1999 Brownlow Medal

The 1999 Brownlow Medal was the 72nd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season.^[1] Shane Crawford of the Hawthorn Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-eight votes during the 1999 AFL season.^[2]

1999 Brownlow Medal
Location	Sydney, Australia
Winner	Shane Crawford (Hawthorn) 28 votes
Television/radio coverage
Network	Seven Network
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The count was notable in that it was the first time since the award's inception in 1924 that it was held outside Melbourne.^[3][4]

Leading vote-getters

	Player	Votes
1st	Shane Crawford (Hawthorn)	28
2nd	Mark Mercuri (Essendon)	22
=3rd	Matthew Allan (Carlton)	20
	Nathan Buckley (Collingwood)
5th	Wayne Schwass (Sydney)	19
6th	Craig Bradley (Carlton)	18
7th	Matthew Richardson (Richmond)	16
=8th	Adrian Fletcher (Fremantle)	15
	Ben Cousins (West Coast)
10th	Scott West (Western Bulldogs)	14