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Annual award in Australian football
The John Cahill Medal , named after the Port Adelaide Football Club 's ten time premiership coach and inaugural AFL coach John Cahill , is awarded to the club player adjudged best and fairest for the season.[ 1] The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season , consists of each member of the coaching committee giving each player a ranking from zero to five after each match.[ 2]
Recipients
Medals
Seasons
Russell Ebert
6
1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1981
John Cahill
4
1966, 1968, 1970, 1973
Kane Cornes
4
2007, 2008, 2010, 2012
Geof Motley
4
1958, 1959, 1963, 1965
Harry Phillips
4
1888, 1891, 1892, 1893
Jeff Potter
4
1961, 1964, 1967, 1969
Bob Quinn
4
1937, 1938, 1945, 1947
Warren Tredrea
4
2001, 2004, 2005, 2009
Craig Bradley
3
1982, 1984, 1985
Stephen Clifford
3
1978, 1980, 1983
Les Dayman
3
1923, 1924, 1928
Robbie Gray
3
2014, 2015, 2016
Dick Russell
3
1948, 1949, 1951
Thomas Smith
3
1877, 1888, 1889
Charlie Adams
2
1920, 1921
Jack Ashley
2
1914, 1919
Travis Boak ^
2
2011, 2019
Zak Butters ^
2
2023, 2024
Lewis Corston
2
1902, 1904
Jack Dermody
2
1933, 1935
Sinclair Dickson
2
1908, 1909
Harry Eaton
2
1913, 1915
Charlie Fry
2
1886, 1890
Neville Hayes
2
1957, 1960
Scott Hodges
2
1990, 1996
Albert Hollingworth
2
1934, 1936
Ernest Mucklow
2
1929, 1932
Harold Oliver
2
1911, 1912
John Quinn Sr.
2
1900, 1905
John Sidoli
2
1880, 1881
Ted Strawns
2
1901, 1906
Fos Williams
2
1950, 1955
General
Specific
^ "Award Winners" . PortAdelaideFC.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ "AFL Best and Fairest winners 2017: Who won your team's club champion award?" . Fox Sports Australia . News Corp Australia. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017 .
^ a b c Rucci, Michelangelo (14 October 2014). "Port Adelaide's greatest line-up since 1997 defined by the 2004 AFL premiership champions" . The Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ Agius, Matthew (3 October 2014). "All shades of Gray as excitement machine takes home first John Cahill Medal" . PortAdelaideFC.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ "South Australian Football Hall of Fame – Warren Tredrea" . South Australian Football Hall of Fame . South Australian National Football League . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ Agius, Matthew (29 July 2014). "Primus, Cornes inducted into South Australian Football Hall of Fame" . PortAdelaideFC.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ "AFL club champions 2003" . The Age . Fairfax Media . 5 October 2003. Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ a b "Tredrea voted as Port's best" . ABC Online . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 2 October 2005. Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ "Lade named Port's best" . ABC Online . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 16 September 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ a b Rucci, Michelangelo (14 May 2015). "Port Adelaide champion Kane Cornes puts his family's needs ahead of his football dreams" . The Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ Tullberg, Julie (3 October 2009). "Port Adelaide's Warren Tredrea wins fourth John Cahill Medal" . The Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ Fjeldstad, Jesper (11 September 2010). "Cornes is Power's Mr Consistency in winning 3rd medal" . The Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ Capel, Andrew (17 September 2011). "Port Adelaide pair Travis Boak and Jackson Trengove tie in best and fairest" . Herald Sun . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ "Kane Cornes claims fourth John Cahill Medal" . News.com.au . News Corp Australia . 7 September 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ Thring, Harry (22 September 2013). "Wingard a club champion at just 20 years old" . AFL.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ Rucci, Michelangelo (3 October 2014). "Robbie Gray wins John Cahill Medal — his first club champion title at Port Adelaide Football Club" . The Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ Fjeldstad, Jesper (5 December 2015). "Robbie Gray wins second straight Jack Cahill Medal as Port Adelaide's best-and-fairest" . Herald Sun . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ Gaskin, Lee (10 September 2016). "Gray's historic Power play with club champion hat-trick" . AFL.com.au . Bigpond . Retrieved 10 September 2016 .
^ Rucci, Michelangelo (6 October 2017). "Port Adelaide lead ruckman Patrick Ryder completes comeback season as Power club champion" . The Advertiser . News Corp Australia. Retrieved 22 November 2017 .
^ Gaskin, Lee (5 October 2018). "Veteran utility wins Port B&F in thrilling count" . afl.com.au . Telstra. Retrieved 6 October 2018 .
^ Founten, Loukas (4 October 2019). "Travis Boak awarded the 2019 John Cahill medal" . portadelaidefc.com.au . Telstra. Retrieved 5 October 2019 .
^ Founten, Loukas (30 October 2020). "Byrne-Jones takes out the 2020 John Cahill Medal" . portadelaidefc.com.au . Telstra. Retrieved 30 October 2020 .
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