The Gold Coast Suns Club Champion is an

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award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the

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at the

Gold Coast Football Club The Gold Coast Suns is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara. The club has been playing in the AFL since th ...

throughout the

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(AFL) season. The voting system, as of the

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, consists of five coaches giving an undetermined number of players a ranking from zero to five after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 25 votes for a game. The inaugural winner of the award was also the club's inaugural captain,

Gary Ablett, Jr. Gary Ablett Jr. (born 14 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). The eldest son of Australian Football Hall of Fame mem ...

Recipients

Multiple winners

References

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