1947 VFL Season: Brownlow Medal

Top 10 Players

Rank Player Team(s) Vote(s) 3 2 1
1st Bert Deacon Carlton 23 4 3 5
2nd Harold Bray St Kilda 21 5 3 0
3rd Ron Bywater South Melbourne 18 5 1 1
Wally Culpitt Hawthorn 18 5 1 1
5th Fred Flanagan Geelong 17 ? ? ?
6th Don Cordner Melbourne 16 ? ? ?
Fred Hughson Fitzroy 16 ? ? ?
8th Bill Morris Richmond 14 ? ? ?
9th Bill Hutchison Essendon 13 ? ? ?
10th Kevin Dynon North Melbourne 12 ? ? ?
Noel Jarvis Fitzroy 12 ? ? ?
Billy Williams South Melbourne 12 ? ? ?

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

Team Summary

Rank Team Vote(s) Leader(s)
1st Melbourne 63 Don Cordner (16)
2nd Hawthorn 60 Wally Culpitt (18)
3rd Carlton 58 Bert Deacon (23)
4th Essendon 57 Bill Hutchison (13)
Fitzroy 57 Fred Hughson (16)
Collingwood 57 Lou Richards (11)
7th Geelong 53 Fred Flanagan (17)
8th Richmond 51 Bill Morris (14)
9th North Melbourne 50 Kevin Dynon (12)
10th South Melbourne 49 Ron Bywater (18)
11th Footscray 47 Marty McDonnell, Joe Ryan, Bill Wood (7)
12th St Kilda 46 Harold Bray (21)