The 2013 Brownlow Medal was the 86th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.[1] Gary Ablett of the Gold Coast Football Club won the medal for the second time by polling twenty-eight votes during the 2013 AFL season.[2]

2013 Brownlow Medal
2013 Brownlow Medallist, Gary Ablett
Date23 September
LocationCrown Palladium
Hosted byBruce McAvaney
WinnerGary Ablett (Gold Coast)
28 votes
Television/radio coverage
NetworkSeven Network
Fox Footy
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Leading vote-getters

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Player Votes
1st Gary Ablett (Gold Coast) 28
2nd Joel Selwood (Geelong) 27
3rd Dane Swan (Collingwood) 26
Steve Johnson (Geelong)* 25
4th Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide) 22
=5th Dan Hannebery (Sydney) 21
Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
Tom Rockliff (Brisbane)
=8th Trent Cotchin (Richmond) 19
Kieren Jack (Sydney)
10th Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle) 18

* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.

Voting procedure

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The three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes, and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening.[3]

As the medal is awarded to the fairest and best player in the league, those who have been suspended during the season by the AFL Tribunal (or, who avoided suspension only because of a discount for a good record or an early guilty plea) are ineligible to win the award; however, they may still continue to poll votes.

Graph Of 2013 Brownlow count

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2013 Brownlow Vote

References

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  1. ^ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record Season Guide 2016. Docklands, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 593.
  2. ^ Rogers, Michael (25 September 2013). "Brownlow Medal as it happened". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Brownlow Medal history and winners - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2018.