# Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy

The Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Melbourne Football Club throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) season. The Melbourne Football Club was established in 1858 and was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association, playing in the league from 1877 to 1896. After the formation of the Victorian Football League in 1896, Melbourne joined the league as a foundation club the next year and has competed in the league ever since. The inaugural Melbourne best and fairest winner was Allan La Fontaine in 1935, and he retained it the following season. The award was known as the Melbourne best and fairest until it was renamed in 1943 in honour of Keith 'Bluey' Truscott, a former dual premiership player and World War II fighter ace killed in service in 1943.
Allan La Fontaine, Jim Stynes and Clayton Oliver have each won the award on four occasions in 1935, 1936, 1941 and 1942; 1991, 1995, 1996 and 1997 and 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022 respectively; the most for any recipient of the award. Jim Stynes and Nathan Jones are the only two players to have won the award in three consecutive seasons; in the 1995–1997 seasons and 2012–2014 seasons respectively. Two players have won the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy in the same season as winning the Brownlow Medal, which is awarded to the fairest and best player in the VFL/AFL, Jim Stynes in 1991 and Shane Woewodin in 2000. The voting system as of the 2016 AFL season, consists of four members of the match committee giving each player a ranking out of ten after each game. Players can receive a maximum of 40 votes for a game.

## Recipients

| ^ | Denotes current player |
| + | Player won Brownlow Medal in same season |
| Season | Recipient | Votes | Runner up | Votes |
| 1935 | Allan La Fontaine | — | — | — |
| 1936 | Allan La Fontaine (2) | — | — | — |
| 1937 | Jack Mueller | — | — | — |
| 1938 | Norm Smith | — | Don Cordner | — |
| 1939 | Jack Mueller (2) | — | — | — |
| 1940 | Ron Baggott | — | — | — |
| 1941 | Allan La Fontaine (3) | — | — | — |
| 1942 | Allan La Fontaine (4) | — | — | — |
| 1943 | Don Cordner | — | — | — |
| 1944 | Norm Smith (2) | — | Don Cordner | — |
| 1945 | Fred Fanning | — | Roy Dowsing | — |
| 1946 | Jack Mueller (3) | — | — | — |
| 1947 | Wally Lock | — | — | — |
| 1948 | Alby Rodda | — | — | — |
| 1949 | Len Dockett | — | Denis Cordner | — |
| 1950 | Denis Cordner | — | Lance Arnold | — |
| 1951 | Noel McMahen | — | Lance Arnold | — |
| 1952 | Geoff McGivern | — | Denis Cordner | — |
| 1953 | Ken Melville | — | Denis Cordner | — |
| 1954 | Denis Cordner (2) | — | Noel McMahen | — |
| 1955 | Stuart Spencer | 69 | Denis Cordner | 68 |
| 1956 | Stuart Spencer (2) | 87.5 | John Beckwith | 87 |
| 1957 | John Beckwith | — | Ron Barassi | — |
| 1958 | Laurie Mithen | — | Don Williams | — |
| 1959 | Laurie Mithen (2) | — | Ron Barassi | — |
| 1960 | Brian Dixon | — | Ian Ridley | — |
| 1961 | Ron Barassi | — | Frank Adams | — |
| 1962 | Hassa Mann | — | Ron Barassi | — |
| 1963 | Hassa Mann (2) | — | Ron Barassi | — |
| 1964 | Ron Barassi (2) | — | Hassa Mann | — |
| 1965 | John Townsend | — | Hassa Mann | — |
| 1966 | Terry Leahy | — | Tassie Johnson | — |
| 1967 | Hassa Mann (3) | — | Stan Alves | — |
| 1968 | Ray Groom | — | Tassie Johnson | — |
| 1969 | John Townsend (2) | — | Greg Parke | — |
| 1970 | Frank Davis | — | Barry Bourke | — |
| 1971 | Greg Wells | — | Paul Callery | — |
| 1972 | Stan Alves | — | Greg Wells | — |
| 1973 | Carl Ditterich | — | Greg Wells | — |
| 1974 | Stan Alves (2) | — | Carl Ditterich | — |
| 1975 | Laurie Fowler | — | Stan Alves | — |
| 1976 | Greg Wells (2) | 132 | Laurie Fowler | 121 |
| 1977 | Robert Flower | 104 | Shane Grambeau | 92 |
| 1978 | Garry Baker | 126 | Greg Wells | 96 |
| 1979 | Laurie Fowler (2) | 118 | Robert Flower | 105 |
| 1980 | Laurie Fowler (3) | 43 | Robert Flower | 41 |
| 1981 | Steven Smith | 367 | Brent Crosswell | 250 |
| 1982 | Steven Icke | 388 | Robert Flower | 324 |
| 1983 | Alan Johnson | 402 | Robert Flower | 361 |
| 1984 | Gerard Healy | 362 | Peter Moore+ | 306 |
| 1985 | Danny Hughes | 279 | Gerard Healy | 273 |
| 1986 | Greg Healy | 237 | Garry Lyon | 172 |
| 1987 | Steven Stretch | 342 | Brian Wilson | 320 |
| 1988 | Steven O'Dwyer | 487 | Brett Lovett | 427 |
| 1989 | Alan Johnson (2) | 278 | Steven Stretch | 207 |
| 1990 | Garry Lyon | 301 | Brett Lovett | 271 |
| 1991 | Jim Stynes+ | 650 | Todd Viney | 449 |
| 1992 | Glenn Lovett | 463 | Andy Lovell | 320 |
| 1993 | Todd Viney | 394 | Glenn Lovett | 279 |
| 1994 | Garry Lyon (2) | 355 | Stephen Tingay | 319 |
| 1995 | Jim Stynes (2) | 311 | David Neitz | 272 |
| 1996 | Jim Stynes (3) | 444 | Alastair Clarkson | 284 |
| 1997 | Jim Stynes (4) | 404 | Todd Viney | 355 |
| 1998 | Todd Viney (2) | 347 | Adem Yze | 323 |
| 1999 | David Schwarz | 271 | Shane Woewodin | 270 |
| 2000 | Shane Woewodin+ | 341.5 | Jeff White | 328 |
| 2001 | Adem Yze | 331 | David Neitz | 228 |
| 2002 | David Neitz | 336 | Cameron Bruce | 295 |
| 2003 | Russell Robertson | 267 | James McDonald | 240 |
| 2004 | Jeff White | 287 | Nathan Brown | 286 |
| 2005 | Travis Johnstone | 316 | Russell Robertson | 262 |
| 2006 | James McDonald | 464 | Cameron Bruce | 317 |
| 2007 | James McDonald (2) | 256 | Nathan Jones | 190 |
| 2008 | Cameron Bruce | 75 | Brock McLean | 60 |
| 2009 | Aaron Davey | 82 | Brent Moloney | 69 |
| 2010 | Brad Green | 295 | James Frawley | 277 |
| 2011 | Brent Moloney | 227 | Jared Rivers | 201 |
| 2012 | Nathan Jones | 368 | Jack Grimes | 348 |
| 2013 | Nathan Jones (2) | 365 | Colin Garland | 360 |
| 2014 | Nathan Jones (3) | 311 | Dom Tyson | 293 |
| 2015 | Bernie Vince | 328 | Jack Viney^ | 327 |
| 2016 | Jack Viney^ | 407 | Nathan Jones | 399 |
| 2017 | Clayton Oliver^ | 530 | Jack Viney^ | 346 |
| 2018 | Max Gawn^ | 657 | Clayton Oliver^ | 595 |
| 2019 | Max Gawn^ (2) | 464 | Jack Viney^ | 323 |
| 2019 | Clayton Oliver^ (2) | 464 | Jack Viney^ | 323 |
| 2020 | Christian Petracca^ | 385 | Steven May^ | 362 |
| 2021 | Clayton Oliver^ (3) | 670 | Christian Petracca^ | 644 |
| 2022 | Clayton Oliver^ (4) | 608 | Christian Petracca^ | 553 |
| 2023 | Christian Petracca (2) | 607 | Jack Viney^ | 527 |
| 2024 | Jack Viney^ (2) | 407 | Max Gawn^ | 405 |

