1947 Brownlow Medal

1947 Brownlow Medal
1947 Brownlow Medal
Winner	Bert Deacon (Carlton); 23 votes

The 1947 Brownlow Medal was the 20th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season.^[1] Bert Deacon of the Carlton Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-three votes during the 1947 VFL season.^[2]

Leading votegetters

	Player	Votes
1st	Bert Deacon (Carlton)	23
2nd	Harold Bray (St Kilda)	21
=3rd	Wally Culpitt (Hawthorn)	18
=3rd	Ron Bywater (South Melbourne)	18
5th	Fred Flanagan (Geelong)	17
=6th	Fred Hughson (Fitzroy)	16
=6th	Don Cordner (Melbourne)	16
8th	Bill Morris (Richmond)	14
9th	Bill Hutchison (Essendon)	13
=10th	Noel Jarvis (Fitzroy)	12
	Kevin Dynon (North Melbourne)
	Bill Williams (South Melbourne)

^ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2009). AFL Record Season Guide 2009. Docklands, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-9805162-6-5.
^ "1947 Brownlow Medal". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

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