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HISTORY The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith . It was named in his honour mostly due to his coaching feats in grand finals: he coached six Melbourne premiership sides. As with most individual awards in team sports, the Norm Smith Medal is usually awarded to a player on the winning side. Only four players have won the award in losing sides: Maurice Rioli in 1982, Gary Ablett in 1989, Nathan Buckley in 2002 and Chris Judd in 2005. It is notable that Ablett, Buckley and Judd won their medals in very close grand finals, where the losing teams almost won. Rioli, won his in the 1982 grand final, despite his team being convincingly beated by Carlton . LIST OF WINNERS ''Italics'' - denotes winner from losing team of that Grand Final. SEE ALSO |
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