The Tassie Medal was awarded to the outstanding player at each Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 Interstate Carnival

Interstate matches in Australian rules football

Australian rules football matches between teams representing Australian colonies/states and territories have been held since 1879. For most of the 20th century, the absence of a national club competition and international matches meant that football games between state representative teams were...

 or Australian interstate championship series

Interstate matches in Australian rules football

Australian rules football matches between teams representing Australian colonies/states and territories have been held since 1879. For most of the 20th century, the absence of a national club competition and international matches meant that football games between state representative teams were...

 held between 1937 and 1988 with the exception of the 1975 knock-out series.

The medal is named after Eric Tassie who was a South Australian football administrator who served with distinction on the Australian National Football Council.

Unlike with many other such awards, for example the Brownlow Medal

Brownlow Medal

The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...

, the word 'fairest' was never included in the description, meaning that reported players remained eligible to receive it.

Due to the demise of State of Origin

Interstate matches in Australian rules football

Australian rules football matches between teams representing Australian colonies/states and territories have been held since 1879. For most of the 20th century, the absence of a national club competition and international matches meant that football games between state representative teams were...

 football there hasn't been a carnival since 1988 hence the reason the award has not since been presented.

Tassie Medal Winners

Year	Winner	Team
1937	Deverick John (Mick) Cronin Deverick John Cronin Deverick John 'Mick' Cronin was an Australian rules football player, umpire and television commentator in Western Australia.- Private life :...	Western Australia
1947	Les McClements Les McClements Les McClements was an Australian rules footballer who played for Claremont in the West Australian National Football League and in Tasmania with Clarence....	Western Australia
tie	Bob Furler Bob Furler Bob Furler was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League .Furler started his career in South Australia, playing first at North Adelaide and then with Whyalla. His next port of call was CANFL club Ainslie in Canberra...	Australian Capital Territory
1950	Terry Cashion Terry Cashion Terry Cashion was an Australian rules footballer from Tasmania.Cashion played five VFL games for South Melbourne in 1942 while stationed in Victoria with the army and would have played more had it not been for a knee injury....	Tasmania
1953	Merv McIntosh Merv McIntosh Mervyn Francis "Merv" McIntosh was an Australian rules footballer in the West Australian National Football League...	Western Australia
1956	Graham Farmer Graham Farmer Graham Vivian "Polly" Farmer, MBE is a retired Australian rules football player and coach. Born in Western Australia, he joined the East Perth Football Club as a ruckman in 1953, where he won several awards and contributed to the team winning three premierships...	Western Australia
1958	Allen Aylett Allen Aylett Dr. Allen Aylett is a former Australian rules football player and administrator. He was the chairman/president of the North Melbourne Football Club during the 1970s and then again from 2001–2005...	VFL
tie	Ted Whitten Senior	VFL
1961	Brian Dixon Brian Dixon Brian Dixon is a former Australian rules footballer and Victorian Politician.Dixon played 252 VFL games for Melbourne between 1954 and 1968, playing mostly on the wing...	VFL
1966	Barry Cable Barry Cable Barry Cable is an Australian former Australian rules footballer who played in the West Australian National Football League and Victorian Football League . Cable played as a rover. He won the Sandover Medal three times while playing with the Perth Football Club.-Club career:Cable played 225 games...	Western Australia
1969	Peter Eakins Peter Eakins Peter Eakins is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL during the early 1970s.Eakins started his career in Western Australia at the Subiaco Football Club, making his debut in 1966. He was a good spoiler of the ball and had an exceptionally long kick...	Western Australia
tie	Graham Molloy Graham Molloy Graham Molloy was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during the 1970s.Molloy played most of his football on the ball but was also used at half forward...	South Australia
1972	Ken McAullay Ken McAullay Kenneth James "Ken" McAullay is a former Australian sportsman who played both first class cricket with Western Australia and Australian rules football for East Perth in the West Australian Football League ....	Western Australia
1979	Brian Peake Brian Peake Brian Francis Peake OAM is a former Australian rules footballer. He played for and in the Western Australian National Football League/West Australian Football League/WA State League and in the Victorian Football League...	Western Australia
1980	Graham Cornes Graham Cornes Graham Studley Cornes OAM is a former Australian rules football player and coach, as well as a media personality with a weekday drivetime sports program that he hosts on Adelaide 5AA with Stephen Rowe....	South Australia
1983	Stephen Michael Stephen Michael Stephen Albert Michael in Kojonup, Western Australia is a former Australian rules footballer.-Playing career:A Noongar Australian Aborigine, Michael played in the WAFL between 1975 and 1985 with the South Fremantle Football Club, playing 243 games and kicking 231 goals. He played in South's 1980...	Western Australia
1984	Brad Hardie Brad Hardie Bradley John "Brad" Hardie is a former Australian rules footballer and current radio commentator. He began his career as an attacking back pocket player, but ended as a dangerous goal kicking forward pocket...	Western Australia
1985	Dale Weightman Dale Weightman Dale "Flea" Weightman is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Australian Football League between 1978 and 1993....	Victoria
1986	Brad Hardie Brad Hardie Bradley John "Brad" Hardie is a former Australian rules footballer and current radio commentator. He began his career as an attacking back pocket player, but ended as a dangerous goal kicking forward pocket...	Western Australia
1987	Mark Naley Mark Naley Mark Naley is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the AFL and South Adelaide in the SANFL.-Heritage:...	South Australia
1988	Paul Salmon Paul Salmon Paul Salmon is a former Australian rules footballer. Recruited from North Ringwood, the 206 cm Salmon was, at the time, along with Carlton's Justin Madden, the tallest man to play AFL football...	Victoria