The Frank Johnson Medal is awarded for Best on Ground for the VFL's Representative Team.
Frank Johnson played eight seasons for Port Melbourne, from 1950 - 1957, for a total of 165 games including 8 Grand Finals for 1 Premiership (1953). Johnson won five Best & Fairest awards at Port Melbourne, a club record.
At age 20, Johnson became the youngest player to ever win the J.J Liston Trophy. Johnson was an All-Australian in 1953 & 1956 in the Australian National Football Council Carnival and represented the VFA in every year of his career at Port Melbourne.
Johnson Captain / Coached Port Melbourne in 1956 / 57 before transfering to South Melbourne in the VFL at 27 years of age and won South Melbourne's Best & Fairest in his first season.
Johnson represented the VFL in State Games in the 1960 Australian National Football Council Carnival and played 64 VFL games, including a Night Premiership. In 2007, Frank Johnson became the first VFA/VFL inductee into the AFL's Hall of Fame.
YEAR
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PLAYER
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CLUB
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2014
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Adam Marcon
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Williamstown
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2013
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Chris Cain
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Port Melbourne
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2012
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John Baird
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Port Melbourne
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2010
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Matthew Little
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Williamstown
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2008
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Robin Nahas
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Port Melbourne
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2007
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Alister Neville
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Coburg Tigers
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2005
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Ben Atkin
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Tasmania
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2004
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Steven Lawrence
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Port Melbourne
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2002
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Paul Dooley
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Williamstown
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2001
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David Robbins
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Springvale
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1999
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Paul Lindsay
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Geelong
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1998
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Brendon Moore
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Frankston
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1997
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Brendon Moore
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Frankston
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1996
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Heath Goodale
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Box Hill
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1995
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Tim Livingstone
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Box Hill
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1994
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Dallas Normington
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Werribee
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1992
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Greg Doyle
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Dandenong
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1990
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Kevin Dyson
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Oakleigh
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