The Ken Farmer Medal is named in honour of the Australian rules football

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er , North Adelaide Football Club full forward Ken Farmer

Ken Farmer

Kenneth William George "Ken" Farmer was an Australian rules football player in the South Australian National Football League during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s...

. The medal is awarded to the SANFL's top goalkicker at the end of the minor round of matches each season and was instigated in 1981.

Ken Farmer Medallists

Year	Medallist	Club	Goals
1981	Tim Evans Tim Evans Tim Evans is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....	Port Adelaide	98
1982	Tim Evans	Port Adelaide	125
1983	Rick Davies Rick Davies (footballer) Rick Davies is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt and South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and in the Victorian Football League...	Sturt	151
1984	Tim Evans	Port Adelaide	127
1985	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...	Woodville	126
1986	Stephen Nichols Stephen Nichols (footballer) Stephen Nichols is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....	Woodville	103
1987	John Roberts John Roberts (Australian rules footballer) John Roberts is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL. He was the club's leading goal kicker in 1980 and 1981.-External links:*...	North Adelaide	111
1988	Stephen Nichols	Woodville	103
1989	Rudi Mandemaker	Central District	93
1990	Scott Hodges Scott Hodges Scott Lyall Hodges is a former Australian rules footballer and champion goal kicker who holds the SANFL record for most goals kicked in a league season when he kicked 153 goals in 1990...	Port Adelaide	153
1991	Scott Morphett Scott Morphett Scott Morphett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League and Woodville-West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League ....	WWT Eagles	99
1992	Mark Tylor	Port Adelaide	97
1993	Mark Tylor	Port Adelaide	87
1994	Scott Hodges	Port Adelaide	114
1995	Danny Del-Re Danny Del-Re Danny Del-Re is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the AFL during the early 1990s.Del-Re spent five seasons with Footscray, topping their goalkicking in 1992 and 1993. The 1992 season was his most prolific; he kicked 70 goals, including 13 of them in the finals series...	South Adelaide	92
1996	Scott Hodges	Port Adelaide	102
1997	Jim West Jim West (footballer) Jim West is a former Australian rules footballer, playing with the Sydney Swans from 1990 to 1992.Recruited from Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League , West never really establishing himself in the lineup, only managing 37 games .The highlight of his career came...	Norwood	73
1998	Adam Richardson Adam Richardson Adam Scott Richardson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and Adelaide in the Australian Football League ....	West Adelaide	100
1999	Adam Richardson	West Adelaide	66
2000	Adam Richardson	West Adelaide	72
2001	Adam Richardson	West Adelaide	81
2002	Daniel Hargraves Daniel Hargraves Daniel Hargraves is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and Fremantle in the Australian Football League....	North Adelaide	68
2003	Darren Bradshaw Darren Bradshaw (Australian footballer) Darren Bradshaw is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League .Bradshaw joined Brisbane from Wodonga, during their run of three successive premierships...	West Adelaide	88
2004	Daniel Schell Daniel Schell Daniel Schell is an Australian rules footballer. He played for both the Fremantle and the Adelaide Football Clubs. He was drafted from Central District in the SANFL as the 18th selection in the 1998 AFL Draft and played mainly as a full forward.Schell struggled to be a successful forward at AFL...	Central District	63
2005	Daniel Schell	Central District	67
2006	Mark Passador	WWT Eagles	74
2007	Brant Chambers	Sturt	106
2008	Brant Chambers	Sturt	97

Leading goalkickers prior to 1981

Prior to the instigation of this award the League recorded the leading goalkicker for each season of competition.

