1937 VFL Season: Brownlow Medal

Top 10 Players

Rank Player Team(s) Vote(s) 3 2 1
1st Dick Reynolds Essendon 27 5 6 0
2nd Herbie Matthews South Melbourne 23 6 1 3
3rd Jack Mueller Melbourne 17 5 0 2
4th Keith Shea Carlton 16 4 2 0
5th Norm Ware Footscray 15 4 1 1
6th Jack Graham South Melbourne 14 4 1 0
Jack Regan Collingwood 14 3 1 3
8th Des Fothergill Collingwood 13 2 3 1
9th Jack Davis St Kilda 12 2 3 0
Jim Francis Carlton 12 1 4 1
Denis Ryan Fitzroy 12 3 1 1

*: Player was ineligible to receive the medal this season.

Team Summary

Rank Team Vote(s) Leader(s)
1st South Melbourne 59 Herbie Matthews (23)
2nd Fitzroy 58 Denis Ryan (12)
3rd Geelong 56 Reg Hickey (11)
4th Melbourne 52 Jack Mueller (17)
Footscray 52 Norm Ware (15)
6th Carlton 50 Keith Shea (16)
7th Hawthorn 48 Ted Pool (6)
8th Essendon 47 Dick Reynolds (27)
St Kilda 47 Jack Davis (12)
Collingwood 47 Jack Regan (14)
11th North Melbourne 46 Wally Carter (10)
12th Richmond 45 Dick Harris (9)
* undesignated 5

*: Undesignated votes for players who played with more than one team during the home-and-away season (due to incomplete match-level records pre-1984).