## Multiple winners

| ^ | Denotes current player |
| Player | Trophies | Seasons |
| Allan La Fontaine | 4 | 1935, 1936, 1941, 1942 |
| Jim Stynes | 4 | 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997 |
| Clayton Oliver^ | 4 | 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 |
| Laurie Fowler | 3 | 1975, 1979, 1980 |
| Nathan Jones | 3 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Hassa Mann | 3 | 1962, 1963, 1967 |
| Jack Mueller | 3 | 1937, 1939, 1946 |
| Stan Alves | 2 | 1972, 1974 |
| Ron Barassi | 2 | 1961, 1964 |
| Denis Cordner | 2 | 1950, 1954 |
| Max Gawn^ | 2 | 2018, 2019 |
| Alan Johnson | 2 | 1983, 1989 |
| Garry Lyon | 2 | 1990, 1994 |
| James McDonald | 2 | 2006, 2007 |
| Laurie Mithen | 2 | 1958, 1959 |
| Christian Petracca^ | 2 | 2020, 2023 |
| Norm Smith | 2 | 1938, 1944 |
| Stuart Spencer | 2 | 1955, 1956 |
| John Townsend | 2 | 1965, 1969 |
| Jack Viney^ | 2 | 2016, 2024 |
| Todd Viney | 2 | 1993, 1998 |
| Greg Wells | 2 | 1971, 1976 |

## Footnotes

* $^a$ Records indicating the runners up are unavailable from 1935–1937, 1939–1943 and 1946–1948.
* $^b$ Records indicating the votes the winner and runner up received are unavailable from 1935–1954 and 1957–1975.