Home » Sport » Football » Bontempelli in medal repeat

Bontempelli in medal repeat

11/10/2017

Marcus Bontempelli claimed a second straight best and fairest award. Photo by Graham Denholm/Fairfax Media

By Lance Jenkinson

Marcus Bontempelli has become the youngest player in Western Bulldogs history to be a dual Charles Sutton Medal winner.

The star onballer and occasional forward secured consecutive club best-and-fairest awards last week at the age of 21.

He eclipsed seven-time club champion Scott West, who won his second best-and-fairest as a 23-year-old in 1997.

In a thrilling vote count, Bontempelli took out the top honour with 185 votes, just one ahead of smooth-moving half-back flanker Jason Johannisen, who finished with 184, with Jack Macrae third on 155.

Other award winners were Lewis Young (best first-year player), Bailey Dale (most improved), Caleb Daniel (best team player), Zaine Cordy (domestique of the year and most courageous), Nick Jamieson (VFL best and fairest) and Ellie Blackburn and Emma Kearney (tied AFLW best and fairest).

Digital Editions

Blood donation pop-up

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 532439 Locals are being invited to roll up their sleeves and give blood as Lifeblood hosts a blood donation…

More News

Finalists announced for AFL community venue award

The 2025 finalists have been announced for the AFL’s Ken Gannon Football Facilities Award, recognising the projects that set the benchmark in best-practice design and development to help the continued…
New toolkit to help women report abuse in sport

Australian women face significant risk when disclosing gender-based violence in sport and quite often receive inadequate or harmful responses according to new research from La Trobe Univeristy. The research project,…
Celebrity alcohol ads slip into teens’ Insta feeds

Celebrities are promoting their own alcohol products on Instagram without a clear disclosure of advertising content and almost all posts are visible to underage users, according to new research from…
Multicultural health committee expanded

Victoria’s Multicultural Health Advisory Committee has been expanded in an effort to make the state’s health system more inclusive and increasingly diverse. Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas unveiled the strengthened and…
Residents encouraged to mind water usage

Residents across Melbourne’s north and west are being called upon to reduce their water consumption as state storage levels fall to 61&percnt; of capacity. This current level marks a decrease…

Additional health test for newborns

Victoria has become the first Australian jurisdiction to include sickle cell disease in its universal newborn health screening program. This expansion brings the total number of rare but serious conditions…
More than four walls

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 530350 For people who are socially isolated, culturally diverse or part of the LGBTQIA+ community, finding a space where you feel safe and welcomed…
Johns’ new challenge

One door closed and another opened for new Keilor Thunder signing Matt Johns. Johns, who had been playing in Queensland, was set to play basketball overseas late last year. When…
Forum supports women living with epilepsy across all life stages

Epilepsy Action Australia and Australian Women with Epilepsy are inviting women across the country to take part in a powerful one-day forum designed to uplift, inform and support women living…
Funding to improve road safety across Victoria

Victorian community organisations and groups will receive a total of $600,000 in grants from the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) to develop and implement local road safety projects. The funding, part…