Simpson Medal
The Simpson Medal is an individual prize awarded for Australian rules football in Western Australia. The medal has been donated by Dr Fred Simpson and family since 1945.
Simpson Medals are currently awarded to the following players:
- The best player on the ground in the West Australian Football League Grand Final (awarded annually since 1945), and
- the best Western Australian player on the ground in any interstate representative match contested by a West Australian Football League composite team (awarded annually since 1994).
Simpson Medals have also been awarded under other criteria in interstate football throughout history:
- To the best player on the ground from either team in any stand-alone interstate representative match played in Western Australia from 1948 until 1993, including State of Origin matches from 1977 until 1993 (this did not include National Carnival matches),
- to the best Western Australian player across a tournament of interstate representative matches involving Western Australia (this included National Carnivals from 1950 until 1979, the 1988 Bicentennial Carnival, and Western Australia's 1964 interstate tour), and
- to the best player on the ground in club exhibition matches between a Western Australian club and an interstate club (in 1946 and 1947 only).
After 1994, the interstate Simpson Medal was strictly awarded for WAFL representative matches, and not for the AFL representative State of Origin matches which were played in the late 1990s; a separate medal - the Graham Moss Medal - was awarded to Western Australia's best player in those matches.
Simpson Medal Winners
[edit]WAFL Grand Final
[edit]| ^ | Player was member of losing team |
Interstate/State of Origin
[edit]| Year | Player | Team | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Leigh Kitchin | WA | WA vs SA |
| 2021 | Jye Bolton | WA | WA vs SA |
| 2019 | Josh Deluca | WA | WA vs SA |
| 2018 | Jye Bolton | WA | WA vs SA |
| 2017 | Ben Saunders | WA | WA vs Vic |
| 2016 | Jye Bolton | WA | WA vs TAS |
| 2015 | Ryan Davis | WA | WA vs SA |
| 2014 | Ashton Hams | WA | WA vs NEAFL |
| 2013 | Wayde Twomey | WA | WA vs VFL |
| 2012 | Paul Johnson | WA | WA vs SA |
| 2011 | Josh Smith | WA | WA vs Qld |
| 2010 | Luke Blackwell | WA | WA v VIC |
| 2009 | Brent LeCras | WA | WA v SA |
| 2008 | Ian Richardson | WA | WA v QLD |
| 2007 | Adam Hay | WA | WA v VFL |
| 2006 | Caine Hayes | WA | WA v SA |
| 2005 | Matthew Priddis | WA | WA v QLD |
| 2004 | Chris Bossong | WA | WA v VFL |
| 2003 | Luke Webster | WA | WA v SA |
| 2002 | Cory Johnson | WA | WA v QLD |
| 2000 | Brad Campbell | WA | WA v SA |
| 1999 | Rod Tregenza | WA | WA v TAS |
| 1998 | Dean Irving | WA | WA v SA |
| 1997 | Jon Dorotich | WA | WA v TAS |
| 1996 | David Snow | WA | WA v SA |
| 1995 | Craig Treleven | WA | WA v QLD |
| 1994 | Paul Symmons | WA | WA v SA |
| 1993 | Marty Atkins | WA | WA v SA |
| 1991 | Brendon Retzlaff | WA | WA v SA |
| 1991 | Paul Harding | WA | WA v VIC - State of Origin |
| 1990 | Ben Allan | WA | WA v SA |
| 1990 | Simon Madden | VIC | WA v VIC - State of Origin |
