AFL State of Origin Football Part 3 – Graham Moss and Alex Jesaulenko Medal
In part 1 we looked at a bit of history if AFL State of Origin, and then in Part 2 we relived the EJ Whitten and Fos Williams Medalists. In the final part to my State of Origin series I will bring you the Graham Moss and Alex Jesaulenko Medalists and also some more highlight packages.
Graham Moss Medalists
Awarded to the best Western Australian player in State of Origin matches
1995 – Tony Evan (West Coast Eagles)
1996 – Derek Kickett (Syd)
1997 – Scott Cummings (Port Adelaide)
1998 – Peter Bell (North Melb)
Alex Jesaulenko Medalists
Awarded to the best Allies player in State of Origin matches
1995 – Ryan O’Connor (Ess)
1996 – Matthew Richardson (Rich)
1997 – Nathan Buckley (Coll)
1998 – Shane Crawford (Haw)
Lets now relive some of the games in State of Origin.
AFL State of Origin Football Part 2 – EJ Whitten & Foss Williams Medalists
In Part 1 of AFL State of Origin Football I brought you a bit of AFL State of Origin histroy. In Part 2 I will go though the the EJ Whitten and Foss Williams Medalists. There have been may great players and some would argue not so great players that have pulled on the Victorian and South Australian gurnsey’s. You could probably argue the same point when it comes to EJ Whitten and Foss Williams medalists.
David Calthorpe would have to be my pick of the players that has won an EJ Whitten Medal that I think How the hell did he win that!. He is not what you would call a great player in the history of our game, especially with those little stumpy legs, but he can tell his grand kids that he has won an EJ Whitten medal, a great honour.
EJ Whitten Medalists
(awarded to the best Victorian Player in State of Origin matches):
1985 – Paul Roos (Fitz)
1986 – Dale Weightman (Rich)
1986 – Kevin Walsh (Ess)
1987 – Greg Williams (Syd)
1987 – Chris Langford (Haw)
1988 – Paul Roos (Syd)
1988 – Greard Healy (Syd)
1989 – Gavin Brown (Coll)
1989 – Jason Dunstall (Haw)
1990 – Simon Madden (Ess)
1990 – Dale Weightman (Rich)
1991 – Barry Mitchell (Sys)
1991 – Alan Ezard (Ess)
1992 – Stewart Lowe (St K)
1992 – Robert Harvey (St K)
1993 – Chris Langford (Haw)
1993 – Robert Harvey (St K)
AFL Football State of Origin – Part 1
I will start with a quote from football historian Mr John Devany and most of the AFL football public would agree and I certainly do.
“Some of the state of origin contests which took place during the 1980’s constituted arguably the finest expositions of the game ever seen”.
The AFL have decided that on May 10th 2008 they will celebrate 150 years of Australian Rules Football with a game between Victoria and “The All Stars” or “Dream Team“. The announcement of this game has brought with it some high profile abuse towards the AFL. Most notably Graham Cornes and West Australian Graham Moss.
For all you state of origin supporters out there you are going to enjoy these series of articles. At the end of this article you can revisit one of my most memorable state of origin days in a short video.
Let’s start with a bit of State of Origin history:
