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1956 Brownlow Medal

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1956 Brownlow Medal
WinnerPeter Box (Footscray)
22 votes
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The 1956 Brownlow Medal was the 29th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season.[1] Peter Box of the Footscray Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-two votes during the 1956 VFL season.[2]

Leading votegetters

Player Votes
1st Peter Box (Footscray) 22
2nd Peter Pianto (Geelong) 16
3rd Jim Dorgan (South Melbourne) 15
=4th Roy Simmonds (Hawthorn) 13
Ron Barassi (Melbourne)
John Beckwith (Melbourne)
7th Neil Roberts (St Kilda) 12
=8th Bill Stephen (Fitzroy) 11
Bernie Smith (Geelong)
John O'Mahoney (Hawthorn)
Denis Cordner (Melbourne)
Des Rowe (Richmond)

References

  1. ^ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2009). AFL Record Season Guide 2009. Docklands, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-9805162-6-5.
  2. ^ "1956 Brownlow Medal". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 November 2016.