Individual awards and records 2017 Carlton Football Club season

1 individual awards , records

1.1 john nicholls medal
1.2 records
1.3 leading goalkickers
1.4 other awards

individual awards , records
john nicholls medal

the carlton football club best , fairest awards night took place on 22 september. john nicholls medal, best , fairest player of club, several other awards, presented on night.

john nicholls medal

the winner of john nicholls medal marc murphy, polled 174 votes beat 2016 winner sam docherty (169 votes) , matthew kreuzer (164 votes). murphy s second john nicholls medal, having first won medal 6 years earlier in 2011. matthew kreuzer s third placing best performance of career, , swept coterie group awards. notable ninth-placing of liam jones, in first season defender polled 84 votes twelve games – votes-per-game average have been high enough fourth place had played entire season – , seventh- , tenth-placings of lachie plowman , charlie curnow, reached count s top ten first times in careers.

other awards

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

best first-year player – sam petrevski-seton
best clubman – dennis armfield
spirit of carlton award – matthew kreuzer
bill lanyon inner blue ruthless award – matthew kreuzer
carltonians william a. cook award – matthew kreuzer
hyundai mvp award (the valuable player voted fans in online poll) – sam docherty , marc murphy

records

round 13 – in match against gold coast, bryce gibbs accumulated 43 disposals, carlton player since gibbs 45 disposals against west coast in round 10, 2010; including 31 kicks, carlton player since scott camporeale s 31 kicks against port adelaide in round 6, 2000.
season – sam docherty led players in afl in both kicks (460) , marks (199) across home-and-away season.

leading goalkickers

levi casboult carlton s leading goalkicker season 34 goals. casboult s first time finishing club s leading goalkicker after having been second highest goalkicker in 2015 , 2016. 2016 leading goalkicker matthew wright second.

other awards

nab afl rising star

five carlton players nominated 2017 afl rising star award. ever nominated in single season in club, exceeding 3 players nominated in 2003. 2 of players polled votes in final count: charlie curnow, fourth 27 votes, , sam petrevski-seton, sixth 3 votes. nominees were:

round 6 – caleb marchbank (nominated)
round 7 – sam petrevski-seton – 3 votes (sixth place)
round 12 – david cuningham (nominated)
round 13 – jack silvagni (nominated)
round 16 – charlie curnow – 27 votes (fourth place)


representative honours

the following carlton players selected representative teams during 2008 season.

in 2017 international rules series, australia: kade simpson


honorific teams


all-australian team – sam docherty named on half-back flank in all-australian team. docherty s first all-australian team selection, having been nominated in 40-man squad in 2016, , first carlton player since 2011 selected in final 22. matthew kreuzer nominated in 40-man squad.
22under22 team – charlie curnow named @ centre half-forward in 2017 22under22 team. patrick cripps nominated in 40-man squad not voted final team.


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. sam petrevski-seton placed third best first-year player award.

leigh matthews trophy (most valuable player)


sam docherty (nominated)
marc murphy (nominated)
kade simpson (nominated)


robert rose award (most courageous player)


matthew kreuzer (nominated)


best first year player


sam petrevski-seton (third place, 48 votes)


other awards


round 22 – sam docherty won parkin medal best on ground in match against hawthorn.




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