The Lefroy Medal has been awarded since 1953 to the best Australian rules football player from Tasmania during Inter-State or Inter-Competition matches.

The award was inaugurated in 1953, when the past players' association of the defunct Hobart-based Lefroy Football Club sponsored a gold medal to be awarded to Tasmania's best player at that season's Adelaide Carnival[1]. The medal has since been awarded in (almost) all seasons to feature at least one interstate, interleague and/or State of Origin clash contest by Tasmania. Traditionally, one medal was awarded to the best player across all state games played during a particular season, with rare instances of multiple medals awarded.

Medal winners

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* Denotes an AFL-level State of Origin Match

'Year Lefroy Medallist Club League Opponent/s
1953 Len McCankie North Hobart TANFL Multiple (1953 Adelaide Carnival)
1954 Gordon Bowman Sandy Bay TANFL Australian Amateurs
1955 Geoff Long City NTFA New South Wales; Canberra
1956 John Golding Clarence TANFL Multiple (1956 Perth Carnival)
1957 Stuart Spencer

Joe Murphy

Clarence

Latrobe

TANFL

NWFU

Victoria (VFL); South Australia
1958 Jim Ross North Launceston NTFA Multiple (1958 Melbourne Carnival)
1959 Rex Geard Sandy Bay TANFL Victoria (VFL); Western Australia
1960 Stuart Spencer Clarence TANFL Victoria (VFL); South Australia
1961 John Noble North Hobart TANFL Multiple (1961 Brisbane Carnival); Victoria (VFA)
1962 Ivan 'Ike' Hayes Longford NTFA Victoria (VFL); Victoria (VFA)
1963 Bob Withers North Launceston NTFA South Australia; Western Australia
1964 Charlie Thompson North Launceston NTFA Victoria (VFA); Western Australia
1965 Peter Hudson

John Bonney

Max McMahon

New Norfolk

Cooee

Glenorchy

TANFL

NWFU

TANFL

Victoria (VFA); South Australia
1966 Graeme 'Gypsy' Lee Launceston NTFA Multiple (1966 Hobart Carnival)
1967 Ray Walker Burnie NWFU Victoria (VFL)
1968 John Devine North Hobart TANFL Victoria (VFA)
1969 Darrel Baldock Latrobe NWFU Multiple (1969 Adelaide Carnival)
1970 Paul Vinar Longford NTFA Western Australia
1971 Kerry Doran Sandy Bay TANFL South Australia
1972 Jim Leitch Scottsdale NTFA Multiple (1972 Perth Carnival)
1973 Tony Franklin Penguin NWFU Victoria (VFL)
1974 NO AWARD (NO STATE GAMES PLAYED)
1975 Bruce Tschirpig

Kim Saltmarsh

Latrobe

City-South

NWFU

NTFA

South Australia (1975 Knockout Carnival); NSW, QLD, ACT
1976 John Emin Wynyard NWFU New South Wales, Queensland
1977 NO MEDAL AWARDED South Fremantle (Ardath Cup); Victoria (VFL)
1978 Gary Linton Glenorchy TANFL Canberra, Queensland, Victoria (VFL)
1979 Darryl Sutton Glenorchy TANFL Victoria (VFL); QLD, WA, SA (1979 Perth Carnival)
1980 Ron Stubbs Devonport NWFU Queensland, South Australia; WA, SA (1980 Adelaide Carnival)

To be Updated

See also

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References

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