The Phelan Medal is an annual award given in the Sydney AFL. It is awarded to best and fairest player of the Premier Division competition each year and is named after former NSW League official James (Jim) E. Phelan (1860–1939). It is seen to be the Sydney AFL equivalent to the Brownlow Medal.
The best and fairest player in the Sydney League was first presented an unnamed award in 1926. In 1932, Mr Aub D.S. Provan, the NSW Australian National Football League president donated a trophy titled the "Provan Trophy" to the winner.[1] The name was changed to the Phelan Medal in 1937.[2]
Due to the cancellation of the 2021 AFL Sydney season due to the COVID-19 outbreak across Greater Sydney, the medal was not awarded in 2021.[3]
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN RULES". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 21 March 1933. p. 14. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ^ "PhelanSnow Medal History - AFL Sydney".
- ^ "2021 AFL Sydney community football season cancelled". AFL Sydney. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.