Best "New" Player Award
1919 Newton Chandler
1926 Norm Collins
1929 Alec Doyle, Frank Gill & Charlie Parsons
Best "Old" Player Award
1919 Paddy O'Brien
Best First Year Player Award
1938 Ken Baxter
1939
1940 Jim Mooring
1941 George Bailey
1942 Fred Fitzgibbon
1943 Jim Clark
1944
1945 Clinton Wines
1946 Ray Garby
1947 Other awards suspended by Committee
1948 Tom Simmons
1949 Bernie Baxter
1950 Jack Mills
1951 Keith Warburton
1952 Jack Spencer
1953 John James
1954 Noel O'Brien
Terry Ogden Memorial Trophy
1955 Bob Bosustow
1956 Don Nicholls
1957 John Nicholls
1958 Serge Silvagni
Best First Year Player
1959 Bruce Williams
1960 Barry Bryant
1961 Tom Carroll
1962 John Gill
1963 John Comben
1964 Jim Pleydell
1965 Bryan Quirk
1966 Ian Robertson
1967 Alex Jesaulenko
1968 Brent Crosswell
1969 Syd Jackson
1970 Barry Mulcair
1971 Geoff Southby
1972 Greg Kennedy
1973 Ray Byrne
1974 Graeme Whitnall
1975 Russell Ohlsen
1976 Tony Pickett
1977 Ken Sheldon
1978 Peter McConville
1979 Robbert Klomp
1980 Phil Maylin
1981 Ken Hunter
1982 Ross Ditchburn
1983 Mark Williams
1984 Wayne Blackwell
1985 Peter Rohde
1986 Craig Bradley
1987 Mark Naley
1988 Steve Da Rui
1989 Simon Verbeek
1990 Adrian Bassett
1991 Michael James
1992 Rohan Welsh
1993 Andrew McKay
1994 James Cook
1995 Scott Camporeale
1996 Adrian Hickmott
1997 Lance Whitnall
1998 Kris Massie
1999 Simon Fletcher
2000 Scott Freeborn
2001 Ian Prendergast
2002 Bret Thornton
2003 Jarrad Waite
2004 Adrian Deluca
2005 Eddie Betts
2006 Marc Murphy
2007 Bryce Gibbs
2008 Matthew Kreuzer
2009 Aaron Joseph
2010 Kane Lucas
2011 Nick Duigan
2012 Tom Bell
2013 Jaryd Cachia
2014 Ciaran ‘Gus’ Sheehan
2015 Blaine Boekhorst
2016 Jacob Weitering
2017 Sam Petrevski-Seton
2018 Paddy Dow
2019 Sam Walsh
Best Young Player Award
Replacing the best first-year player award. Voted on by the coaches, this is awarded to the Club’s most outstanding young player who, at the start of the season, is aged under 21 years of age and has played 10 games or less of AFL football.
2020: Tom de Koning
2021: Liam Stocker
2022: Corey Durdin
2023: Ollie Hollands
1919 Newton Chandler
1926 Norm Collins
1929 Alec Doyle, Frank Gill & Charlie Parsons
Best "Old" Player Award
1919 Paddy O'Brien
Best First Year Player Award
1938 Ken Baxter
1939
1940 Jim Mooring
1941 George Bailey
1942 Fred Fitzgibbon
1943 Jim Clark
1944
1945 Clinton Wines
1946 Ray Garby
1947 Other awards suspended by Committee
1948 Tom Simmons
1949 Bernie Baxter
1950 Jack Mills
1951 Keith Warburton
1952 Jack Spencer
1953 John James
1954 Noel O'Brien
Terry Ogden Memorial Trophy
1955 Bob Bosustow
1956 Don Nicholls
1957 John Nicholls
1958 Serge Silvagni
Best First Year Player
1959 Bruce Williams
1960 Barry Bryant
1961 Tom Carroll
1962 John Gill
1963 John Comben
1964 Jim Pleydell
1965 Bryan Quirk
1966 Ian Robertson
1967 Alex Jesaulenko
1968 Brent Crosswell
1969 Syd Jackson
1970 Barry Mulcair
1971 Geoff Southby
1972 Greg Kennedy
1973 Ray Byrne
1974 Graeme Whitnall
1975 Russell Ohlsen
1976 Tony Pickett
1977 Ken Sheldon
1978 Peter McConville
1979 Robbert Klomp
1980 Phil Maylin
1981 Ken Hunter
1982 Ross Ditchburn
1983 Mark Williams
1984 Wayne Blackwell
1985 Peter Rohde
1986 Craig Bradley
1987 Mark Naley
1988 Steve Da Rui
1989 Simon Verbeek
1990 Adrian Bassett
1991 Michael James
1992 Rohan Welsh
1993 Andrew McKay
1994 James Cook
1995 Scott Camporeale
1996 Adrian Hickmott
1997 Lance Whitnall
1998 Kris Massie
1999 Simon Fletcher
2000 Scott Freeborn
2001 Ian Prendergast
2002 Bret Thornton
2003 Jarrad Waite
2004 Adrian Deluca
2005 Eddie Betts
2006 Marc Murphy
2007 Bryce Gibbs
2008 Matthew Kreuzer
2009 Aaron Joseph
2010 Kane Lucas
2011 Nick Duigan
2012 Tom Bell
2013 Jaryd Cachia
2014 Ciaran ‘Gus’ Sheehan
2015 Blaine Boekhorst
2016 Jacob Weitering
2017 Sam Petrevski-Seton
2018 Paddy Dow
2019 Sam Walsh
Best Young Player Award
Replacing the best first-year player award. Voted on by the coaches, this is awarded to the Club’s most outstanding young player who, at the start of the season, is aged under 21 years of age and has played 10 games or less of AFL football.
2020: Tom de Koning
2021: Liam Stocker
2022: Corey Durdin
2023: Ollie Hollands