FOTHERGILL-ROUND-MITCHELL MEDAL
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BACKGROUND
DES FOTHERGILL
1940 - Brownlow Medal (Collingwood)
1941 - VFA Medal and Recorder Cup (Williamstown)
BARRY ROUND
1981 - Brownlow Medal (South Melbourne)
1987 - Liston Trophy (Williamstown)
SAM MITCHELL
2002 - Liston Trophy (Box Hill)
2012 - Brownlow Medal (Hawthorn)*
However, Watson was later found guilty of breaching WADA's anti-doping code (along with 33 of his teammates from that season), and in November 2016 was retrospectively ruled ineligible by the AFL Commission. Mitchell and Cotchin were subsequently announced as joint winners of the 2012 Brownlow Medal.
In July 2018 the VFL announced the Fothergill-Round Medal would be officially renamed the Fothergill-Round-Mitchell Medal.
CRITERIA
It is currently awarded to the best VFA-VFL player under 23 years of age.
LIST OF WINNERS
YEAR |
WINNER |
CLUB |
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1989 |
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Chris Owen |
Preston |
1990 |
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Mattheu Quirk |
Oakleigh |
1991 |
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Ron Delulio |
Box Hill |
1992 |
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Julian Shanks |
Williamstown |
1993 |
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Adam Williams |
Sandringham |
1994 |
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Bruce Cohen |
Box Hill |
1995 |
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Mark Porter |
Coburg |
1996 |
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Paul Dooley |
Williamstown |
1997 |
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James Puli |
Werribee |
1998 |
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Andrew Shipp |
Springvale |
1999 |
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Mark Passador |
Springvale |
2000 |
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Michael Swann |
Port Melbourne |
2001 |
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Kristian De Pasquale |
Coburg |
2002 |
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Michael Firrito |
Box Hill |
2003 |
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Aaron Davey |
Port Melbourne |
2004 |
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Adam Fisher |
Sandringham |
2005 |
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Jackson Barling |
Williamstown |
2006 |
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Jason Davenport |
Geelong Reserves |
2007 |
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Shane Valenti |
Sandringham |
2008 |
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Robin Nahas |
Port Melbourne |
2009 |
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Michael Barlow |
Werribee |
2010 |
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Michael Hibberd |
Frankston |
2011 |
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Ahmed Saad |
Northern Bullants |
2012 |
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Dean Towers |
North Ballarat |
2013 |
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Kane Lambert |
Northern Blues |
2014 |
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Nic Newman |
Frankston |
2015 |
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Adam Marcon |
Williamstown |
2016 |
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Luke Ryan |
Coburg |
2017 |
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Bayley Fritsch |
Casey Demons |
FOTHERGILL-ROUND-MITCHELL
MEDAL |
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2018 |
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Josh Corbett |
Werribee |
2019 |
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Jake Riccardi |
Werribee |
Written and researched by David Eastman
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First published 27/6/2014
Last updated 9/10/2019 |