Geoff Christian Medal

The Geoff Christian Medal, commonly referred to as the Christian Medal, is an Australian rules football award given to the best player in the Australian Football League (AFL) from one of the two teams based in Western Australia, the Fremantle Football Club and the West Coast Eagles. First awarded during the 1999 season, the award is named after and struck in honour of Geoff Christian (1934–1998), a sports writer and broadcaster who served as chief football writer for The West Australian between 1961 and 1988, before being posthumously inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2000 and 2004, respectively.[1]

The medal features an image of sports broadcaster Geoff Christian, after whom it is named.

Votes for the medal are awarded by ABC Radio commentators on a 3–2–1 basis at the end of each match.[2] The most recent medal, awarded at the end of the 2019 regular season, was won by Fremantle's Nat Fyfe.[3] The award has been won multiple times by six players, Matthew Pavlich, Paul Hasleby, Nat Fyfe and Neale of Fremantle, and Daniel Kerr and Matt Priddis of West Coast. Fyfe has won the medal four times, the only player to do so.[3]

List of winners
Votes tallies prior to 2002 are unknown.
YearNameClubVotes
1999Adrian FletcherFremantle–
2000Troy Cook
Paul Hasleby		Fremantle
Fremantle		–
2001Ben CousinsWest Coast–
2002Matthew PavlichFremantle22
2003Peter BellFremantle28
2004Paul Hasleby (2)Fremantle27
2005Matthew Pavlich (2)Fremantle26
2006Chris JuddWest Coast18
2007Daniel KerrWest Coast26
2008Matthew Pavlich (3)Fremantle29
2009Aaron SandilandsFremantle25
2010Beau WatersWest Coast19
2011Matt PriddisWest Coast28
2012Daniel Kerr (2)West Coast24
2013Nat FyfeFremantle31
2014Matt Priddis (2)West Coast38
2015Nat Fyfe (2)Fremantle33
2016Lachie NealeFremantle38
2017Nat Fyfe (3)Fremantle24
2018Lachie Neale (2)Fremantle23
2019 Nat Fyfe (4)Fremantle26
2020 Nat Fyfe (5) Fremantle 20

References
  1. Wheeldon, Clint (2011). West Coast Eagle's [sic] Matt Priddis wins Christian medal – 720 ABC Perth. Published 5 September 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  2. Christian Medal 2007 – 720 ABC Perth. Published 26 October 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  3. Bryans, Aaron (19 August 2019). "Fyfe wins fourth Geoff Christian Medal". ABC Radio. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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