Mulrooney Medal

The Mulrooney Medal is an Australian rules football award for the best and fairest player in the AFL Canberra first-grade competition. It has been the premier individual award for Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory since 1936.^[1] From 2011 to 2013, the medal was awarded to the best and fairest player in the Eastern Conference of the North East Australian Football League.^[2]

It was named after football administrator John L. Mulrooney, for his contribution to Australian rules football in Canberra.^[3]

Winners

Year	Player		Votes	Ref
2023	Guy Richardson	Ainslie	21	[4]
2023	Thomas Simpson	Belconnen	21	[5]
2022	Luke Wharton	Belconnen	20
2021	Will Griggs	Queanbeyan	17	[6]
2020	Angus Baker	Eastlake	14
2019	Beau Walker	Belconnen	15	[7]
2018	Kel Evans	Queanbeyan	15	[8]
2017	Beau Walker	Belconnen	18	[9]
2016	James Bennett	Belconnen	20	[10]
2015	Isaac Taylor	Belconnen	21	[11]
2013	James Bennett	Belconnen	21	[12]
2012	Shane Harris	Belconnen	16	[13]
2011	Daniel Currie	Sydney Swans Reserves	16	[14]
	Jarred Moore	Sydney Swans Reserves	16	[14]
2010	Mitch Daniher	Queanbeyan	17	[15]
2009	Mitch Daniher	Queanbeyan	13	[16]
	Chad Gibson	Eastlake	13	[16]
	Craig Healey	Tuggeranong	13	[16]
2008	Ryan Lewis	Ainslie	19	[17]
2007	Jarred Moore	Sydney Swans Reserves	23	[3]
2006	David Spriggs	Sydney Swans Reserves	23	[3]
2005	Jared Ilett	Belconnen	21	[18]
2004	Nathan McDonald	Wagga Tigers	22	[19]
2003	Steve Hazelman	Belconnen	17	[20]
	Luke Jess	Tuggeranong	17	[21]
2002	Daniel Jacques	Wagga Tigers		[19]
2001	Steve Mahar	Belconnen		[20]
2000	Guy Cannon	Eastlake		[22]
1999	Shane Clarke	Belconnen		[20]
1998	Stafford Cooper	Tuggeranong	20	[21]
1997	Steve Vizy	Queanbeyan		[23]
1996	Steve Wilson	Eastlake		[22]
1995	Steve Wilson	Southern District	12	[24]
1994	Michael Kennedy	Queanbeyan	17	[25]
1993	John Garnaut	Southern District	16	[26]
1992	Marcus Sheridan	Weston Creek	15	[27]
1991	Brent Smith	Belconnen	12	[28]
1990	Steve Cornish	Queanbeyan	13	[29]
	Glen Dickerson*	Eastlake	13	[29]
	Andrew Mills*	Manuka Weston	13	[29]
	Michael Swan	Manuka Weston	13	[29]
	Tony Wynd	Queanbeyan	13	[29]
1989	Tony Wynd	Queanbeyan	13	[30]
1988	Tony Wynd	Queanbeyan	18	[31]
1987	Shane Fitzsimmons	Manuka Weston	18	[32]
1986	Peter Hamilton	Ainslie	21	[33]
1985	Simon Overland	Eastlake	29	[34]
1984	Geoff Hocking	Belconnen	30	[35]
1983	Tony Wynd	Queanbeyan	27	[36]
1982	Greg Nichols	Ainslie	39	[37]
1981	Keith Miller	Eastlake	39	[38]
1980	John Miller	Ainslie	27	[39]
1979	Keith Miller	Eastlake	42	[40]
1978	Greg Eaves	West Canberra	43	[41]
1977	Edney Blackaby	Manuka	23	[42]
1976	Mike Demaine	West Canberra	17	[43]
1975	Robert White	Belconnen	26	[44]
1974	Peter Phillipou	Eastlake	15	[45]
1973	Ralph Rendell	Ainslie	20	[46]
1972	Rob Wilson	ANU	16	[47]
	Paul Macdonald*	Eastlake	16	[47]
1971	Bill Vaughan	Manuka	21	[48]
1970	Bill Whittakers	ANU	17	[49]
1969	Russ de Goldi	Acton	17	[50]
1968	Paul Feltham	Eastlake	17	[51]
1967	Neil Lewthwaite	Acton	17	[52]
1966	Bill Drake	Ainslie	19	[53]
1965	Glen Bow	Manuka		[54]
1964	Keith Mitchell	Turner	27	[55]
1963	Bob Shearer	Eastlake	21	[56]
1962	Michael Codd	Manuka	18	[57]
1961	Col Monger	Acton	16	[58]
1960	Jim Wilson	Acton	17	[59]
1959	Barry Griffiths	Acton	25	[60]
1958	John Moody	Royal Military College	29	[61]
1957	John Moody	Royal Military College	31	[62]
1956	Barry Browning	Ainslie	20	[63]
1955	Barry Browning	Ainslie	15	[64]
1954	Roy Watterston	Queanbeyan/Acton	17	[65]
1953	Roy Watterston	Queanbeyan/Acton	18	[66]
1952	John Gleeson	Turner	17	[67]
1951	Ern Hurtig	Eastlake	13	[68]
	Barry McCabe	Ainslie	13	[68]
1950	Brendan Cain	Ainslie	14	[69]
	Percy Eagles	Manuka	14	[69]
	Keith Schow	Queanbeyan	14	[69]
1949	Jim Brophy	Manuka		[70]
1948	Harold Maddigan	Turner	18	[71]
1947	Mervyn Lee	Acton	25	[72]
1946	Alan Stevens	Ainslie	23	[73]
1945	Fred Green	Navy		[74]
1944	–	-
1943	–	-
1942	–	-
1941	Jack Furniss	Fairbairn		[75]
1940	Robert Bloomfield	Ainslie		[76]
1939	Alan Ware	Manuka		[77]
1938	Jack Dorman*	Manuka	13	[78]
	Tom Kelly	Queanbeyan	13	[78]
	Merv Strang*	Queanbeyan	13	[78]
1937	Phil Barrett	Manuka		[79]
1936	Dick Roe	Ainslie	16	[80]
	Roy Seton	Acton	16	[80]

*Retrospectively awarded