1961 Brownlow Medal

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Count

3/2/1 shown where known.

Player	Teams	V	GM	3	2	1	GP
John James	Carlton	21	17	5	3	0	8
Laurie Dwyer	North Melbourne	19	18	4	2	3	9
Ian Law	Hawthorn	17	18	5	1	0	6
Frank Johnson	Sydney	13	16	2	3	1	6
Brendan Edwards	Hawthorn	12	18	2	2	2	6
Charlie Evans	Western Bulldogs	12	18	2	2	2	6
Jim Taylor	Sydney	12	11	1	4	1	6
Ted Whitten	Western Bulldogs	12	17	4	0	0	4
Ron Branton	Richmond	11	18	2	1	3	6
Kevin Murray	Fitzroy	11	17	2	2	1	5
Ron Barassi	Melbourne	10	17	3	0	1	4
John Henderson	Collingwood	10	15	2	2	0	4
Verdun Howell	St Kilda	10	17	3	0	1	4
Lance Oswald	St Kilda	10	17	3	0	1	4
John Birt	Essendon	9	17	1	3	0	4
Graeme MacKenzie	Fitzroy	9	16	2	1	1	4
Graham Campbell	Fitzroy	8	18	0	4	0	4
Brian Dixon	Melbourne	8	15	1	2	1	4
Ken Fraser	Essendon	8	18	2	1	0	3
Alan Morrow	St Kilda	8	16	1	2	1	4
Chris Pavlou	Carlton	8	14	2	1	0	3
Bob Skilton	Sydney	8	17	2	1	0	3
Graeme Fellowes	Collingwood	7	10	0	2	3	5
John Heriot	Sydney	7	16	1	2	0	3
John Nicholls	Carlton	7	16	0	2	3	5
John Schultz	Western Bulldogs	7	17	0	2	3	5
Ian Shelton	Essendon	7	15	2	0	1	3
Graham Cooper	Hawthorn	6	16
Merv Hobbs	Western Bulldogs	6	11
John Jenkins	North Melbourne	6	18
Tassie Johnson	Melbourne	6	18
Hugh Mitchell	Essendon	6	17
Doug Wade	Geelong	6	16
John Yeates	Geelong	6	15
Ray Baxter	Western Bulldogs	5	11
Jack Clarke	Essendon	5	12
Neville Crowe	Richmond	5	11
Bill Goggin	Geelong	5	16
Dick Grimmond	Richmond	5	18
Eric Guy	St Kilda	5	18
Col Hebbard	Essendon	5	18
Alistair Lord	Geelong	5	17
John ONeill	Geelong	5	14
John Quarrell	Western Bulldogs	5	6
Brian Roet	Melbourne	5	11
Sergio Silvagni	Carlton	5	18
Bill Stephenson	St Kilda	5	14
Frank Adams	Melbourne	4	12
Allen Aylett	North Melbourne	4	17
Graeme Beissel	Essendon	4	8
Ken Bennett	Collingwood	4	12
Terry Callan	Geelong	4	17
Russell Crow	Fitzroy	4	18
John Hoiles	Western Bulldogs	4	18
Geoff Leek	Essendon	4	17
Hassa Mann	Melbourne	4	18
George McGrath	Geelong	4	14
Colin Rice	Geelong	4	17
Fred Swift	Richmond	4	15
John Thompson	Richmond	4	17
Geoff Tunbridge	Melbourne	4	18
Ken Turner	Collingwood	4	16
Rod Vernon	Fitzroy	4	18
Graeme Wilkinson	Richmond	4	11
Charles Abbott	Hawthorn	3	3
Ian Aston	Fitzroy	3	15
Ron Carruthers	Collingwood	3	8
Barry Cheatley	North Melbourne	3	18
Bruce Comben	Carlton	3	14
John Cunningham	Hawthorn	3	6
Graham Donaldson	Carlton	3	7
Alec Epis	Essendon	3	13
Alex Gardiner	Western Bulldogs	3	13
Terry Gleeson	Melbourne	3	12
Matt Goggin	Geelong	3	17
