into the history of the award had discovered that 18 of the 22 awards between 1911 and 1936 (none had been listed in 1912, 1915, and 1930–1931) were not actually presented at the time but were instead erroneously added retrospectively in 1988 and 1991.[24]

This caused a degree of controversy, as this resulted in Jack Dyer's record tally of six medals being reduced to five (with his 1932 award being removed), equal with Kevin Bartlett. In addition, Ray Martin also had his back-to-back medals reduced to one (his 1934 award was removed), and a further twelve players—including those from the club's earliest years in the VFL/AFL, members of the club's 1920–1921 premiership teams, and teammates of Dyer—had all of their awards removed from the records. [25]

Season Recipient
1911 William Mahoney
1913 Charlie Ricketts
1914 Sid Reeves
1916 Artie Bettles
1917 Vic Thorp
1918 Barney Herbert
1919 Barney Herbert
1920 Dan Minogue
1921 Hugh James
1922 Mel Morris
1923 Hugh James
1924 Vic Thorp
1925 Thomas O'Halloran
1926 Alan Geddes
1932 Jack Dyer
1933 Maurie Hunter
1934 Ray Martin
1936 Martin Bolger

References

General
  • Hogan, Paul (1996). The Tigers Of Old. Melbourne, VIC: Richmond Football Club. ISBN 9780646187488.
Specific
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  11. ^ McNicol, Adam (13 September 2011). "Cotchin named top Tiger". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Trent Cotchin wins second Jack Dyer Medal as Richmond best-and-fairest". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  13. ^ Murnane, Matt (1 October 2013). "Daniel Jackson wins Jack Dyer Medal". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  14. ^ Matthews, Bruce (30 September 2014). "Trent Cotchin wins Jack Dyer Medal, becomes youngest Richmond player to win three Best and Fairests". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  15. ^ Cherny, Daniel (6 October 2015). "Alex Rance wins Tigers' best and fairest". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  16. ^ Cherny, Daniel (9 September 2016). "Dustin Martin wins Jack Dyer medal as Richmond best and fairest". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  17. ^ Colangelo, Anthony (2 October 2017). "Dustin Martin wins 2017 Jack Dyer Medal to be crowned RIchmond's best and fairest once again". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  18. ^ Phelan, Jennifer (2 October 2018). "Riewoldt claims his second Jack Dyer Medal". afl.com.au. telstra media. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  19. ^ Greenberg, Tony (1 October 2018). "Prestia captures Jack Dyer Medal". richmondfc.com.au. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  20. ^ Greenberg, Tony (26 October 2020). "Short secures Jack Dyer Medal". richmondfc.com.au. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  21. ^ Greenberg, Tony (26 August 2021). "Grimes grabs Jack Dyer Medal". Richmond. Telstra.
  22. ^ Black, Sarah (3 October 2023). "It's Timmy time: Star recruit takes out Tigers' best and fairest". AFL.com.au.
  23. ^ Greenberg, Tony (1 October 2024). "Rioli's Jack triumph".
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