1941 VFL Season: Brownlow Medal

Top 10 Players

Rank Player Team(s) Vote(s) 3 2 1
1st Norm Ware Footscray 23 7 1 0
2nd Herbie Matthews South Melbourne 22 5 1 5
3rd Fred Hughson Fitzroy 17 2 4 3
4th Reg Garvin St Kilda 14 ? ? ?
* Bob Chitty Carlton 14 ? ? ?
5th Andrew Angwin Hawthorn 13 ? ? ?
Jack Graham South Melbourne 13 ? ? ?
Harry Hickey Footscray 13 ? ? ?
George Kennedy North Melbourne 13 ? ? ?
9th Wally Buttsworth Essendon 12 ? ? ?
Jim Cleary South Melbourne 12 ? ? ?
Arthur Olliver Footscray 12 ? ? ?
Jack Regan Collingwood 12 ? ? ?

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

Team Summary

Rank Team Vote(s) Leader(s)
1st Footscray 66 Norm Ware (23)
2nd Carlton 55 Bob Chitty (14)
South Melbourne 55 Herbie Matthews (22)
4th Melbourne 52 Allan La Fontaine (11)
Fitzroy 52 Fred Hughson (17)
6th Essendon 51 Wally Buttsworth (12)
7th Richmond 50 Leo Merrett (11)
8th Geelong 48 Jim Knight (10)
9th North Melbourne 46 George Kennedy (13)
10th Hawthorn 44 Andrew Angwin (13)
11th Collingwood 39 Jack Regan (12)
12th St Kilda 36 Reg Garvin (14)
^ unaccounted 18

^: Unaccounted votes from the total votes available during the home-and-away season (due to incomplete match-level records pre-1984 and/or invalid votes).