Richmond will celebrate 50 years of the prestigious Jack Dyer Medal at its Homecoming event in July.
The Tigers’ coveted Best and Fairest award, which was named the Jack Dyer Medal in 1964, had its 50th winner in 2014 (current captain Trent Cotchin).
In the last five decades, some of the Club’s greatest names have reached the pinnacle in Yellow and Black football performance.
Kevin Bartlett, Royce Hart, Geoff Raines, Maurice Rioli, Dale Weightman, Wayne Campbell, Matthew Richardson, Brett Deledio and Cotchin are just a few.
Jack Dyer himself won six Best and Fairest awards during the 1930s and 40s, including four-in-a-row from 1937-40.
When the award was named after him, Richmond Hall of Fame member Neville Crowe was the first recipient, in 1964.
However, actual Jack Dyer Medals were not handed out until 1977.
At the Club’s Homecoming extravaganza on Saturday, July 11, the eight players who won the Tigers’ Best and Fairest in those years will be presented with retrospective medals:
1964 – Neville Crowe
1965 – Bill Barrot
1966 – Neville Crowe
1967 – Kevin Bartlett
1968 – Kevin Bartlett
1969 – Royce Hart
1970 – Francis Bourke
1971 – Ian Stewart
1972 – Royce Hart
1973 – Kevin Bartlett
1974 – Kevin Bartlett
1975 – Kevin Morris
1976 – Kevin Sheedy
