Brownlow Medal

saintm · Post: # 461821Post **saintm** » Sat 22 Sep 2007 11:02pm

Saints invitees are

ST KILDA: Dal Santo, Fisher, Gram, Montagna together with one of the co-captains and of course Rob Harvey, as all past Medallists are invited. Think Steve Silvagni also scores an invitation (maybe as full-back of the century?), as Jo is always featured in the fashion spreads from the night.

Full list of invitees is detailed in this article

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 07,00.html

For those of you who expressed an interest in recruiting Rebecca Twigley, I read where she is a possibility to be reporting in the red carpet special on Channel 7.

Not sure who will win, as the Geelong favourites in Ablett and Bartel may take votes off each other. Perhaps Brent Harvey will get up.

The_Dud · Post: # 461825Post **The_Dud** » Sat 22 Sep 2007 11:05pm

um, how does Roo not score an invite?

i think he and Harvey will top our votes easy

Post: # 461826Post **n1ck** » Sat 22 Sep 2007 11:06pm

'together with one of the co-captains'

would have thought that would be Roo.

he is the face of the club.

Post: # 461827Post **n1ck** » Sat 22 Sep 2007 11:07pm

Anyway, when was the last time someone not invited - or at least not at the event, won Charlie?

saintbrat · Post: # 461842Post **saintbrat** » Sat 22 Sep 2007 11:27pm

here's a brief history of the Brownlow

http://www.theage.com.au/photogallery/2 ... 84922.html

I am sure I have heard of it happening nick but when ?

Post: # 461846Post **n1ck** » Sat 22 Sep 2007 11:29pm

Yeah me too Brat... im sure its happenedI just cant remember who and when!

battye · Post: # 461866Post **battye** » Sat 22 Sep 2007 11:42pm

n1ck wrote:Anyway, when was the last time someone not invited - or at least not at the event, won Charlie?

Cousins?

aussierules0k · Sat 22 Sep 2007 11:44pm

Post: # 461871Post **n1ck** » Sat 22 Sep 2007 11:45pm

He was at a Brownlow event in Perth.

Im talking about someone who wasnt at a Brownlow event.

Im sure its happened because i remember stories about journalists rocking up to a players house who had just won the medal and he saw on Tv.

plugger66 · Post: # 461876Post **plugger66** » Sat 22 Sep 2007 11:46pm

battye wrote:
n1ck wrote:Anyway, when was the last time someone not invited - or at least not at the event, won Charlie?
Cousins?

No player who has won the brownlow has never been invited. Some have not attended but all have been invited.

stinger · Post: # 461878Post **stinger** » Sat 22 Sep 2007 11:48pm

plugger66 wrote:
battye wrote:
n1ck wrote:Anyway, when was the last time someone not invited - or at least not at the event, won Charlie?
Cousins?

No player who has won the brownlow has never been invited. Some have not attended but all have been invited.

i think it is out of harvey, ablett and cornes......

saintm · Post: # 461891Post **saintm** » Sun 23 Sep 2007 12:02am

n1ck wrote:He was at a Brownlow event in Perth.

Im talking about someone who wasnt at a Brownlow event.

Im sure its happened because i remember stories about journalists rocking up to a players house who had just won the medal and he saw on Tv.

You're not thinking of ineligible players, are you? i.e Corey McKernan and Chris Grant.

Post: # 461897Post **n1ck** » Sun 23 Sep 2007 12:10am

nope... it would have been in the 70s from memory...

plugger66 · Post: # 461899Post **plugger66** » Sun 23 Sep 2007 12:15am

n1ck wrote:nope... it would have been in the 70s from memory...

Never been a winner not go apart from interstaters and they are still on camera.

saintbrat · Post: # 461910Post **saintbrat** » Sun 23 Sep 2007 1:06am

n1ck wrote:Anyway, when was the last time someone not invited - or at least not at the event, won Charlie?

brief history of brownlow
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/ ... 72,00.html
early years there was no 'event'
But I still think that there was a player- Not at the evening in the time of televised presentations.

my les foote · Sun 23 Sep 2007 1:08am

Paul Meldrum of Carlton was leading at one stage and was not invited. I think he finished with about 15 votes.

Even earlier, George Young got off to a flier and was near the top of the leader board but wasn't invited.

Edited after looking it up.

Meldrum finished 3rd in '87 behind Lockett and Platten. He was run away leader with 12 votes after 5 rounds.

Young I think was 1975

Life Long Saint · Sun 23 Sep 2007 10:19am

aussierules0k wrote:Very hard to win a Charlie in a team that only won 11 games... next year.

Tony Lockett - 1987. St Kilda had 9 wins.

Robert Harvey - 1998 (32 votes). St Kilda had 13 wins.

Shane Crawford - 1999 (28 votes). Hawthorn had 10.5 wins.

Can be done!

But no St Kilda player has had a good enough season to poll enough votes.

st_Trav_ofWA · Sun 23 Sep 2007 10:23am

i think in the early days the brownlow didnt have a ceremony so it was read out over the radio then the players got their medals on g/f day

4theluvoftheclub · Sun 23 Sep 2007 10:54am

So how many votes will harvs get? I reckon 9 votes.....sam fisher is god , but will he take the eye of the umpires...many possessions racked up behind the play , and switching the play in defence ..suspect next year he"ll poll well, know he's "known"