Individual awards and records 2016 Carlton Football Club season

1 individual awards , records

1.1 john nicholls medal
1.2 milestones , game records
1.3 season records
1.4 leading goalkickers
1.5 other awards

individual awards , records
john nicholls medal

the carlton football club best , fairest awards night took place on 9 september. john nicholls medal, best , fairest player of club, several other awards, presented on night.

john nicholls medal

the winner of john nicholls medal sam docherty, polled 179 votes beat vice-captain kade simpson (169 votes) , 2015 winner patrick cripps (168 votes). docherty s first john nicholls medal.

other awards

the following other awards presented on john nicholls medal night:-

best first-year player – jacob weitering
best clubman – ed curnow
spirit of carlton award – kade simpson
bill lanyon inner blue ruthless award – kade simpson
carltonians achievement award – kade simpson
blues coterie improved player – sam docherty
hyundai mvp award (the valuable player voted fans in online poll) – patrick cripps

milestones , game records

round 8 – kade simpson played 250th senior game club, first player reach milestone since anthony koutoufides in 2006.
round 11 – tom rockliff (brisbane lions) recorded 48 disposals, setting new record disposals ever recorded single player in match against carlton. (statistics recorded since 1965).
round 15 – jack silvagni, son of stephen , grandson of sergio, made debut carlton. silvagnis became first paternal grandfather-father-son trio represent carlton; and, collective 552nd game, usurped record of hawthorn s kennedy family (john sr, john jr , josh) games paternal grandfather-father-son trio @ single vfl/afl club.

season records

patrick cripps led afl in clearances home-and-away season total of 185 – second-highest on record home-and-away season behind brett ratten s 1999 season. full season including finals, cripps second behind josh kennedy (sydney), had 191 clearances.
sam rowe led afl in one-percenters home-and-away season total of 215.

leading goalkickers

matthew wright carlton s leading goalkicker season in first season club after crossing adelaide. tally of 22 goals fewest lead carlton s goalkicking since ian nankervis leading tally of 18 goals in 1964.

other awards

nab afl rising star

jacob weitering finished third 2016 nab afl rising star, polling 26 votes finish behind callum mills (sydney) , caleb daniel (western bulldogs). weitering nominated award after round 3 performance against gold coast. carlton player nominated season.

honorific teams


all-australian team – kade simpson , sam docherty both named in 40-man squad all-australian team, neither selected in final team.
22under22 team – jacob weitering (full back), sam docherty (back pocket) , patrick cripps (follower) named in 22under22 team, all-australian team selection limited players under age of 22.


aflpa awards

for each of aflpa awards, 1 or 3 carlton players nominated internal vote of carlton players; marc murphy nominated best captain award default. weitering placed third best first-year player award.

leigh matthews trophy (most valuable player)


sam docherty (nominated)
bryce gibbs (nominated)
kade simpson (nominated)


robert rose award (most courageous player)


kade simpson (nominated)


best first year player


jacob weitering (third place, 108 votes)


carlton football club hall of fame

at 2016 carlton football club hall of fame dinner on 29 april, 4 players inducted hall of fame , 1 elevated legend status:

sergio silvagni, played 239 games , won 2 premierships , 2 best-and-fairests carlton between 1958 , 1971, became thirteenth player elevated legend status;
scott camporeale, played 233 games , won 1 premiership , 1 best-and-fairest club between 1995 , 2005, inducted;
mil hanna, played 190 games , won 1 premiership club between 1986 , 1997, inducted;
ian robertson, played 125 games , won 3 premierships club between 1966 , 1974, inducted;
jack wrout, played 130 games club between 1936 , 1944 , later served chairman of selectors, inducted.


other


senior coach brendon bolton inducted tasmanian football hall of fame playing , coaching career @ north launceston, north hobart, clarence , tasmanian devils.




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