Year	Medallist	Club	Goals
1877	J Young	Adelaide	14
1878	W H J Dedman	Norwood	12
1879	W H J Dedman	Norwood	12
1880	J Traynor	Norwood	7
1881	E Pollock	Norwood	7
	W J Duffy	Norwood	7
1882	H J Wardrop	South Adelaide	14
1883	J E Litchfield	Port Adelaide	13
1884	R P Roy	Port Adelaide	22
1885	H R Hill	South Adelaide	19
1886	R Stephens	Adelaide	17
1887	A Bushby	South Adelaide	25
1888	C Woods	Norwood	29
1889	C Fry	Port Adelaide	32
1890	J McKenzie	Port Adelaide	32
1891	C Woods	Norwood	55
1892	C Woods	Norwood	46
1893	A Daly	Norwood	88
1894	A Daly	Norwood	47
1895	A Daly	Norwood	46
1896	J Kay	South Adelaide	25
1897	J Tompkins	Port Adelaide	27
1898	J Kay	South Adelaide	35
1899	A Daly	Norwood	32
1900	A Daly	West Torrens	27
1901	W Miller	Norwood	44
1902	J Kay	South Adelaide	28
1903	A Daly	North Adelaide	54
1904	W Miller	Norwood	35
1905	J Mathieson	Port Adelaide	30
	A Daly	North Adelaide	30
1906	J Mathieson	Port Adelaide	42
1907	J Quinn	Port Adelaide	32
1908	J Mathieson	Port Adelaide	33
1909	Richard Townsend Richard Townsend (sportsman) Richard James Bruce Townsend was an Australian sportsman who represented South Australia in bothAustralian rules football and cricket...	Norwood	22
1910	F Hansen	Port Adelaide	46
1911	F Hansen	Port Adelaide	41
1912	F Hansen	Port Adelaide	37
1913	F Hansen	Port Adelaide	39
1914	J Dunn	Port Adelaide	33
1915	F Fitzgerald	West Adelaide	31
1916- 1918 Suspended during World War 1
1919	L Lackman	Port Adelaide	26
1920	F Golding	Sturt	30
1921	R Bent	Norwood	42
1922	Tom Hart Tom Hart (Australian footballer) Tom Hart was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League .Originally with Norwood, Hart was a half forward flanker. He was wounded in France during World War 1 combat, at the age of 20, but survived...	Norwood	50
1923	P Lewis	North Adelaide	58
1924	R Bent	Norwood	53
1925	R Bent	Norwood	59
1926	R Bent	Norwood	65
1927	Jack Owens Jack Owens (footballer) Jack Owens was an Australian rules footballer who played for Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League during the 1920s and 1930s....	Glenelg	80
1928	J Owens	Glenelg	83
1929	Les Dayman Les Dayman Les 'Bro' Dayman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and Footscray in the Victorian Football League ....	Port Adelaide	86
1930	K Farmer	North Adelaide	105
1931	K Farmer	North Adelaide	126
1932	K Farmer	North Adelaide	102
	J Owens	Glenelg	102
1933	K Farmer	North Adelaide	112
1934	K Farmer	North Adelaide	106
1935	K Farmer	North Adelaide	128
1936	K Farmer	North Adelaide	134
1937	K Farmer	North Adelaide	108
1938	K Farmer	North Adelaide	112
1939	K Farmer	North Adelaide	113
1940	K Farmer	North Adelaide	125
1941	Bruce Schultz Bruce Schultz (footballer) Bruce Schultz was an Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the South Australian National Football League . He also played Sheffield Shield cricket for South Australia and grade cricket at East Torrens....	Norwood	100
1942	R Reynolds	Sturt/South Adelaide	45
1943	W E Isaac	Norwood/North Adelaide	73
1944	W E Isaac	Norwood/North Adelaide	76
1945	S Scott	South Adelaide	64
1946	Peter Dalwood Peter Dalwood Peter Dalwood was an Australian rules footballer who played for Norwood in the South Australian National Football League and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League ....	Norwood	70
1947	Bob McLean Bob McLean (footballer) Allan Robert Charles 'Bob' McLean was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League . Affectionately referred to as 'Big Bob' McLean, he later became a long serving football...	Port Adelaide	80
1948	Colin Churchett Colin Churchett Colin Churchett was an Australian rules footballer who played with Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League . He also played a game for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....	Glenelg	88
1949	C Churchett	Glenelg	72
1950	C Churchett	Glenelg	105
1951	C Churchett	Glenelg	102
1952	J Willis	West Torrens	85
1953	M Mayo	Norwood	78
1954	W McKenzie	North Adelaide	67
1955	P Caust	Sturt	57
1956	R Johns	Port Adelaide	70
1957	P Phipps	West Adelaide	90
1958	R Johns	Port Adelaide	55
1959	W Dittmar	Port Adelaide	74
1960	W Dittmar	Port Adelaide	69
1961	Geoff Kingston Geoff Kingston Geoff Kingston is a former Australian rules footballer who played for West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League . He was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2008....	West Torrens	79
1962	R Johns	Port Adelaide	76
1963	R Johns	Port Adelaide	54
1964	R Sawley	Sturt	70
1965	Ian Brewer Ian Brewer Ian Brewer was an Australian rules footballer with a distinguished career between 1956 and 1970, in the three major leagues of his era: the Victorian Football League , West Australian National Football League and South Australian National Football League...	Norwood	96
1966	Eric Freeman	Port Adelaide	81
1967	D Sachse	North	90
1968	R Vidovich	Central District	62
1969	D K "Fred" Phillis	Glenelg	137
1970	D K Phillis	Glenelg	107
1971	D K Phillis	Glenelg	99
1972	M Coligan	Norwood	81
1973	K Whelan	Sturt	107
1974	K Whelan	Sturt	108
1975	D K Phillis	Glenelg	108
1976	D K Phillis	Glenelg	98
1977	T Evans	Port Adelaide	87
1978	T Evans	Port Adelaide	90
1979	Glynn Hewitt Glynn Hewitt Glynn Maxwell Hewitt is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the SANFL and for Richmond in the VFL during the 1970s. He is the father of Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt....	Woodville	83
1980	T Evans	Port Adelaide	146

External links

• SANFL leading goalkickers 1877 - 2006
• Full Points Footy - SANFL Summary Chart