Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy

The Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Melbourne Football Club throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) season. The Melbourne Football Club was established in 1858[1][2] and was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association, playing in the league from 1877 to 1896.[3] After the formation of the Victorian Football League in 1896, Melbourne joined the league as a foundation club the next year and has competed in the league ever since.[4] The inaugural Melbourne best and fairest winner was Allan La Fontaine in 1935, and he retained it the following season.[5][6] The award was known as the Melbourne best and fairest[5] until it was renamed in 1943 in honour of Keith 'Bluey' Truscott, a former dual premiership player and World War II fighter ace killed in service in 1943.[7]

Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy
Awarded forThe best and fairest player at the Melbourne Football Club
LocationCrown Palladium
CountryAustralia
Presented byMelbourne Football Club
History
First award1935
First winnerAllan La Fontaine
Most winsAllan La Fontaine
Jim Stynes
Clayton Oliver (4 times)
Most recentClayton Oliver (2022)

Allan La Fontaine, Jim Stynes and Clayton Oliver have each won the award on four occasions in 1935, 1936, 1941 and 1942; 1991, 1995, 1996 and 1997 and 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022 respectively; the most for any recipient of the award.[8] Jim Stynes and Nathan Jones are the only two players to have won the award in three consecutive seasons; in the 1995–1997 seasons and 2012–2014 seasons respectively.[9] Two players have won the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy in the same season as winning the Brownlow Medal, which is awarded to the fairest and best player in the VFL/AFL, Jim Stynes in 1991 and Shane Woewodin in 2000.[10][11] The voting system as of the 2016 AFL season, consists of four members of the match committee giving each player a ranking out of ten after each game. Players can receive a maximum of 40 votes for a game.[12]

