1947 Brownlow Medal
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{{Infobox award
| name = 1947 Brownlow Medal
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| holder_label = Winner
| holder = Bert Deacon ({{AFL Car}})
23 votes
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| previous = 1946
| main = Brownlow Medal
| next = 1948
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The 1947 Brownlow Medal was the 20th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season.{{cite book|title=AFL Record Season Guide 2009|year=2009|editor=Lovett, Michael|publisher=Slattery Media Group|location=Docklands, Victoria|pages=496|isbn=978-0-9805162-6-5}} Bert Deacon of the Carlton Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-three votes during the 1947 VFL season.{{cite web|title=1947 Brownlow Medal|url=http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1947.html|publisher=AFL Tables|access-date=4 November 2016}}
Leading votegetters
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" | ||
| width="50" | | width="250" | Player | width="50" | Votes |
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| 1st | Bert Deacon ({{AFL Car}}) | 23 |
| 2nd | Harold Bray ({{AFL StK}}) | 21 |
| rowspan=2 | =3rd | Wally Culpitt ({{AFL Haw}}) | rowspan=2 | 18 |
| Ron Bywater ({{AFL SM}}) | ||
| 5th | Fred Flanagan ({{AFL Gee}}) | 17 |
| rowspan=2 | =6th | Fred Hughson ({{AFL Fit}}) | rowspan=2 | 16 |
| Don Cordner ({{AFL Mel}}) | ||
| 8th | Bill Morris ({{AFL Ric}}) | 14 |
| 9th | Bill Hutchison ({{AFL Ess}}) | 13 |
| rowspan=3 | =10th | Noel Jarvis ({{AFL Fit}}) | rowspan=3 | 12 |
| Kevin Dynon ({{AFL NM}}) | ||
| Bill Williams ({{AFL SM}}) |
References
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Category:1947 in Australian rules football
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