| 1989 | Jason Dunstall | VIC | WA v VIC - State of Origin |
| 1988 | Gerard Healy | VIC | WA v VIC - State of Origin |
| 1988 | Peter Thorne | WA | WA v VFA |
| 1988 | Ben Allan | WA | WA v SA |
| 1988 | Dwayne Lamb | WA | Adelaide Carnival - State of Origin |
| 1987 | Andrew Bews | VIC | WA v VIC - State of Origin |
| 1987 | Chris McDermott | SA | WA v SA |
| 1986 | Brad Hardie | WA | WA v VIC - State of Origin |
| 1985 | Dale Weightman | VIC | WA v VIC - State of Origin |
| 1985 | Craig Bradley | SA | WA v SA |
| 1984 | Brad Hardie | WA | WA v VIC - State of Origin |
| 1983 | Maurice Rioli | WA | WA v VIC - State of Origin |
| 1983 | Stephen Michael | WA | WA v SA |
| 1982 | Kevin Taylor | WA | WA v SA |
| 1982 | Mark Browning | VIC | WA v VIC - State of Origin |
| 1981 (tie) | Jim Krakouer | WA | WA v SA |
| 1981 (tie) | Gary Buckenara | WA | WA v SA |
| 1981 | Simon Beasley | WA | WA v VIC - State of Origin |
| 1979 | Graham Cornes | SA | WA v SA |
| 1978 | Peter Knights | VIC | WA v VIC - State of Origin |
| 1977 | Barry Cable | WA | WA v VIC - State of Origin* |
| 1977 | Max James | SA | WA v SA |
| 1977 | Graham Moss | WA | WA v VIC |
| 1976 | Glenn Elliott | VIC | WA v VIC |
| 1975 | Stan Magro | WA | WA v VIC |
| 1974 | Ron Alexander | WA | WA v VIC |
| 1973 | Peter Featherby | WA | WA v SA |
| 1972 | Ken McAullay | WA | Perth Carnival |
| 1971 | Peter Knights | VIC | WA v VIC |
| 1970 | Alan Stiles | WA | WA v SA |
| 1969 | Graham Farmer | WA | Adelaide Carnival |
| 1969 | Barry Cable | WA | Adelaide Carnival |
| 1968 | John Nicholls | VIC | WA v VIC |
| 1967 | Bill Walker | WA | WA v SA |
| 1966 | John McIntosh | WA | Hobart Carnival |
| 1965 | Bob Spargo | WA | WA v VIC |
| 1965 | Kevin Murray | WA | WA v VFA |
| 1964 | Bob Shearman | SA | WA v SA |
| 1964 | Derek Chadwick | WA | WA interstate tour |
| 1963 | Brian Sarre | WA | WA v VIC |
| 1962 | Roy Harper | WA | WA v SA |
| 1962 | Ray Sorrell | WA | WA v TAS |
| 1961 | Ray Gabelich | WA | Brisbane Carnival |
| 1960 | Allen Aylett | VIC | WA v VIC |
| 1959 | John Watts | WA | WA v SA |
| 1958 | Graham Farmer | WA | WA v VIC |
| 1957 | Ted Whitten | VIC | WA v VIC |
| 1956 | Fred Goldsmith | VIC | WA v VIC |
| 1956 | Graham Farmer | WA | WA v SA |
| 1955 | Fos Williams | SA | WA v SA |
| 1954 | Keith Harper | WA | WA v VIC |
| 1953 | Merv McIntosh | WA | Adelaide Carnival |
| 1952 | Merv McIntosh | WA | WA v SA |
| 1951 | Fred Buttsworth | WA | WA v VIC |
| 1950 | Gordon Maffina | WA | Brisbane Carnival |
| 1949 | Stan Heal | WA | WA v SA |
| 1948 | Kevin Curran | VIC | WA v VIC |
| 1947 | Frank Jenkins | South Fremantle | South Fremantle v Essendon |
| 1946 | Lou Richards | Collingwood | East Fremantle v Collingwood |
* Cable's 1977 Simpson Medal was retrospectively awarded in 2007.afl.com.au wafl.com.au
References
[edit]- http://www.wafootball.com.au/resources/history/simpson-medalists-grand-final/download.html Simpson Medalists in WAFL Grand Final
- http://www.wafootball.com.au/resources/history/simpson-medalists-state-game/download.html Simpson Medalists in State Games