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Opinion Is it time for some clubs to re-name their Best & Fairest awards?
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does that mean the winner has to return it 4 years after winning it?
Maybe it's spreading.
I'd just prefer they just refer to them as best & fairest winners. With all due respect to Peter Crimmins, some ignorant bastard might think it's awarded to the best player in the merger cup H&A matches between Hawthorn & Melbourne, a la the Glendinning-Doig medal, rather than a prestigious award given to Hawthorn's best player for the season.
I'm ringing up the club and telling them to get rid of B&F and just call it straight out Copeland Trophy, now I know it pisses people off.
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Pav or Mundy would both be great options and Freo through and through.
I'm aware of the Copeland, though no idea of its history It'd be easy to be informed if I wanted.
It's all good, I misunderstood what he meant.
I haven't even really taken much notice about other clubs, but Collingwood have always referred the B&F as the Copeland Trophy.
It reflects Fremantles rich history in the game - won its first flag in the game we love in the 1880s, an interesting era in WA footy.
'The club continued to dominate the competition for the rest of the decade, winning five consecutive premierships from 1892–96 and another in 1898. The club was forced to disband after the 1899 season due to large debts. Many of the club's players transferred to the new South Fremantle Football Club, admitted to the WAFA the next year.[11] The club had an overall win rate of 68.7% during its fourteen seasons in the competition.'
Fremantle Football Club (1882–1899) - Wikipedia
I followed Port when I was in Adelaide - Freo's history is comparable in WA footy even though it was shared across two clubs (East Freo & Souths).
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sherb
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If there was only some easy way in this day and age to find out what the Crimmins Medal is awarded for.
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It's a club best and fairest. All club members know who Peter Crimmins is and why his story is so important to our club. I honestly don't give a toss if someone who isn't a Hawthorn support knows who he is - I didn't know who the Copeland was named after, for example, but then why would I?
Not every support is as football savvy as your fine self. Take trip down Facebook lane and you'll see what I mean.
On second thoughts, don't subject yourself to that misery.
Well I mean, plenty of people have NFI outside their own club and plenty of supporters don't even know who their own club medals are named after. I think a national broadcaster should just keep it simple for the casual fans who only watch games and nothing else so that they actually understand what they're talking about.
Like I said, a minor annoyance.
Last Victorian to captain the Blues to a flag ..
Shane Heard
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About Crichton ..
Few people have dedicated as much of their life to the Essendon Football Club as Wally Crichton. Crichton served the club continuously, sometimes in multiple roles, for an unbroken period of 34 years.
Crichton was wounded in the Great War and lost a leg. This ended any ambition of playing football but instead he became a successful and long-serving club administrator.
Wally Crichton joined the Essendon committee in 1926 and became the club’s vice-president in 1932, a position he held until 1940. He held a number of positions concurrently including Essendon delegate to the League from 1934 to 1959 and also served as Victorian state team manager.
He was appointed Essendon president 1941 and held the position until his death in 1959.
Crichton led the club during a period of change and great success. His presidency included the golden years of 1942 to 1951 when the club won four premierships and was runner up in another four.
As a mark of the esteem with which Wally Crichton is held, the Essendon Football Club’s best & fairest award was renamed the Crichton Medal in his honour.
Few people have dedicated as much of their life to the Essendon Football Club as Wally Crichton. Crichton served the club continuously, sometimes in multiple roles, for an unbroken period of 34 years.
Crichton was wounded in the Great War and lost a leg. This ended any ambition of playing football but instead he became a successful and long-serving club administrator.
Wally Crichton joined the Essendon committee in 1926 and became the club’s vice-president in 1932, a position he held until 1940. He held a number of positions concurrently including Essendon delegate to the League from 1934 to 1959 and also served as Victorian state team manager.
He was appointed Essendon president 1941 and held the position until his death in 1959.
Crichton led the club during a period of change and great success. His presidency included the golden years of 1942 to 1951 when the club won four premierships and was runner up in another four.
As a mark of the esteem with which Wally Crichton is held, the Essendon Football Club’s best & fairest award was renamed the Crichton Medal in his honour.
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Who in your opinion has had the greatest impact on the Giants in their short history if at some point they were to rename it?
Fair to say it’s likely way too early at the moment but perhaps in a decade or two if someone really stands out and makes the Giants a powerhouse will they make the call?
Shane Heard
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Because along with EFC, CFC, MFC, GFC and Saints..they are the most famous and oldest clubs in the land. And I have no qualms saying Collingwood are the most famous club out of the foundation clubs.
Hence the Copeland is synonymous with Collingwood probably because Eddie has mentioned it on-air about 15,000 times in the last 30 years.
Shane Heard
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Sttew
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Yes, for some.
The Essendon and Collingwood ones are interesting. Their B&F’s named after club officials from almost 100 years ago who never played a game
Cdog71
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Dunno about the B&F but maybe Nathan Jones might have enough support from a Melbourne perspective??
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way to early to tell, hence another decade to decide or give more thought in it.
I mean for me personally no one has been consistently at that high level besides Ward.
But guys like Haynes, Greene, Whitfield are 1 club players and have been amazing for us, without all the will he won’t be sign shenanigans as well.
I reckon in another 10 years we will be able to look back and decide, whose to say Tom Greene doesn’t take it.
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Interestingly, Carltons was too until they changed it in 2004 after 70 years in which it was named after an administrator.
Will Essendon or Collingwood ever follow in their steps?
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Will probably come once you win a flag.
Brick Loosener
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How many games did he play for Port?
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We will not do what Carlton did. We are better than that.
Looks like 35 years of service to the club for our man Crichton, more than fair enough it’s named after him imo
Jones is a Melbourne great, but as far as naming medals after he wouldn't be top 50. I assume you are in your teens so I won't have a crack, but maybe have a look at Melbourne's history and re-post.
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