Minahan Medal Winners

The Central Australian Football League's most prestigious individual men's award, the Minahan Medal, is named after Mona Minahan.

She was a prominent businesswoman who first donated the medal to the CAFL in 1947. Mona's Lounge at Traeger Park is also named in her honour.

In 1947 and 1948 the Minahan Medal was awarded to the fairest and more brilliant player in the competition as judged by the umpires. From 1949 - 1980, the Mail Medal became the award voted on by the umpires, while the Minahan Medal was decided by spectators votes until returning to its former status in 1981.

The below table has the winners of both the Mail Medal (named first) and Minahan Medal (second name) between 1949 and 1980.

YEAR	NAME	CLUB
1947	Robert Roman	Pioneer
1948	Michael Costello	Pioneer
1949	Henry Peckhanm \| Ignatious Ganley	Pioneer \| Rovers
1950	William Taylor \| William Taylor	Pioneer
1951	Ray Gill \| Ignatious Ganley	Federal \| Rovers
1952	William Harris \| Edward Morris	Rovers \| Federal
1953	William Harris \| William Harris	Rovers
1954	Norman Musgrove \| David Henscke & Norman Musgrove	Rovers \| Rovers
1955	Richie Bray \| Brian Napier	Pioneer \| Federal
1956	Peter Plane \| Fred McCoy	Rovers \| Pioneer
1957	John Turner \| Willie Cole	Rovers \| Pioneer
1958	Brian McGrath \| Brian McGrath	Federal
1959	Richie Roman \| Ivan Briggs	Federal \| Rovers
1960	Trevor Reid \| Kevin Tilmouth	Pioneer \| Federal
1961	Kevin Tilmouth \| Kevin Tilmouth	Federal
1962	Lional Turner \| David Baldock	Ammonguna \| Federal
1963	Peter Buckmhan, Michael Liddle & David Thompson \| John Amadio	Federal, Federal & Pioneer \| Rovers
1964	Peter Buckham \| Rusty Lush	Federal \| Rovers
1965	Donald Aycliffe \| Kenneth Ogden	Federal \| Pioneer
1966	Michael Liddle \| Michael Liddle	Pioneer
1967	James Peterson \| James Peterson	Rovers
1968	John Pepperill \| John Pepperill	Pioneer
1969	Steven Satour \| Steven Satour	Pioneer
1970	Ian Fisher \| Angelo Colangelo	Melanka \| Rovers
1971	Lloyd Bray \| Owen Cole	Pioneer \| Pioneer
1972	Ross McGorman \| Raymond Burch	Federal \| South
1973	Greg Bee \| Richard Kopp	Federal \| Pioneer
1974	Martin Sampson \| Bruce Simmons	South \| Federal
1975	Paul AhChee \| Andrew McLay	Pioneer \| Rovers
1976	Andrew Calma \| Graham Bowden & George Cook	South \| Federal & South
1977	Richard Townsend \| Theo Vanderwyst	Federal \| Federal
1978	Alan Irwin \| Neil Chatfeild	Rovers \| West
1979	Lance White \| Greg Peris	Pioneer \| South
1980	Stuart Williamson \| Stuart Williamson	West
1981	Wayne Hynes	Rovers
1982	Greg Fields	Federal
1983	Lance White	Pioneer
1984	Rod McPhee	West
1985	Patrick Nandy	South
1986	Gary Bullen	Rovers
1987	Lance White	Pioneer
1988	Michael Earl	Rovers
1989	Steven Connelly	Wests
1990	Dale Hynes	Pioneer
1991	Clayton Lewis	Federal
1992	Paul Mullins	Rovers
1993	Darren Debrenni	Rovers
1994	Tim Hammond	Rovers
1995	Graeme Smith	Pioneer
1996	Darren Talbot	South
1997	Rory Chapple	West
1998	Willie Tilmouth	South
1999	Shane Hayes	Federal
2000	Graeme Smith	Pioneer
2001	Jarrod Berrington	Rovers
2002	Jaime Tidy	Rovers
2003	Ryan Mallard	Pioneer
2004	Matt Campbell	Pioneer
2005	Charlie Maher Jnr	South
2006	Peter Rolfe	Federal
2007	Henry Labastida & Kenny Morton	West & Rovers
2008	Joe Cole	Pioneer
2009	Darren Ferguson	West
2010	Paul Campbell	Pioneer
2011	Darren Young	Ltyentye Apurte
2012	Charlie Maher Jnr	South
2013	Seth Matson	Rovers
2014	Charlie Maher Jnr	South
2015	Nathan Mutch	Federal
2016	Abraham Ankers	Federal
2017	Henry Impu	Wests
2018	Toshie Kunoth & Daniel Stafford	Rovers & South
2019	Darren Abbott	Souths
2020	Abraham Ankers	Federal
2021	Nigel Lockyer Jnr	Rovers
2022 2023	Daniel Gorry Abraham Ankers	Federal Federal