Coleman Medal

[7] It was named after John Coleman, a full-forward and Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend who scored 537 goals in 98 games for Essendon between 1949 and 1954.

[6] Medals were presented to winners or their surviving relatives in a ceremony at Melbourne Town Hall in July 2004.

[12] Upon receiving the accolades, he was "bloody angry" and complained to the AFL Commission, as he perceived the Leading Goalkicker Medal to be an inferior award.

[13] Collingwood is the club most frequently represented by Coleman and Leading Goalkicker Medallists: its players have won on 23 occasions, six clear of Geelong's tally of 17.

The majority of Collingwood's awards were contributed by Dick Lee (7) and Gordon Coventry (6), which stand as the most and second-most in league history.

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Jack Leith tied with Eddy James for the most goals (22) in 1897 , the VFL's inaugural season.
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Percy Martini was retrospectively awarded a Leading Goalkicker Medal for his 51-goal performance in 1910 .
Greg Stockdale's 68-goal haul for the 1923 season broke the league record.
Greg Stockdale 's 68-goal haul for the 1923 season from just 18 out of 19 games broke the league record (when including finals). [ 14 ] Stockdale would go on to be Essendon's leading goalkicker in three seasons between 1923 and 1928 .
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Gordon Coventry led the VFL in goalkicking six times, including five consecutive occasions from 1926 to 1930 .
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Des Fothergill scored the most goals (63) in the 1946 VFL season .
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John Coleman , the namesake of the medal, led the VFL in goalkicking five times in a row ( 1949 – 1953 ).
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Brian Taylor scored 100 goals in 1986 , winning the season's Coleman Medal.
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John Longmire led the AFL in goalkicking for 1990 at the age of 19, making him the youngest Coleman Medallist. [ 15 ]
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Lance Franklin (pictured playing for Sydney) has won four Coleman Medals at two clubs: Hawthorn ( 2008 , 2011 ) and Sydney ( 2014 , 2017 ).
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Dick Lee led the league in goalkicking a record seven times.
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Josh Kennedy is one of 16 players to twice score the most goals in a season.
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Jack Riewoldt has won three of Richmond's eight Coleman Medals / league Leading Goalkicker Awards.
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Jonathan Brown won Brisbane 's only Coleman Medal in 2007 , kicking 77 goals.
Charlie Curnow won two consecutive Coleman Medals in 2022 and 2023 . Had he won the award for a third year—which he was close to achieving by having the second-highest average for goals per game—he would have been the first since Gary Ablett Sr. to do so.