1970 VFL Season: Brownlow Medal

Top 10 Players

Rank Player Team(s) Vote(s) 3 2 1
1st Peter Bedford South Melbourne 25 5 4 2
2nd Gary Dempsey Footscray 21 4 4 1
3rd Alex Jesaulenko Carlton 20 3 4 3
4th Barry Cable North Melbourne 19 4 3 1
5th John McIntosh St Kilda 17 3 3 2
Barry Price Collingwood 17 3 4 0
7th Francis Bourke Richmond 16 3 3 1
8th Bill Goggin Geelong 15 4 1 1
9th Daryl Griffiths St Kilda 14 3 2 1
Peter Hudson Hawthorn 14 4 0 2

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

Team Summary

Rank Team Vote(s) Leader(s)
1st Collingwood 89 Barry Price (17)
2nd St Kilda 85 John McIntosh (17)
3rd South Melbourne 75 Peter Bedford (25)
4th Footscray 70 Gary Dempsey (21)
5th Carlton 69 Alex Jesaulenko (20)
6th Geelong 68 Bill Goggin (15)
7th Hawthorn 66 Peter Hudson (14)
8th Fitzroy 61 Noel Zunneberg (12)
9th Richmond 57 Francis Bourke (16)
North Melbourne 57 Barry Cable (19)
11th Melbourne 51 Barry Bourke, Greg Parke (9)
12th Essendon 44 Barry Davis, Paul Sproule (7)