Thought "a bit strange" that Buckley - who did play a great game, should get the Norm Ssmith Medal for Best on Ground.
Voss had a blinder.
So I looked up all the Medal winners and the final winners
And guess what?
Just one time since 1979 (as far back as I could find) did the AFL give a medal to the losing team
Now Buckley.
29/9/1979 Carl 27/9/1980 Rich 26/9/1981 Carl 25/9/1982 Carl 24/9/1983 Haw 29/9/1984 Ess 28/9/1985 Ess 27/9/1986 Haw 26/9/1987 Carl 24/9/1988 Haw 30/9/1989 Haw 6/10/1990 Coll 28/9/1991 Haw 6/10/1990 Coll 28/9/1991 Haw 26/9/1992 WC Eagles 25/9/1993 Ess 1/10/1994 WC Eagles 30/9/1995 Carl 28/9/1996 N Melb 27/9/1997 Adel 26/9/1998 Adel 25/9/1999 Kang 2/9/2000 Ess 29/9/2001 Bris
Year Player (Club) 1979 Wayne Harmes (Carlton) 1980 Kevin Bartlett (Richmond) 1981 Bruce Doull (Carlton) 1982 Maurice Rioli (Richmond) 1983 Colin Robertson (Hawthorn) 1984 Billy Duckworth (Essendon) 1985 Simon Madden (Essendon) 1986 Gary Ayres (Hawthorn) 1987 David Rhys-Jones (Carlton) 1988 Gary Ayres (Hawthorn) 1989 Gary Ablett (Geelong) 1990 Tony Shaw (Collingwood) 1991 Paul Dear (Hawthorn) 1992 Peter Matera (West Coast Eagles) 1993 Michael Long (Essendon) 1994 Dean Kemp (West Coast Eagles) 1995 Greg Williams (Carlton) 1996 Glenn Archer (North Melbourne) 1997 Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) 1998 Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) 1999 Shannon Grant (Kangaroos) 2000 James Hird (Essendon) 2001 Shaun Hart (Brisbane)
If it smells like a duck sounds like a duck and flies like a duck....
