Norm Smith Medal

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The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.

The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith. It was named in his honour mostly due to his coaching feats in Grand Finals: he coached six Melbourne premiership sides.

As with most individual awards in team sports, the Norm Smith Medal is usually awarded to a player on the winning side. Only four players have won the award in losing sides: Maurice Rioli in 1982, Gary Ablett in 1989, Nathan Buckley in 2002 and Chris Judd in 2005. It is notable that Ablett, Buckley and Judd won their medals in very close Grand Finals, where the losing teams almost won. Rioli won his in the 1982 Grand Final, despite his team being convincingly beaten by Carlton.

Year Winner Club
1979 Wayne Harmes Carlton
1980 Kevin Bartlett Richmond
1981 Bruce Doull Carlton
1982 Maurice Rioli Richmond
1983 Colin Robertson Hawthorn
1984 Billy Duckworth Essendon
1985 Simon Madden Essendon
1986 Gary Ayres Hawthorn
1987 David Rhys-Jones Carlton
1988 Gary Ayres Hawthorn
1989 Gary Ablett Geelong
1990 Tony Shaw Collingwood
1991 Paul Dear Hawthorn
1992 Peter Matera West Coast
1993 Michael Long Essendon
1994 Dean Kemp West Coast
1995 Greg Williams Carlton
1996 Glenn Archer North Melbourne
1997 Andrew McLeod Adelaide
1998 Andrew McLeod Adelaide
1999 Shannon Grant Kangaroos
2000 James Hird Essendon
2001 Shaun Hart Brisbane Lions
2002 Nathan Buckley Collingwood
2003 Simon Black Brisbane Lions
2004 Byron Pickett Port Adelaide
2005 Chris Judd West Coast
2006 Andrew Embley West Coast

Italics - denotes winner from losing team of that Grand Final.

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