The 1931
Brownlow Medal was the eighth year the award was presented to the player adjudged the
fairest and best player during the
Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season.
of the
Fitzroy Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-six votes during the
1931 VFL season
The 1931 VFL season was the 35th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 2 May until 10 October, and comprised an 18- ...
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Following the previous season's three-way tie, and the confusion which followed, the conditions governing the medal were amended. From this season, the umpire would award votes to the best three players on the ground – three votes to the best player, two to the second best, and one to the third best. The player with the most overall votes would win; in the event of a tie, the player with the most three-vote games would win, then the player with the most two-vote games. A new provision under which a player who had been suspended during the season became ineligible for the award was also added.
Leading votegetters
References
1931 in Australian rules football
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
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