Simpson Medal

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English The Simpson Medal is an individual prize awarded for Australian rules football in Western Australia. The medal has been donated by Dr Fred Simpson and family since 1945.

Simpson Medals are currently awarded to the following players:

• The best player on the ground in the West Australian Football League Grand Final (awarded annually since 1945), and
• the best Western Australian player on the ground in any interstate representative match contested by a West Australian Football League composite team (awarded annually since 1994).

Simpson Medals have also been awarded under other criteria in interstate football throughout history:

• To the best player on the ground from either team in any stand-alone interstate representative match played in Western Australia from 1948 until 1993, including State of Origin matches from 1977 until 1993 (this did not include National Carnival matches),
• to the best Western Australian player across a tournament of interstate representative matches involving Western Australia (this included National Carnivals from 1950 until 1979, the 1988 Bicentennial Carnival, and Western Australia's 1964 interstate tour), and
• to the best player on the ground in club exhibition matches between a Western Australian club and an interstate club (in 1946 and 1947 only).

After 1994, the interstate Simpson Medal was strictly awarded for WAFL representative matches, and not for the AFL representative State of Origin matches which were played in the late 1990s; a separate medal - the Graham Moss Medal - was awarded to Western Australia's best player in those matches.

Simpson Medal Winners

WAFL Grand Final

Table key

^	Player was member of losing team

Table of recipients

Year	Recipient	Club
1945		Template:WAFL
1946	^	Template:WAFL
1947		Template:WAFL
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1950		Template:WAFL
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1952		Template:WAFL
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1954		Template:WAFL
1955		Perth
1956	^	Template:WAFL
1957		Template:WAFL
1958		Template:WAFL
1959		Template:WAFL
1960		Template:WAFL
1961		Template:WAFL
1962	^	Template:WAFL
1963		Template:WAFL
1964	^	Template:WAFL
1965		Template:WAFL
1966		Perth
1967		Perth
1968		Perth
1969		Template:WAFL
1970		Template:WAFL
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1974		Template:WAFL
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1975		Template:WAFL
1976		Perth
1977		Perth
1978		Template:WAFL
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1980		Template:WAFL
1981		Template:WAFL
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Interstate/State of Origin

Year	Player	Team	Match
2025	Milan Murdock	WA	WA vs SA
2024	Milan Murdock	WA	WA vs SA
2023	Angus Schumacher	WA	WA vs SA
2022	Leigh Kitchin	WA	WA vs SA
2021	Jye Bolton	WA	WA vs SA
2019	Josh Deluca	WA	WA vs SA
2018	Jye Bolton	WA	WA vs SA
2017	Ben Saunders	WA	WA vs Vic
2016	Jye Bolton	WA	WA vs TAS
2015	Ryan Davis	WA	WA vs SA
2014	Ashton Hams	WA	WA vs NEAFL
2013	Wayde Twomey	WA	WA vs VFL
2012	Paul Johnson	WA	WA vs SA
2011	Josh Smith	WA	WA vs Qld
2010	Luke Blackwell	WA	WA v VIC
2009	Brent LeCras	WA	WA v SA
2008	Ian Richardson	WA	WA v QLD
2007	Adam Hay	WA	WA v VFL
2006	Caine Hayes	WA	WA v SA
2005	Matthew Priddis	WA	WA v QLD
2004	Chris Bossong	WA	WA v VFL
2003	Luke Webster	WA	WA v SA
2002	Cory Johnson	WA	WA v QLD
2000	Brad Campbell	WA	WA v SA
1999	Rod Tregenza	WA	WA v TAS
1998	Dean Irving	WA	WA v SA
1997	Jon Dorotich	WA	WA v TAS
1996	David Snow	WA	WA v SA
1995	Craig Treleven	WA	WA v QLD
1994	Paul Symmons	WA	WA v SA
1993	Marty Atkins	WA	WA v SA
1991	Brendon Retzlaff	WA	WA v SA
1991	Paul Harding	WA	WA v VIC - State of Origin
1990	Ben Allan	WA	WA v SA
1990	Simon Madden	VIC	WA v VIC - State of Origin
1989	Jason Dunstall	VIC	WA v VIC - State of Origin
1988	Gerard Healy	VIC	WA v VIC - State of Origin
1988	Peter Thorne	WA	WA v VFA
1988	Ben Allan	WA	WA v SA
1988	Dwayne Lamb	WA	Adelaide Carnival - State of Origin
1987	Andrew Bews	VIC	WA v VIC - State of Origin
1987	Chris McDermott	SA	WA v SA
1986	Brad Hardie	WA	WA v VIC - State of Origin
1985	Dale Weightman	VIC	WA v VIC - State of Origin
1985	Craig Bradley	SA	WA v SA
1984	Brad Hardie	WA	WA v VIC - State of Origin
1983	Maurice Rioli	WA	WA v VIC - State of Origin
1983	Stephen Michael	WA	WA v SA
1982	Kevin Taylor	WA	WA v SA
1982	Mark Browning	VIC	WA v VIC - State of Origin
1981 (tie)	Jim Krakouer	WA	WA v SA
1981 (tie)	Gary Buckenara	WA	WA v SA
1981	Simon Beasley	WA	WA v VIC - State of Origin
1979	Graham Cornes	SA	WA v SA
1978	Peter Knights	VIC	WA v VIC - State of Origin
1977	Barry Cable	WA	WA v VIC - State of Origin*
1977	Max James	SA	WA v SA
1977	Graham Moss	WA	WA v VIC
1976	Glenn Elliott	VIC	WA v VIC
1975	Stan Magro	WA	WA v VIC
1974	Ron Alexander	WA	WA v VIC
1973	Peter Featherby	WA	WA v SA
1972	Ken McAullay	WA	Perth Carnival
1971	Peter Knights	VIC	WA v VIC
1970	Alan Stiles	WA	WA v SA
1969	Graham Farmer	WA	Adelaide Carnival
1969	Barry Cable	WA	Adelaide Carnival
1968	John Nicholls	VIC	WA v VIC
1967	Bill Walker	WA	WA v SA
1966	John McIntosh	WA	Hobart Carnival
1965	Bob Spargo	WA	WA v VIC
1965	Kevin Murray	WA	WA v VFA
1964	Bob Shearman	SA	WA v SA
1964	Derek Chadwick	WA	WA interstate tour
1963	Brian Sarre	WA	WA v VIC
1962	Roy Harper	WA	WA v SA
1962	Ray Sorrell	WA	WA v TAS
1961	Ray Gabelich	WA	Brisbane Carnival
1960	Allen Aylett	VIC	WA v VIC
1959	John Watts	WA	WA v SA
1958	Graham Farmer	WA	WA v VIC
1957	Ted Whitten	VIC	WA v VIC
1956	Fred Goldsmith	VIC	WA v VIC
1956	Graham Farmer	WA	WA v SA
1955	Fos Williams	SA	WA v SA
1954	Keith Harper	WA	WA v VIC
1953	Merv McIntosh	WA	Adelaide Carnival
1952	Merv McIntosh	WA	WA v SA
1951	Fred Buttsworth	WA	WA v VIC
1950	Gordon Maffina	WA	Brisbane Carnival
1949	Stan Heal	WA	WA v SA
1948	Kevin Curran	VIC	WA v VIC
1947	Frank Jenkins	South Fremantle	South Fremantle v Essendon
1946	Lou Richards	Collingwood	East Fremantle v Collingwood

* Cable's 1977 Simpson Medal was retrospectively awarded in 2007.afl.com.au wafl.com.au

References

• Simpson Medalists in WAFL Grand Final
• Simpson Medalists in State Games