# Mulrooney Medal

The Mulrooney Medal is an Australian rules football award for the best and fairest player in the AFL Canberra first-grade competition. It has been the premier individual award for Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory since 1936. From 2011 to 2013, the medal was awarded to the best and fairest player in the Eastern Conference of the North East Australian Football League.
It was named after football administrator John L. Mulrooney, for his contribution to Australian rules football in Canberra.

## Winners

| Year | Player | | Votes |
| 2023 | Guy Richardson | Ainslie | 21 |
| 2023 | Thomas Simpson | Belconnen | 21 |
| 2022 | Luke Wharton | Belconnen | 20 |
| 2021 | Will Griggs | Queanbeyan | 17 |
| 2020 | Angus Baker | Eastlake | 14 |
| 2019 | Beau Walker | Belconnen | 15 |
| 2018 | Kel Evans | Queanbeyan | 15 |
| 2017 | Beau Walker | Belconnen | 18 |
| 2016 | James Bennett | Belconnen | 20 |
| 2015 | Isaac Taylor | Belconnen | 21 |
| 2013 | James Bennett | Belconnen | 21 |
| 2012 | Shane Harris | Belconnen | 16 |
| 2011 | Daniel Currie | Sydney Swans Reserves | 16 |
| 2011 | Jarred Moore | Sydney Swans Reserves | 16 |
| 2010 | Mitch Daniher | Queanbeyan | 17 |
| 2009 | Mitch Daniher | Queanbeyan | 13 |
| 2009 | Chad Gibson | Eastlake | 13 |
| 2009 | Craig Healey | Tuggeranong | 13 |
| 2008 | Ryan Lewis | Ainslie | 19 |
| 2007 | Jarred Moore | Sydney Swans Reserves | 23 |
| 2006 | David Spriggs | Sydney Swans Reserves | 23 |
| 2005 | Jared Ilett | Belconnen | 21 |
| 2004 | Nathan McDonald | Wagga Tigers | 22 |
| 2003 | Steve Hazelman | Belconnen | 17 |
| 2003 | Luke Jess | Tuggeranong | 17 |
| 2002 | Daniel Jacques | Wagga Tigers | |
| 2001 | Steve Mahar | Belconnen | |
| 2000 | Guy Cannon | Eastlake | |
| 1999 | Shane Clarke | Belconnen | |
| 1998 | Stafford Cooper | Tuggeranong | 20 |
| 1997 | Steve Vizy | Queanbeyan | |
| 1996 | Steve Wilson | Eastlake | |
| 1995 | Steve Wilson | Southern District | 12 |
| 1994 | Michael Kennedy | Queanbeyan | 17 |
| 1993 | John Garnaut | Southern District | 16 |
| 1992 | Marcus Sheridan | Weston Creek | 15 |
| 1991 | Brent Smith | Belconnen | 12 |
| 1990 | Steve Cornish | Queanbeyan | 13 |
| 1990 | Glen Dickerson* | Eastlake | 13 |
| 1990 | Andrew Mills* | Manuka Weston | 13 |
| 1990 | Michael Swan | Manuka Weston | 13 |
| 1990 | Tony Wynd | Queanbeyan | 13 |
| 1989 | Tony Wynd | Queanbeyan | 13 |
| 1988 | Tony Wynd | Queanbeyan | 18 |
| 1987 | Shane Fitzsimmons | Manuka Weston | 18 |
| 1986 | Peter Hamilton | Ainslie | 21 |
| 1985 | Simon Overland | Eastlake | 29 |
| 1984 | Geoff Hocking | Belconnen | 30 |
| 1983 | Tony Wynd | Queanbeyan | 27 |
| 1982 | Greg Nichols | Ainslie | 39 |
| 1981 | Keith Miller | Eastlake | 39 |
| 1980 | John Miller | Ainslie | 27 |
| 1979 | Keith Miller | Eastlake | 42 |
| 1978 | Greg Eaves | West Canberra | 43 |
| 1977 | Edney Blackaby | Manuka | 23 |
| 1976 | Mike Demaine | West Canberra | 17 |
| 1975 | Robert White | Belconnen | 26 |
| 1974 | Peter Phillipou | Eastlake | 15 |
| 1973 | Ralph Rendell | Ainslie | 20 |
| 1972 | Rob Wilson | ANU | 16 |
| 1972 | Paul Macdonald* | Eastlake | 16 |
| 1971 | Bill Vaughan | Manuka | 21 |
| 1970 | Bill Whittakers | ANU | 17 |
| 1969 | Russ de Goldi | Acton | 17 |
| 1968 | Paul Feltham | Eastlake | 17 |
| 1967 | Neil Lewthwaite | Acton | 17 |
| 1966 | Bill Drake | Ainslie | 19 |
| 1965 | Glen Bow | Manuka | |
| 1964 | Keith Mitchell | Turner | 27 |
| 1963 | Bob Shearer | Eastlake | 21 |
| 1962 | Michael Codd | Manuka | 18 |
| 1961 | Col Monger | Acton | 16 |
| 1960 | Jim Wilson | Acton | 17 |
| 1959 | Barry Griffiths | Acton | 25 |
| 1958 | John Moody | Royal Military College | 29 |
| 1957 | John Moody | Royal Military College | 31 |
| 1956 | Barry Browning | Ainslie | 20 |
| 1955 | Barry Browning | Ainslie | 15 |
| 1954 | Roy Watterston | Queanbeyan/Acton | 17 |
| 1953 | Roy Watterston | Queanbeyan/Acton | 18 |
| 1952 | John Gleeson | Turner | 17 |
| 1951 | Ern Hurtig | Eastlake | 13 |
| 1951 | Barry McCabe | Ainslie | 13 |
| 1950 | Brendan Cain | Ainslie | 14 |
| 1950 | Percy Eagles | Manuka | 14 |
| 1950 | Keith Schow | Queanbeyan | 14 |
| 1949 | Jim Brophy | Manuka | |
| 1948 | Harold Maddigan | Turner | 18 |
| 1947 | Mervyn Lee | Acton | 25 |
| 1946 | Alan Stevens | Ainslie | 23 |
| 1945 | Fred Green | Navy | |
| 1944 | – | - |
| 1943 | – | - |
| 1942 | – | - |
| 1941 | Jack Furniss | Fairbairn | |
| 1940 | Robert Bloomfield | Ainslie | |
| 1939 | Alan Ware | Manuka | |
| 1938 | Jack Dorman* | Manuka | 13 |
| 1938 | Tom Kelly | Queanbeyan | 13 |
| 1938 | Merv Strang* | Queanbeyan | 13 |
| 1937 | Phil Barrett | Manuka | |
| 1936 | Dick Roe | Ainslie | 16 |
| 1936 | Roy Seton | Acton | 16 |
*Retrospectively awarded