The Ron Barassi Medal was created in 2014 to honour its patron Ron Barassi. The medal is awarded to the captain of a winning VFL/AFL premiership team.
We all know of the great exploits of Ron and no doubt one of his greatest attributes was his inspirational on-field leadership and captaincy of his team mates. He captained Melbourne in two of his six premierships as a player (1960 and 1964) and he was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame as an inaugural AFL Legend in 1996. Ron was delighted to support the club to name a medal in his honour, to the captain of each winning VFL/AFL grand final team.
VFL/AFL PREMIERSHIP TEAM WINNING CAPTAINS 1954 – CURRENT
1954 Footscray Charlie Sutton
1955 Melbourne Noel McMahen
1956 Melbourne Noel McMahen
1957 Melbourne John Beckwith
1958 Collingwood Murray Weideman
1959 Melbourne John Beckwith
1960 Melbourne Ron Barassi
1961 Hawthorn Graham Arthur
1962 Essendon Jack Clarke
1963 Geelong Fred Wooller
1964 Melbourne Ron Barassi
1965 Essendon Ken Fraser
1966 St. Kilda Darrel Baldock
1967 Richmond Fred Swift
1968 Carlton John Nicholls
1969 Richmond Roger Dean
1970 Carlton John Nicholls
1971 Hawthorn David Parkin
1972 Carlton John Nicholls
1973 Richmond Royce Hart
1974 Richmond Royce Hart
1975 North Melbourne Barry Davis
1976 Hawthorn Don Scott
1977 North Melbourne David Dench
1978 Hawthorn Don Scott
1979 Carlton Alex Jesaulenko
1980 Richmond Bruce Monteath
1981 Carlton Mike Fitzpatrick
1982 Carlton Mike Fitzpatrick
1983 Hawthorn Leigh Matthews
1984 Essendon Terry Daniher
1985 Essendon Terry Daniher
1986 Hawthorn Michael Tuck
1987 Carlton Stephen Kernahan
1988 Hawthorn Michel Tuck
1989 Hawthorn Michael Tuck
1990 Collingwood Tony Shaw
1991 Hawthorn Michael Tuck
1992 West Coast John Worsfold
1993 Essendon Mark Thompson
1994 West Coast John Worsfold
1995 Carlton Stephen Kernahan
1996 North Melbourne Wayne Carey
1997 Adelaide Mark Bickley
1998 Adelaide Mark Bickley
1999 North Melbourne Wayne Carey
2000 Essendon James Hird
2001 Brisbane Michael Voss
2002 Brisbane Michael Voss
2003 Brisbane Michael Voss
2004 Port Adelaide Warren Tredrea
2005 Sydney Barry Hall
2006 West Coast Chris Judd
2007 Geelong Tom Harley
2008 Hawthorn Sam Mitchell
2009 Geelong Tom Harley
2010 Collingwood Nick Maxwell
2011 Geelong Cameron Ling
2012 Sydney Jarrad McVeigh
2013 Hawthorn Luke Hodge
2014 Hawthorn Luke Hodge
2015 Hawthorn Luke Hodge
2016 Western Bulldogs Easton Wood
2017 Richmond Trent Cotchin
2018 West Coast Shannon Hurn
2019 Richmond Trent Cotchin
2020 Richmond Trent Cotchin
2021 Melbourne Max Gawn
2022 Geelong Joel Selwood
2023 Collingwood Darcy Moore
AFLW PREMIERSHIP TEAM WINNING CAPTAINS 2017 – CURRENT
2017 Adelaide Erin Phillips
2018 Western Bulldogs Ellie Blackburn
2019 Adelaide Erin Phillips
2020 Season Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Brisbane Emma Zielke
2022 Melbourne Daisy Pearce
2023 Adelaide Breanna Koenen