The 2004 Brownlow Medal was the 77th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season.[1] Chris Judd of the West Coast Eagles won the medal by polling thirty votes during the 2004 AFL season.[2]

2004 Brownlow Medal
Date20 September
LocationCrown Palladium
Hosted byStephen Quartermain
WinnerChris Judd (West Coast)
30 votes
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNetwork Ten
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Leading vote-getters

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Player Votes
1st Chris Judd (West Coast) 30
2nd Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide) 23
3rd Chad Cornes (Port Adelaide) 22
=4th Scott West (Western Bulldogs) 20
Brett Kirk (Sydney)
6th Simon Black (Brisbane) 18
=7th Luke Power (Brisbane) 17
Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)
Nigel Lappin (Brisbane)
=10th Jeff White (Melbourne) 15
Warren Tredrea (Port Adelaide)

Voting procedure

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The three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes, and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening.[3]

As the medal is awarded to the fairest and best player in the league, those who have been suspended during the season by the AFL Tribunal (or, who avoided suspension only because of a discount for a good record or an early guilty plea) are ineligible to win the award; however, they may still continue to poll votes.

References

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  1. ^ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2009). AFL Record Season Guide 2009. Docklands, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-9805162-6-5.
  2. ^ "2004 Brownlow Medal". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Brownlow Medal history and winners - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2018.