Graham Ion	Western Bulldogs	3	18
Bob Johnson	Melbourne	3	17
John Lord	Melbourne	3	17
Brian McCarthy	St Kilda	3	12
Brian McGowan	Sydney	3	18
Bob Norman	Geelong	3	11
Jock OBrien	North Melbourne	3	7
Jim OBrien	St Kilda	3	15
Fred Robinson	North Melbourne	3	10
Graham Ryan	North Melbourne	3	17
Col Saddington	Richmond	3	18
Greg Sewell	Essendon	3	18
Noel Teasdale	North Melbourne	3	16
Roy West	Geelong	3	18
Gary Williamson	Richmond	3	15
Neville Withers	Collingwood	3	14
Brian Beers	Collingwood	2	11
Brian Buckley	Carlton	2	15
Gordon Collis	Carlton	2	17
Paul Doran	Essendon	2	13
Bernie Dowling	Western Bulldogs	2	3
Bob Dunlop	Essendon	2	8
Albie Dunn	Sydney	2	6
Gerald Eastmure	North Melbourne	2	15
Michael Gaudion	North Melbourne	2	18
Brian Gray	Collingwood	2	15
Bob Henderson	Fitzroy	2	18
Jeff Kiteley	Sydney	2	11
Brian Leahy	Melbourne	2	17
Cam McPherson	Hawthorn	2	18
Bill Miller	Geelong	2	14
Ron Nalder	Hawthorn	2	12
Brian Pert	Fitzroy	2	13
Alan Richardson	Richmond	2	10
Neil Roberts	St Kilda	2	17
Tom Simpson	Richmond	2	15
Ross Smith	St Kilda	2	15
Charlie Stewart	Western Bulldogs	2	18
John Winneke	Hawthorn	2	17
Fred Wooller	Geelong	2	14
Garry Young	Hawthorn	2	17
Denis Zanoni	Geelong	2	5
Keith Beamish	Western Bulldogs	1	17	0	0	1	1
Russell Blew	Essendon	1	16	0	0	1	1
Ian Brewer	Collingwood	1	10	0	0	1	1
Morton Browne	Hawthorn	1	16	0	0	1	1
Barry Capuano	Essendon	1	18	0	0	1	1
Wally Clark	Fitzroy	1	14	0	0	1	1
Martin Cross	Carlton	1	18	0	0	1	1
Bob Crowe	Carlton	1	15	0	0	1	1
Barry Davis	Essendon	1	17	0	0	1	1
John Fisher	Hawthorn	1	16	0	0	1	1
Alan Gale	Fitzroy	1	17	0	0	1	1
Jim Guyatt	St Kilda	1	17	0	0	1	1
Rodger Head	St Kilda	1	5	0	0	1	1
John Heathcote	Carlton	1	16	0	0	1	1
Frank Hodgkin	St Kilda	1	17	0	0	1	1
Ken McCormack	Sydney	1	16	0	0	1	1
Laurie Mithen	Melbourne	1	15	0	0	1	1
David Norman	Collingwood	1	16	0	0	1	1
Ron Reeves	Collingwood	1	18	0	0	1	1
Paul Rowe	North Melbourne	1	9	0	0	1	1
Rod Ward	North Melbourne	1	11	0	0	1	1
Murray Weideman	Collingwood	1	16	0	0	1	1
Colin Youren	Hawthorn	1	15	0	0	1	1

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Team Totals

Team	Votes	3	2	1
Western Bulldogs	62	6	4	6
Essendon	61	5	4	4
Carlton	54	7	6	6
Geelong	54
Melbourne	53	4	2	3
Hawthorn	52	7	3	5
St Kilda	51	7	2	6
North Melbourne	50	4	2	5
Sydney	48	6	10	3
Fitzroy	45	4	7	4
Richmond	43	2	1	3
Collingwood	39	2	4	7

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V=Votes, GM=Games played, 3=Games polling 3 votes, 2=Games polling 2 votes, 1=Games polling 1 vote, GP=Games polled votes