Fremantle Football Club
Season Doig Medal winner Beacon Award winner Best clubman Leading goalkicker
1995 Peter Mann Scott Chisholm Peter Mann ( 33 )
1996 Stephen O'Reilly Gavin Mitchell Kingsley Hunter ( 33 )
1997 Dale Kickett Mark Gale Kingsley Hunter ( 32 )
1998 Jason Norrish Brad Dodd Chris Bond and Jason Norrish Clive Waterhouse ( 30 )
1999 Adrian Fletcher Clem Michael Ashley Prescott Tony Modra ( 71 )
2000 Troy Cook Paul Hasleby Dale Kickett and John Rankin Clive Waterhouse ( 53 )
2001 Peter Bell Dion Woods Leigh Brown Justin Longmuir and Matthew Pavlich ( 28 )
2002 Matthew Pavlich Paul Medhurst Shaun McManus Trent Croad ( 42 )
2003 Peter Bell Graham Polak Troy Longmuir Paul Medhurst ( 50 )
2004 Peter Bell Andrew Browne Matthew Carr Paul Medhurst ( 41 )
2005 Matthew Pavlich David Mundy Troy Cook Matthew Pavlich ( 61 )
2006 Matthew Pavlich Marcus Drum Luke Webster Matthew Pavlich ( 71 )
2007 Matthew Pavlich Robert Warnock Heath Black Matthew Pavlich ( 72 )
2008 Matthew Pavlich Rhys Palmer Luke Webster Matthew Pavlich ( 67 )
2009 Aaron Sandilands Stephen Hill Michael Johnson Matthew Pavlich ( 28 )
2010 David Mundy Michael Barlow Matthew de Boer Matthew Pavlich ( 61 )
2011 Matthew Pavlich Tendai Mzungu Matthew de Boer Chris Mayne and Kepler Bradley ( 25 )
2012 Ryan Crowley Lee Spurr Tendai Mzungu Matthew Pavlich ( 69 )
2013 Nat Fyfe Cameron Sutcliffe Lee Spurr Michael Walters ( 46 )
2014 Nat Fyfe Matt Taberner Alex Silvagni Hayden Ballantyne ( 49 )
Awards
The Doig Medal is the Fremantle Football Club 's annual fairest and best award . Currently , the Fremantle coaching staff give every player votes on a 5 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 basis after every match , including Finals Series matches . Top votes are awarded for what is regarded as an elite performance . At the end of the year the votes are tallied and the Doig Medal Night is held to announce the winner . Variations on the voting system have been used in past years . The awards ceremony has been held at the Fremantle Passenger Terminal ( 1995 ) , Challenge Stadium ( 1998–1999 ) , Fremantle Oval ( 2000–2001 ) , the Grand Ballroom at Burswood Entertainment Complex ( 2002–2005 , 2008–current ) and the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre ( 2006–2007 ) . The Beacon Award is presented to the club 's best first year player . Mature aged recruits Michael Barlow , Tendai Mzungu and Lee Spurr have won in recent years , despite being significantly older than most first year players .
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). It was founded in 1994 in honour of the rich footballing history associated with the Western Australian port city of Fremantle, and entered the AFL the following year, making it the second team from the state after the West Coast Eagles to be admitted to the competition. Originally based at Fremantle Oval, the club's training facilities and administrative headquarters are now located nearby at Cockburn ARC in Cockburn Central. The club's guernsey is purple and white. High-profile players since the club's inception include six time All-Australian Matthew Pavlich, dual Brownlow Medal winner Nat Fyfe, and the league's former all-time tallest player Aaron Sandilands. Currently captained by Fyfe, the club is coached by Justin Longmuir, who replaced Ross Lyon at the end of the 2019 home-and-away season. Fremantle is one of only three active AFL clubs (the others being Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney) that has not won a premiership, however it did win the minor premiership in 2015, and reached the 2013 AFL Grand Final which it lost to Hawthorn. Fremantle has had a team in the AFL Women's league since its inception in 2017. They are coached by Trent Cooper and captained by Kara Antonio.