The Norm Smith Medal is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best on ground in the Grand Final of the Australian Football League (AFL). Prior to 1990, the competition was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] It was first presented in the 1979 VFL Grand Final, and it was won by Wayne Harmes, playing in Carlton's premiership victory against Collingwood.[2] The award is named in honour of Norm Smith,[2] who won four VFL premierships as a player and six as coach for the Melbourne Football Club.[3]
Dustin Martin (2017, 2019 and 2020) is the only player to win the award three times.[4] The award is usually won by a player on the winning team in the Grand Final; only four players have received the award as members of the losing teams: Maurice Rioli in 1982, Gary Ablett Sr. in 1989, Nathan Buckley in 2002, and Chris Judd in 2005.[5] The club with the most Norm Smith Medal wins is Hawthorn, with eight awards won by players representing the club. The most recent recipient of the award is Collingwood's Bobby Hill.
^Lovett 2010, p. 521
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The NormSmithMedal is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best on ground in the Grand Final of the Australian...
jointly by Carlton and Essendon. Collingwood's Bobby Hill won the NormSmithMedal as the player judged best on ground. Collingwood came into the 2023...
Wayne Harmes (Len Smith's grandson). He received the medal from Norm's widow, Marj. In addition to the NormSmithMedal, the NormSmith Memorial Trophy...
decided by a goal or less. Eagles player Chris Judd was awarded the NormSmithMedal for being judged the best player afield, although he finished on the...
trailing by as much as 39 points. Shaun Hart of the Lions was awarded the NormSmithMedal for being judged the best player. Matthew Lloyd was among the best...
four goals each and set up numerous others. Johnson was awarded the NormSmithMedal for his best-on-ground performance in the grand final after the Cats’...
premiership victory overall. Hawthorn's Luke Hodge was awarded the NormSmithMedal as the best player on the ground. Having finished the home and away...
place on the ladder. Jason Johannisen of the Bulldogs was awarded the NormSmithMedal as the best player on the ground. Minor premiers for the ninth time...
wing. Time elapsed, and the game finished drawn. Lenny Hayes won the NormSmithMedal for the drawn grand final comfortably, with 13 of a possible 15 votes...
player had won the NormSmithMedal without being on the winning premiership team. Out of respect for his teammates, Buckley took the medal off as he returned...
non-critical media or administrators, etc.—were absent. The NormSmithMedal and Jock McHale Medal were presented by 2006 winners Andrew Embley and John Worsfold...
and their second in three seasons. Richmond's Dustin Martin won the NormSmithMedal as the player judged best on ground. After ending a 37-year premiership...
premiership and first since 2006. West Coast's Luke Shuey won the NormSmithMedal as the player judged best on ground. It is regarded as one of the greatest...
Dustin Martin won the NormSmithMedal as the player judged best on ground, becoming the first player to win three NormSmithMedals. The match was attended...
Medal was presented by former St. Kilda and Hawthorn Premiership coach Allan Jeans to the 2006 Premiership coach John Worsfold. The NormSmithMedal was...
premiership victory overall. Hawthorn's Cyril Rioli was awarded the NormSmithMedal as the best player on the ground. With the Fremantle Dockers and West...
premiership and first since 1980. Richmond's Dustin Martin was awarded the NormSmithMedal as the best player on the ground. Adelaide claimed the minor premiership...
VFL/AFL premiership victory. Sydney's Ryan O'Keefe was awarded the NormSmithMedal as the best player on the ground. Hawthorn entered the 2012 season...
marking the club's tenth VFL/AFL premiership. Isaac Smith of Geelong won the NormSmithMedal as the player judged best on ground. Geelong entered their...
VFL/AFL premiership victory. Hawthorn's Brian Lake was awarded the NormSmithMedal as the best player on the ground. Hawthorn entered the 2013 season...
from some of its participants. Geelong's Paul Chapman was awarded the NormSmithMedal as the best player on the ground. Geelong entered the 2009 season after...
VFL/AFL premiership victory. Geelong's Jimmy Bartel was awarded the NormSmithMedal as the best player on the ground. As of 2023[update], this is the most...
already won his first of eventually three Anzac medals earlier in the year) was awarded the NormSmithMedal. The club won a second consecutive minor premiership...
he himself accidentally referred to the medal as the NormSmithMedal while presenting it (the NormSmithMedal is awarded to the best-and-fairest player...
the NormSmithMedal, with Liam Picken (WB), Tom Boyd (WB) and Josh Kennedy (SYD) close behind, while coach Luke Beveridge gave his Jock McHale Medal to...
by four points. Chris Judd received the NormSmithMedal. For the second consecutive year, the Brownlow Medal was won by an Eagles player, with Ben Cousins...
defeat West Coast in the 1991 Grand Final with two goals and won the NormSmithMedal. Dear almost single-handedly turned a nine-point deficit into a ten-point...
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