- For the list of winners of the award, see List of Magarey Medallists. The Magarey Medal is awarded every year to the "Fairest and Most Brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League.
1929 Magarey Medal won by Robert Snell
The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football award, given annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the Home and Away season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) as adjudged by the field umpires. Robert 'Bob' Snell was an Australian rules footballer who played for East Perth in the WAFL and West Adelaide in the SAFL. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Clubs Several clubs share their nicknames with AFL/VFL clubs This is purely coincidental the teams are not named after each other The award was created by William Ashley Magarey, then chairman of the league.
After each match, the three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game) confer and award a 3, 2 and 1 point vote to the players they regard as the best, second best and third best. If a player is suspended for a reportable offence throughout the season then they become ineligible to win the award.
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History
William Ashley Magarey (born on January 30th, 1868, died October 18th, 1929) was born in Adelaide, South Australia. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country A lawyer by vocation, he had an enduring interest in sports, although he did not play football. He was however an active sports administrator who in 1897 became the Chairman of the South Australian Football Association (later to be renamed the SANFL). The sport at that time was known for often rough play and Magarey wanted to help combat this and to help gain more respect for umpires.
In 1898 Magarey presented the award of a Medal to South Australia’s "fairest and most brilliant player". Similar Best and Fairest player awards followed in other state-based competitions, notably the Sandover Medal in Western Australia from 1921 and Brownlow Medal in Victoria from 1924. Best and Fairest (also known as Fairest and Best in some competitions notably the Australian Football League) is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually since 1921 to the Fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. For the list of winners of the award see List of Brownlow Medal winners.
The Magarey Medal has been awarded in every year of SANFL competition since 1898, with the exception of 1900, 1904 (no record being extant) and when the competition was suspended due to war 1916-1918 and a restricted competition held during the war period of 1942-1944.
Recipients
The first recipient of the coveted Magarey Medal award was Norwood’s Alby Green in 1898. The Norwood Football Club, known as the Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the Albert 'Alby' Green (28 January 1874 - 1913 was an Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the SAFA and First-class cricketer who
By definition recipients are notable players, however even in such high company some players stand out. Players to win the Magarey Medal on more than one occasion include:
| Years | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Dual winners | ||
| 1910, 1915 | S Hosking | Port Adelaide |
| 1926, 1927 | H B McGregor | West Adelaide |
| 1938, 1945 | R B Quinn | Port Adelaide |
| 1946, 1947 | R W Hank | West Torrens |
| 1948, 1949 | H R Phillips | North Adelaide |
| 1953, 1957 | J Deane | South Adelaide |
| 1994, 1995 | G McIntosh | Norwood |
| 1987, 1997 | A N Jarman | North Adelaide / Norwood |
| 1999, 2000 | D Squire | Sturt |
| Triple winners | ||
| 1902, 1905, 1906 | T D MacKenzie | West Torrens / North Adelaide |
| 1921, 1924, 1930 | W Scott | Norwood |
| 1919, 1920, 1921 | D Moriarty | South Adelaide |
| 1952, 1954, 1959 | L C Fitzgerald | Sturt |
| 1955, 1958, 1963 | L H Head | West Torrens |
| 1968, 1970, 1973 | B C Robran | North Adelaide |
| Quadruple winners | ||
| 1971, 1974, 1976, 1980 | R F Ebert | Port Adelaide |
Some other notable recipients include Nathan Buckley, Malcolm Blight and John Platten who all also went on to win Brownlow Medals in the Australian Football League (or VFL as it was named when Platten and Blight won the award). Sampson 'Shine' Hosking was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Port Adelaide in the SAFL. Harry Bruce McGregor was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Adelaide and South Adelaide in the SANFL. Robert Berrima Quinn MM (9 April 1915 - 12 September 2008 was a champion Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Robert W "Bob" Hank is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL Ron Phillips is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Adelaide in the SANFL. Jim Deane (born 22 January 1928 is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the VFL and South Adelaide in the SANFL Garry McIntosh is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the SANFL during the 1980s and 90s Andrew Newton Jarman (born 14 January 1966 is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Adelaide in the Australian Football League. Damian Squire (born 15 November 1973 is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the AFL and both North Adelaide Tom D MacKenzie (188228 November 1927 was an Australian rules footballer in the (then South Australian Football Association (SAFA/South Australian Football League (SAFL Walter "Wacka" or "Wat" Scott was a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL in the early Dan Moriarty was an Australian rules footballer in the (then South Australian Football League (SAFL. Len Fitzgerald (7 May 1929 – 17 April 2007 was a former Australian rules footballer of exceptional talent in the VFL and SANFL. Lindsay Hudson Head MBE (born 16 September 1935 is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL Barrie Charles Robran MBE is a former Australian rules footballer in the SANFL, widely acknowledged as a champion in his sport Russell Ebert (born 22 June 1949 is acknowledged as one of the greatest players in the long history of Australian rules football. Nathan Charles Buckley (born 26 July 1972 is a former champion Australian rules football player who played primarily as a Midfielder, for the Brisbane Malcolm Jack Blight AM (16 February 1950 - is a former champion Australian rules football player and coach and current television commentator John Patrick "The Rat" Platten (born 17 March 1963 in South Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer With his unruly tangle of curls he was a distinctive For the list of winners of the award see List of Brownlow Medal winners. The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest
The 2006 winner was Brett Backwell from Glenelg Football Club, who in 2005 gained some international publicity when he had a finger amputated in order to continue his playing career. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Brett Backwell is an Australian rules football player who achieved some international notoriety in 2005 when he opted to have a finger removed to enable him to continue Glenelg Football Club is an Australian rules football team who play in the South Australian National Football League.
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