Coach How many premiership medals would be presented to a premiership-winning player-coach?

[Westicle]

There is a pretty impressive list of premiership player coaches over the history of the game, admittedly none since 1979:

1897	Essendon	George Stuckey	George Stuckey
1898	Fitzroy	Alec Sloan	Alec Sloan
1899	Fitzroy	Alec Sloan	Alec Sloan
1900	Melbourne	Dick Wardill	Dick Wardill
1901	Essendon	Tod Collins	Tod Collins
1902	Collingwood	Lardie Tulloch	Lardie Tulloch
1903	Collingwood	Lardie Tulloch	Lardie Tulloch
1904	Fitzroy	Gerald Brosnan	Gerald Brosnan
1905	Fitzroy	Gerald Brosnan	Gerald Brosnan
1909	South Melbourne	Charlie Ricketts	Charlie Ricketts
1910	Collingwood	George Angus	George Angus
1920	Richmond	Dan Minogue	Dan Minogue
1921	Richmond	Dan Minogue	Dan Minogue
1923	Essendon	Syd Barker	Syd Barker
1924	Essendon	Syd Barker	Syd Barker
1925	Geelong	Cliff Rankin	Cliff Rankin
1926	Melbourne	Albert Chadwick	Albert Chadwick
1933	South Melbourne	Jack Bisset	Jack Bisset
1934	Richmond	Percy Bentley	Percy Bentley
1937	Geelong	Reg Hickey	Reg Hickey
1938	Carlton	Brighton Diggins	Brighton Diggins
1943	Richmond	Jack Dyer	Jack Dyer
1944	Fitzroy	Fred Hughson	Fred Hughson
1946	Essendon	Dick Reynolds	Dick Reynolds
1949	Essendon	Dick Reynolds	Dick Reynolds
1950	Essendon	Dick Reynolds	Dick Reynolds
1954	Footscray	Charlie Sutton	Charlie Sutton
1972	Carlton	John Nicholls	John Nicholls
1979	Carlton	Alex Jesaulenko	Alex Jesaulenko

But theoretically, if Stewie Dew was sacked over the off-season for stealing the players' half-time lollies and Matt Rowell

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Matt Rowell

Age

22

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180cm

Wt

82kg

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Mid

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Last 5

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17.4

4star

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7.6

3star

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9.8

5star

M

0.8

1star

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5.2

5star

CL

3.8

5star

D

17.4

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.8

1star

T

5.2

5star

CL

3.8

5star

D

17.4

5star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.8

1star

T

5.2

5star

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3.8

5star

was appointed to the interim head coaching role, leading the Suns to their first premiership, how many premiership medals would he be presented after the GF?

 

[kane249]

Someone will probably correct me on this, but I didn't think the winning coach got a premiership medal. I thought they got presented the Jock McHale medal on the day?

 

[Twoslabs]

Someone will probably correct me on this, but I didn't think the winning coach got a premiership medal. I thought they got presented the Jock McHale medal on the day?

Premiership medals only started around 77 when the match was first televised live, before that the clubs made their own medals for players.

Jock McHale medal began in 2001 with retrospective medals awarded back to 1950.

Only Jezza can answer what he got but pretty sure he got a standard medal in 1979, thought I must admit my memory is a bit hazy after all these years

 

[HTT]

Not sure they’d get two premiership medals, since it isn’t a different medal for a player and a coach. So like normal they’d have the Jock McHale medal plus a premiership medal. They could win the norm Smith too and have 3, I suppose.

 

[Westicle]

Someone will probably correct me on this, but I didn't think the winning coach got a premiership medal. I thought they got presented the Jock McHale medal on the day?

Yes, looks like you're absolutely correct. I recalled after the 2016 grand final Luke Beveridge gave his medal to Bob Murphy, but apparently that was his Jock McHale medal. So I suppose in this scenario Matt Rowell

18

Matt Rowell

Age

22

Ht

180cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.8

1star

T

5.2

5star

CL

3.8

5star

D

17.4

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.8

1star

T

5.2

5star

CL

3.8

5star

D

17.4

5star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.8

1star

T

5.2

5star

CL

3.8

5star

would get 1 premiership medal and 1 Jock McHale medal.

Thread resolved, thank you mods.