1978 Brownlow Medal
Encyclopedia
The 1978 Brownlow Medal was awarded to Malcolm Blight
from the North Melbourne Football Club
as the fairest and best
player during the 1978
Victorian Football League
home-and-away season.
Malcolm Blight
Malcolm Jack Blight AM is a former champion Australian rules football player and coach, and current television commentator. During the 1970s and 1980s Blight played for the Woodville Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and the North Melbourne Football Club in the...
from the North Melbourne Football Club
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
as the fairest and best
Best and Fairest
Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...
player during the 1978
1978 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1978.-Grand final:Hawthorn defeated North Melbourne 18.13 to 15.13 , in front of a crowd of 101704 people...
Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
home-and-away season.
Leading votegetters
| | Player | | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Malcolm Blight Malcolm Blight Malcolm Jack Blight AM is a former champion Australian rules football player and coach, and current television commentator. During the 1970s and 1980s Blight played for the Woodville Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and the North Melbourne Football Club in the... |
22 |
| 2nd | Peter Knights Peter Knights Peter Knights is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is widely regarded as one of the finest centre half-backs to have played the game, despite suffering numerous injuries... |
21 |
| 3rd | Garry Wilson Garry Wilson Garry J. "Flea" Wilson is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.- Background :Wilson, during his playing days, was described by The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers as having "limitless courage" as a wispy rover, with a playing weight of only 64 kg. He played... |
20 |
| 4th | Kevin Bartlett | 19 |
| 5th | Gary Dempsey Gary Dempsey Gary Dempsey is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.... |
16 |
| 6th | Graham Teasdale Graham Teasdale Graham Teasdale is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFL between 1972 and 1975, for the South Melbourne Football Club from 1975 to 1981 and then for the Collingwood Football Club from 1982 to 1984.... |
15 |
| =7th | Michael Tuck Michael Tuck Michael Tuck is a seven time premiership winning player, Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League / Australian Football League , where he is the games record holder.... Ray Shaw * Geoff Raines Geoff Raines Geoff Raines was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1976 and 1982 for the Richmond Football Club, between 1983 and 1985 for the Collingwood Football Club, in 1986 for the Essendon Football Club and between 1987 and 1989 for the Brisbane Bears Football Club.-... Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... |
14 |
- * ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the VFL TribunalAFL TribunalThe AFL Tribunal is the disciplinary tribunal of the Australian Football League .-Points system:Source: AFL Tribunal 2011 Guidebook...
during the season.