Geoff Christian Medal

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

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]

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 five times, the only player to do so.[3]

## List of winners[edit]

Votes tallies prior to 2002 are unknown.
Year | Name | Club | Votes

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1999 | Adrian Fletcher | Fremantle | –
2000 | Troy Cook
Paul Hasleby | Fremantle
Fremantle | –
2001 | Ben Cousins | West Coast | –
2002 | Matthew Pavlich | Fremantle | 22
2003 | Peter Bell | Fremantle | 28
2004 | Paul Hasleby (2) | Fremantle | 27
2005 | Matthew Pavlich (2) | Fremantle | 26
2006 | Chris Judd | West Coast | 18
2007 | Daniel Kerr | West Coast | 26
2008 | Matthew Pavlich (3) | Fremantle | 29
2009 | Aaron Sandilands | Fremantle | 25
2010 | Beau Waters | West Coast | 19
2011 | Matt Priddis | West Coast | 28
2012 | Daniel Kerr (2) | West Coast | 24
2013 | Nat Fyfe | Fremantle | 31
2014 | Matt Priddis (2) | West Coast | 38
2015 | Nat Fyfe (2) | Fremantle | 33
2016 | Lachie Neale | Fremantle | 38
2017 | Nat Fyfe (3) | Fremantle | 24
2018 | Lachie Neale (2) | Fremantle | 23
2019  | Nat Fyfe (4) | Fremantle | 26
2020  | Nat Fyfe (5)  | Fremantle | 20
2021 | Andrew Brayshaw | Fremantle | 30
2022 | Andrew Brayshaw (2) | Fremantle | –
2023 | Caleb Serong | Fremantle | 38

## References[edit]

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. ^ a b Bryans, Aaron (19 August 2019). "Fyfe wins fourth Geoff Christian Medal". ABC Radio. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

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* AFL Coaches Association awards
* Australian Football Media Association Player of the Year
* Geoff Christian Medal
* Herald Sun Player of the Year
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