Bob Skilton Medal


The Bob Skilton Medal is an annual Australian rules football award presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest at the Sydney Swans throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League season. It is named after Bob Skilton, who won the award a record nine times from 1958 to 1968. The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving an undetermined number of players up to ten votes each after every match. Players can receive a maximum of 50 votes for a game.

Recipients

SeasonRecipientRef.
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940+
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949+
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959+
1960
1961
1962
1963+
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968+
1969
1970+
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977+
1978
1979
1980
1981+
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988+
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003+
2004
2005
2006+
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012^
2013
2014^
2015^
2016^
2017^
2018^
2019^

Multiple winners

PlayerMedalsSeasons
91958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968
51969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975
51936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943
41992, 1993, 1996, 1997
31948, 1949, 1951
32003, 2006, 2011
31986, 1987, 1988
^32012, 2015, 2016
31946, 1947, 1950
21980, 1982
21942, 1944
21930, 1935
22005, 2007
22008, 2013
21979, 1981
21953, 1957
21931, 1938
22001, 2002
21985, 1990
^22014, 2017