The 1965
Brownlow Medal
The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...
was the 38th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the
fairest and best
In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
player during the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL) home and away season.
Noel Teasdale
Noel Teasdale (born 2 January 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL, Victorian Football League (VFL) and the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Originally from Daylesford Football Club, Daylesf ...
of the
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Kangaroos also ...
and
Ian Stewart of the
St Kilda Football Club
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league.
The club ...
both won the medal by polling twenty votes during the
1965 VFL season
The 1965 VFL season was the 69th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 17 April until 25 September, and comprised an ...
.
Under the tie-breaker rules in place in 1965, Stewart was originally the outright winner: he and Teasdale were tied on 20 votes, but Stewart polled six 3-vote games to Teasdale's five. In 1980, the League removed the tie-break from the rules and allowed for multiple tied winners in the same year; and in 1989 it retrospectively removed the tie-breaker from all previous counts, elevating Teasdale to joint winner of the 1965 medal.
Leading votegetters
References
1965 in Australian rules football
1965
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