Brownlow Medal 2015: Nat Fyfe wins AFL highest honour

FREMANTLE star Nat Fyfe has won the 2015 Brownlow Medal, polling a whopping 31 votes to pip West Coast’s Matt Priddis.

2015 Brownlow Medal at Crown Casino, Nat Fyfe wins the Brownlow. Melbourne. 28th September 2015. Picture: Colleen Petch.

FREMANTLE star Nat Fyfe has won the 2015 Brownlow Medal, polling a whopping 31 votes to pip West Coast’s Matt Priddis.

Fyfe polled a record 17 votes in the first eight rounds of the season to set up his win over Priddis (28).

He becomes the first Fremantle player to win a Brownlow Medal.

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Hawthorn’s Sam Mitchell (26) and Sydney pair Josh Kennedy (25) and Dan Hannebery (24) rounded out the top five.

Fyfe recorded nine three-vote games in 13 matches, equalling the record for a Brownlow Medal winner set by Greg Williams in 1994.

The popular Docker received his medal from Gold Coast captain and dual Brownlow Medallist Gary Ablett, saying his club could be proud of the award despite exiting the premiership race on Friday with a preliminary final loss to Hawthorn.

“I’m a bit blown away to be honest,” Fyfe said.

“It’s greater than me, it’s the Fremantle footy club and all our members and fans and supporters.

“We can take this home and really celebrate it as a club and as a community.” In addition to being the first Docker to win the award Fyfe is the youngest winner since Adam Cooney in 2008, who won as a 22-year-old.

The result is a reverse of the 2014 top two, though Fyfe was ineligible last year when he finished behind Priddis.

Fyfe played through injury in the second half of the season, missing four of the last six games.

Originally published as Brownlow Medal 2015: Nat Fyfe wins AFL highest honour