1977 Brownlow Medal

1977 Brownlow Medal
Date	August 29 , 1977
Location	Southern Cross Ballroom
Winner	Graham Teasdale (South Melbourne) 59 votes

The 1977 Brownlow Medal was won by Graham Teasdale from the South Melbourne Football Club, who recorded 59 votes to win as the fairest and best player during the 1977 Victorian Football League home-and-away 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 59 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

	Player	Votes
1st	Graham Teasdale (South Melbourne)	59
2nd	Kevin Bartlett (Richmond)	45
3rd	Bill Picken (Collingwood)	41
=4th	Bruce Doull (Carlton) Len Thompson (Collingwood) Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)	34
7th	Jeff Sarau (St Kilda)	30
=8th	Gary Dempsey (North Melbourne) Gary Hardeman (Melbourne)	27
10th	David Dench (North Melbourne)	26

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References

↑ "AFL Tables - 1977 Brownlow Medal". Retrieved 24 September 2013.

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