Lefroy Medal
The Lefroy Medal has been awarded since 1953 to the best Australian rules football player from Tasmania during Inter-State or Inter-Competition matches.
The award was inaugurated in 1953, when the past players' association of the defunct Hobart-based Lefroy Football Club sponsored a gold medal to be awarded to Tasmania's best player at that season's Adelaide Carnival[1]. The medal has since been awarded in (almost) all seasons to feature at least one interstate, interleague and/or State of Origin clash contested by Tasmania. Traditionally, one medal was awarded to the best player across all state games played during a particular season, with rare instances of multiple medals awarded.
Medal winners
- Denotes an AFL-level State of Origin Match
| 'Year | Lefroy Medallist | Club | League | Opponent/s |
| 1953 | Len McCankie | North Hobart | TANFL | Multiple (1953 Adelaide Carnival) |
| 1954 | Gordon Bowman | Sandy Bay | TANFL | Australian Amateurs |
| 1955 | Geoff Long | City | NTFA | New South Wales; Canberra |
| 1956 | John Golding | Clarence | TANFL | Multiple (1956 Perth Carnival) |
| 1957 | Stuart Spencer | Clarence | TANFL | Victoria (VFL); South Australia |
| 1958 | Jim Ross | North Launceston | NTFA | Multiple (1958 Melbourne Carnival) |
| 1959 | Rex Geard | Sandy Bay | TANFL | Victoria (VFL); Western Australia |
| 1960 | Stuart Spencer | Clarence | TANFL | Victoria (VFL); South Australia |
| 1961 | John Noble | North Hobart | TANFL | Multiple (1961 Brisbane Carnival); Victoria (VFA) |
| 1962 | Ivan 'Ike' Hayes | Longford | NTFA | Victoria (VFL); Victoria (VFA) |
| 1963 | Bob Withers | North Launceston | NTFA | South Australia; Western Australia |
| 1964 | Charlie Thompson | North Launceston | NTFA | Victoria (VFA); Western Australia |
| 1965 | Peter Hudson | New Norfolk | TANFL
NWFU TANFL |
Victoria (VFA); South Australia |
| 1966 | Graeme 'Gypsy' Lee | Launceston | NTFA | Multiple (1966 Hobart Carnival) |
| 1967 | Ray Walker | Burnie | NWFU | Victoria (VFL) |
| 1968 | John Devine | North Hobart | TANFL | Victoria (VFA) |
| 1969 | Darrel Baldock | Latrobe | NWFU | Multiple (1969 Adelaide Carnival) |
| 1970 | Paul Vinar | Longford | NTFA | Western Australia |
| 1971 | Kerry Doran | Sandy Bay | TANFL | South Australia |
| 1972 | Jim Leitch | Scottsdale | NTFA | Multiple (1972 Perth Carnival) |
| 1973 | Tony Franklin | Penguin | NWFU | Victoria (VFL) |
| 1974 | NO AWARD (NO STATE GAMES PLAYED) | |||
| 1975 | Bruce Tschirpig
Kim Saltmarsh |
Latrobe
City-South |
NWFU
NTFA |
South Australia (1975 Knockout Carnival); NSW, QLD, ACT |
| 1976 | John Emin | Wynyard | NWFU | New South Wales, Queensland |
| 1977 | NO MEDAL AWARDED | South Fremantle (Ardath Cup); Victoria (VFL) | ||
| 1978 | Gary Linton | Glenorchy | TANFL | Canberra, Queensland, Victoria (VFL) |
| 1979 | Darryl Sutton | Glenorchy | TANFL | Victoria (VFL); QLD, WA, SA (1979 Perth Carnival) |
| 1980 | Ron Stubbs | Devonport | NWFU | Queensland, South Australia; WA, SA (1980 Adelaide Carnival) |
To be Updated
See also
- Interstate matches in Australian rules football
- Simpson Medal – Western Australia
- E. J. Whitten Medal – Victoria (State of Origin)
References
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