The Crichton Medal is the name given to the best and fairest award for the Australian rules football team the Essendon Football Club.
[citation needed] The naming of the award is in honour of Wally Crichton, a former administrator for Essendon (who was a committeeman from 1926 to 1931, vice-president from 1932 to 1940, and president from 1941 to 1959).
[1] The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season consists of five coaches, giving each player a ranking from zero to five after each match.
Players can receive a maximum of 25 votes for a game.
The award was suspended during World War I.