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
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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
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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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