Recipients
A man with dark hair in a suit and tie sits with his hands on his knees
Allan La Fontaine, the winner of four best and fairests
A man with light brown hair wearing a red and blue guernsey
Norm Smith, two-time Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy winner and Melbourne and Australian Football Hall of Fame legend
A man with brown hair in a white shirt
Jim Stynes, the winner of four Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophies, including three consecutive from 1995–1997
A bald, tattooed man holding a yellow football on a grassed field
Nathan Jones, the winner of three Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophies in consecutive seasons from 2012–2014
A man with brown hair holding a yellow football on a grassed field
Jack Viney, the 2016 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott winner
^ Denotes current player
+ Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
Season Recipient Votes[b] Runner up[a] Votes[b] Ref
1935Allan La Fontaine———[5]
1936Allan La Fontaine (2)———[6]
1937Jack Mueller———[13]
1938Norm Smith—Don Cordner—[14]
1939Jack Mueller (2)———[13]
1940Ron Baggott———[15]
1941Allan La Fontaine (3)———[6]
1942Allan La Fontaine (4)———[6]
1943Don Cordner———[7]
1944Norm Smith (2)—Don Cordner—[14]
1945Fred Fanning—Roy Dowsing—[16]
1946Jack Mueller (3)———[17]
1947Wally Lock———[18]
1948Alby Rodda———[19]
1949Len Dockett—Denis Cordner—[20]
1950Denis Cordner—Lance Arnold—[21]
1951Noel McMahen—Lance Arnold—[22]
1952Geoff McGivern—Denis Cordner—[23]
1953Ken Melville—Denis Cordner—[22]
1954Denis Cordner (2)—Noel McMahen—[22]
1955Stuart Spencer69Denis Cordner68[24]
1956Stuart Spencer (2)87.5John Beckwith87[25]
1957John Beckwith—Ron Barassi—[26]
1958Laurie Mithen—Don Williams—[27]
1959Laurie Mithen (2)—Ron Barassi—[27]
1960Brian Dixon—Ian Ridley—[28]
1961Ron Barassi—Frank Adams—[29]
1962Hassa Mann—Ron Barassi—[30]
1963Hassa Mann (2)—Ron Barassi—[30]
1964Ron Barassi (2)—Hassa Mann—[29]
1965John Townsend—Hassa Mann—[31]
1966Terry Leahy—Tassie Johnson—[32]
1967Hassa Mann (3)—Stan Alves—[30]
1968Ray Groom—Tassie Johnson—[27]
1969John Townsend (2)—Greg Parke—[31]
1970Frank Davis—Barry Bourke—[33]
1971Greg Wells—Paul Callery—[34]
1972Stan Alves—Greg Wells—[35]
1973Carl Ditterich—Greg Wells—[36]
1974Stan Alves (2)—Carl Ditterich—[35]
1975Laurie Fowler—Stan Alves—[37]
1976Greg Wells (2)132Laurie Fowler121[34]
1977Robert Flower104Shane Grambeau92[38]
1978Garry Baker126Greg Wells96[39]
1979Laurie Fowler (2)118Robert Flower105[37]
1980Laurie Fowler (3)43Robert Flower41[37]
1981Steven Smith367Brent Crosswell250[40]
1982Steven Icke388Robert Flower324[41]
1983Alan Johnson402Robert Flower361[42]
1984Gerard Healy362Peter Moore+306[43]
1985Danny Hughes279Gerard Healy273[44]
1986Greg Healy237Garry Lyon172[45]
1987Steven Stretch342Brian Wilson320[46]
1988Steven O'Dwyer487Brett Lovett427[47]
1989Alan Johnson (2)278Steven Stretch207[42]
1990Garry Lyon301Brett Lovett271[48]
1991Jim Stynes+650Todd Viney449[49]
1992Glenn Lovett463Andy Lovell320[50]
1993Todd Viney394Glenn Lovett279[51]
1994Garry Lyon (2)355Stephen Tingay319[48]
1995Jim Stynes (2)311David Neitz272[49]
1996Jim Stynes (3)444Alastair Clarkson284[49]
1997Jim Stynes (4)404Todd Viney355[49]
1998Todd Viney (2)347Adem Yze323[52]
1999David Schwarz271Shane Woewodin270[53]
2000Shane Woewodin+341.5Jeff White328[54]
2001Adem Yze331David Neitz228[55]
2002David Neitz336Cameron Bruce295[56]
2003Russell Robertson267James McDonald240[57]
2004Jeff White287Nathan Brown286[58]
2005Travis Johnstone316Russell Robertson262[59]
2006James McDonald464Cameron Bruce317[60]
2007James McDonald (2)256Nathan Jones190[61]
2008Cameron Bruce75Brock McLean60[62]
2009Aaron Davey82Brent Moloney69[63]
2010Brad Green295James Frawley277[64]
2011Brent Moloney227Jared Rivers201[65]
2012Nathan Jones368Jack Grimes348[66]
2013Nathan Jones (2)365Colin Garland360[67]
2014Nathan Jones (3)311Dom Tyson293[68]
2015Bernie Vince328Jack Viney^327[69]
2016Jack Viney^407Nathan Jones399[70]
2017Clayton Oliver^530Jack Viney^346[71]
2018Max Gawn^657Clayton Oliver^595[72]
2019Max Gawn^ (2)464Jack Viney^323[73]
Clayton Oliver^ (2)
2020Christian Petracca^385Steven May^362[74]
2021Clayton Oliver^ (3)670Christian Petracca^644[75]
2022Clayton Oliver^ (4)608Christian Petracca^553[76]
2023Christian Petracca (2)607Jack Viney527[77]

Multiple winners
^ Denotes current player
Player Trophies Seasons
Allan La Fontaine41935, 1936, 1941, 1942
Jim Stynes41991, 1995, 1996, 1997
Clayton Oliver^42017, 2019, 2021, 2022
Laurie Fowler31975, 1979, 1980
Nathan Jones32012, 2013, 2014
Hassa Mann31962, 1963, 1967
Jack Mueller31937, 1939, 1946
Stan Alves21972, 1974
Ron Barassi21961, 1964
Denis Cordner21950, 1954
Max Gawn^22018, 2019
Alan Johnson21983, 1989
Garry Lyon21990, 1994
James McDonald22006, 2007
Laurie Mithen21958, 1959
Christian Petracca^22020, 2023
Norm Smith21938, 1944
Stuart Spencer21955, 1956
John Townsend21965, 1969
Todd Viney21993, 1998
Greg Wells21971, 1976

Footnotes
  • a Records indicating the runners up are unavailable from 1935–1937, 1939–1943 and 1946–1948.
  • b Records indicating the votes the winner and runner up received are unavailable from 1935–1954 and 1957–1975.

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