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2008 Brownlow Medal

2008 Brownlow Winner - Adam Cooney

Adam Cooney of the Western Bulldogs has won the 2008 Brownlow Medal by one vote. Cooney polled 24 votes, narrowly beating Simon Black who finished on 23 votes.

Cooney was one of the top-10 favourites before the count and he polled three votes in round one.

He played all 25 games for the Bulldogs this season and managed six best-afield performances. This season he made his first All-Australian team. Cooney played through the finals series despite suffering from a fractured kneecap.


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2008 AFL Brownlow Medal Leaderboard

Top 10 after
Round 22
Player Team Votes
1st
Adam Cooney Western Bulldogs 24
2nd
Simon Black Brisbane Lions 23
3rd
Gary Ablett Geelong 22
4
Matthew Richardson Richmond 22
5
Adam Goodes* Sydney 21
6
Lance Franklin* Hawthorn 20
7
Joel Selwood Geelong 19
8
Matthew Pavlich Fremantle 17
9
Brent Harvey Kangaroos 17
10
Brad Sewell Hawthorn 16

* ineligible


The Brownlow Medal is the official "best and fairest" award of the Australian Football League. Votes are awarded by the umpires at the end of each match of each round of the regular season. At the conclusion of the regular season votes are totaled and the best and fairest player is announced prior to the AFL grand final.

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