The Carlton Football Club proudly boasts five Brownlow Medallists among its ranks: Bert Deacon (1947), John James (1961), Gordon Collis (1964), Greg Williams (1994) and Chris Judd (2010).
All of the Blues' Brownlow Medallists won the club's best and fairest in the same year they took out the League's highest individual accolade.
While Deacon, James and Collis won one Brownlow Medal each, Williams and Judd have something in common: they won their second Brownlow Medal at Carlton after winning their first at a previous club - Sydney (1986) and West Coast (2006) respectively.
VIDEO: Highlights of each of Judd's poll-winning games
Carlton's first three Brownlow Medallists (left to right): Gordon Collis, Bert Deacon and John James.
Round-by-round voting for the Brownlow Medal was officially revealed for the first time in 1984. Originally the count was held in-hourse by the League and only the final vote totals were ever published.
When the count was finally broadcasted to the public for the time on the radio from 1959 and from 1970 telecasted on TV, all the votes were shuffled and the “1” votes were read out first, followed by the “2” votes and then the "3" votes.
The Sun's article on Bert Deacon's 1947 Brownlow triumph.
Here's a look at Carlton's Brownlow history through a statistical lens:
HIGHEST BROWNLOW VOTE-GETTERS (winners in bold)
1924 Paddy O'Brien 3
1925 Maurie Beasy, Hedley Blackmore, Ray Brew 2
1926 Alex Duncan 3
1927 Alex Duncan 6
1928 Ray Brew, Horrie Clover, Colin Martyn, Hector Ross 1
1929 Harry Vallence 3
1930 Joe Kelly 2
Note only one vote per game 1924-1930 from 1931 3, 2 & 1 system
1931 Colin Martyn 14
1932 Creswell 'Mickey' Crisp 9
1933 Gordon Mackie 9
1934 Keith Shea 17
1935 Keith Shea 16
1936 Keith Shea 13
1937 Keith Shea 16
1938 Jim Park 12
1939 Ken Baxter, Frank Gill 6
1940 Jim Park 9
1941 Bob Chitty 14
1942-45 Brownlow Suspended
1946 Jack Howell 19
1947 Bert Deacon 23
1948 Ollie Grieve 21
1949 Ern Henfry 13
1950 Ollie Grieve 12
1951 Jim Clark 13
1952 Ollie Grieve 10
1953 Ken Hands 12
1954 John James 12
1955 John James 15
1956 John James 10
1957 John James 19
1958 John Benetti 12
1959 Graham Donaldson 11
1960 John James 12
1961 John James 21
1962 Peter Falconer, Bruce McMaster-Smith 10
1963 Serge Silvagni 10
1964 Gordon Collis 27
The dinner menu for the 1964 Brownlow Medal, won by Carlton's Gordon Collis.
1965 John Nicholls 15
1966 John Nicholls 17
1967 Alex Jesaulenko 15
1968 John Nicholls 17
1969 John Nicholls 11
1970 Alex Jesaulenko 20
1971 Adrian Gallagher, John Nicholls 7
1972 Alex Jesaulenko, Trevor Keogh 11
1973 David McKay 17
1974 Garry Crane, David McKay 8
1975 Alex Jesaulenko 18
1976 Rod Ashman 21
1977 Bruce Doull 34
(Note in 1976 and 1977 both field umpires each awarded 3, 2 & 1)
1978 David McKay, Peter Jones 10
1979 Robbert Klomp, Mark Maclure 13
1980 Val Perovic 12
1981 Rod Ashman 21
1982 Val Perovic 13
1983 Val Perovic 14
1984 Wayne Johnston, Jim Buckley 12
1985 Justin Madden 21
1986 Jon Dorotich, Wayne Harmes 12
1987 Paul Meldrum 15
1988 Adrian Gleeson 13
1989 Justin Madden 11
1990 Stephen Silvagni 16
1991 Peter Dean 11
1992 Jon Dorotich 12
1993 Greg Williams 17
1994 Greg Williams 30
1995 Anthony Koutoufides 12
1996 Anthony Koutoufides, Fraser Brown 12
1997 Craig Bradley 15
1998 Fraser Brown 18
1999 Matthew Allan 22
2000 Anthony Koutoufides 19
2001 Craig Bradley, Adrian Hickmott, Darren Hulme 10
2002 Justin Murphy 8
2003 Corey McKernan 6
2004 Scott Camporeale, Brendan Fevola, Matthew Lappin, Heath Scotland 9
2005 Nick Stevens 11
2006 Heath Scotland 10
2007 Heath Scotland 12
2008 Chris Judd 16
2009 Chris Judd 22
2010 Chris Judd 30
2011 Chris Judd 23
2012 Chris Judd 12
2013 Andrew Walker 11
2014 Bryce Gibbs, Marc Murphy 9
2010 Brownlow Medallist Chris Judd. (Photo: AFL Photos)
TOTAL CAREER BROWNLOW VOTES
1. Craig Bradley: 144
2. Alex Jesaulenko: 129
3. Chris Judd: 115 (plus 94 at West Coast)
4. Bruce Doull: 108
5. Justin Madden: 107 (plus 13 at Essendon)
6. John Nicholls: 101
7. Rod Ashman: 97
8. John James: 95
9.. Anthony Koutoufides: 82
10. Marc Murphy: 81
11. Stephen Silvagni: 69
12. Greg Williams: 69 (plus 85 at Geelong and Sydney)
13. Stephen Kernahan: 67
14. Jack Howell: 65
15. Keith Shea:65
16. Geoff Southby: 64
17. Bert Deacon*: 63
=18. Peter Jones: 60
=18. Ollie Grieve: 60
=18. Heath Scotland 60
21. David McKay: 59
22. Bryce Gibbs: 55
23. Brett Ratten: 53
=24. Wayne Harmes: 52
=24. Val Perovic: 52 (plus 25 at St Kilda)
Article with thanks to Blueseum.org
