Doig Medal

The Doig Medal is the best and fairest award given out to the player considered best and fairest during a season for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL.

It was named after the legendary Fremantle footballing family, the Doigs, who have had over 17 members play league football for East Fremantle or South Fremantle in the WAFL. The most famous is George Doig who has been inducted in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.^[1]

Eight different players won the award between 1995 and 2002 until Peter Bell won his second medal in 2003.^[2] Following Bell's third medal in 2004, Matthew Pavlich won four consecutive medals to hold the record of five medals in total.^[3]

Year	Winner	Runner Up
2011	Matthew Pavlich	Nathan Fyfe
2010	David Mundy	Aaron Sandilands
2009	Aaron Sandilands	Matthew Pavlich
2008	Matthew Pavlich	Aaron Sandilands
2007	Matthew Pavlich	Antoni Grover
2006	Matthew Pavlich	Peter Bell and Michael Johnson
2005	Matthew Pavlich	Peter Bell and Shane Parker
2004	Peter Bell	Paul Hasleby
2003	Peter Bell	Matthew Pavlich
2002	Matthew Pavlich	Peter Bell
2001	Peter Bell	Heath Black
2000	Troy Cook	Paul Hasleby
1999	Adrian Fletcher	Tony Modra
1998	Jason Norrish	Adrian Fletcher
1997	Dale Kickett	Shane Parker
1996	Stephen O'Reilly	Dale Kickett
1995	Peter Mann	Dale Kickett

References

1. ^ George Doig - Condolence Statement by WA Premier Alan Carpenter (29 November 2006])
2. ^ Ahmed, Nabila & Ryan, Melissa (4 October 2003) Buckley is Magpies best, again
3. ^ Hagdorn, Kim (4 October 2008) Fremantle skipper Matthew Pavlich wins fifth Doig Medal