1953 VFL Season: Brownlow Medal

Top 10 Players

Rank Player Team(s) Vote(s) 3 2 1
1st Bill Hutchison Essendon 26 8 1 0
2nd Bob Rose Collingwood 22 5 2 3
3rd Neil Mann Collingwood 17 5 1 0
4th Bernie Smith Geelong 16 3 3 1
5th Ron Clegg South Melbourne 14 3 2 1
6th Des Rowe Richmond 13 2 3 1
7th Allen Aylett North Melbourne 12 1 4 1
Jack Clarke Essendon 12 1 3 3
Ken Hands Carlton 12 2 2 2
Thorold Merrett Collingwood 12 2 2 2
Harvey Stevens Footscray 12 3 1 1

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

Team Summary

Rank Team Vote(s) Leader(s)
1st Collingwood 72 Bob Rose (22)
2nd Essendon 59 Bill Hutchison (26)
3rd Footscray 57 Harvey Stevens (12)
4th North Melbourne 55 Allen Aylett (12)
5th Geelong 54 Bernie Smith (16)
6th Carlton 51 Ken Hands (12)
South Melbourne 51 Ron Clegg (14)
8th Melbourne 46 Denis Cordner (9)
9th Fitzroy 43 Jack Gaffney (9)
10th Richmond 42 Des Rowe (13)
11th St Kilda 41 Keith Drinan (10)
Hawthorn 41 Ted Fletcher, Neil Pearson (8)