1976 Brownlow Medal


The 1976 Brownlow Medal was the 49th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League home and away season. Graham Moss of the Essendon Football Club won the medal by polling forty-eight votes during the 1976 VFL season. The count was the first of two occasions in which the two field umpires independently voted for the best players on the ground under the 3-2-1 system. This meant that the winner of the Brownlow had a higher number of votes than usual. From 1978 onwards, the field umpires conferred after each game and awarded a single set of votes, rather than voting independently.

Leading votegetters


PlayerVotes
1stGraham Moss 48
2ndPeter Knights 45
3rdFrancis Bourke 36
=4thGary Dempsey 28
=4thGreg Wells 28
=4thBarry Cable 28
=7thRon Alexander 26
=7thBruce Nankervis 26
9thGarry Wilson 24
=10thRobert Neal
Leigh Matthews 		23