1961 SOUTH WESTERN DISTRICT FOOTBALL LEAGUE AWARDS

First Grade: Best & Fairest - Gammage Medal

24 - Vic Hathaway (Griffith); 21 - Fred Thompson (Ardlethan), Gerald Carroll (Ganmain); 15 - Pat Quade (Ariah Park-Mirrool); 13 - Des Lyons (Leeton), John Walsh (Leeton: 12 - Bill McCaig (Ganmain), Don Allen (Leeton), Max Kruse (Leeton), Jim Bloomfield (Narrandera); 11 - Trevor Tipping (Coolamon); 10 - Neville Thompson (Coolamon), Clinton Wines (Grong Grong-Matong), Robbie Nolan (Turvey Park), John Wright (Turvey Park);); 8 - Noel Morrow (Turvey Park), George Williams (Whitton); 7 - Bruce Lang (Ardlethan), Jim Dunn (Ariah Park-Mirrool), Brian Browne (Coolamon), Will Kember (Ganmain), Colin Morrow, Merv Pieper (Grong Grong-Matong), Paddy Pledger, Bruce Waters (Narrandera), Ted Reynolds (Whitton); 6 - Barry Carroll (Ardlethan), Frank Conlan (Griffith), John Cornish, Ted Kirsopp, Kevin Male (Narrandera), John Stapleton (Turvey Park), John Asmus (Whitton); 5 - Bill Biron, Kevin Rowston (Griffith), John Lewis (Leeton), Russ Turner (Narrandera), Alan Taylor (Whitton); 4 - Neville Breust, Barry Walker (Ariah Park-Mirrool), Bob Patterson (Coolamon), Des Carroll, Joe Crouch (Ganmain), Les Wall (Grong Grong-Matong), Peter Mellington (Narrandera), Ron Langridge, Norm McLennan, Geoff Nye (Turvey Park), Dudley Dunbar (Whitton); 3 - Tom Connors (Ariah Park-Mirrool), Ross Inch, Tom O'Brien (Coolamon), Frank Crouch (Ganmain), Don Best, Jim Eley (Griffith), Pat Dunn, Pat Hogan, Pat Quinn, George Mack, Dudley Mattingly, Des Murrell (Grong Grong-Matong), John Breed, Neil Stockton (Leeton), Gerald O'Brien (Narrandera), John Tuckett (Whitton); 2 - Finlay Martin, Colin Spencer (Ardlethan), Bernie Bryce (Ariah Park-Mirrool), Brian Bradley, Tony Curtis, Ron Hilton, Bob Jolley (Coolamon), Garry Carroll (Ganmain), John Bortolazzo, Doug Geddes (Griffith), Alan Jones (Grong Grong-Matong), Les Stockton (Leeton), Ross Forbes, Athol Jackson (Narrandera), Lou Cox (Turvey Park), Richie Lloyd, Max Tuckett (Whitton); 1 - Richard Cassin, Bob Henry, John Kelly, Graham Stout (Ardlethan); Alan Chalmers, Ron Peacock, John Quade, Noel Walker, Ian Wason (Ariah Park-Mirrool), Mick Carroll, Pat Crouch (Ganmain), Bob Spears (Griffith), Alan Rava (Grong Grong-Matong), Brian Fell, Ed Gladman, Ron Vivian (Leeton), A. Absolum, Alan Grentell (Turvey Park), Trevor Hyde (Whitton). Note: Club coaches ineligible between 1960-64.

Second Grade - Lanham Trophy

29 - John Pursehouse (Ardlethan; 13 - Fred Gambell (Griffith); 10 - Keith Osmond (Narrandera); 9 - Michael Horan (Ardlethan), Colin Holt (Griffith), Tony Woods (Leeton). Other Griffith players to receive most votes were: 7 - Dennis Dreyer; 6 - John Bortolazzo; 5 - Jack Kloot.

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First Grade: Top Goalkickers (h/a) - Kiesling Trophy

69 - Len Sexton (Griffith), 62 - Laurie Stephenson (Ganmain), 60 - Fred Gallagher (Turvey Park), 49 - Neil Stockton (Leeton), 48 - Alan Grentell (Turvey Park), 43 - Kerry Podmore (Narrandera), 41 - Barry Walker (Ariah Park-Mirrool), 39 - John Hawke (Ariah Park-Mirrool), 36 - Ian Gillett (Coolamon), 34 - Merv Pieper (Grong Grong-Matong), 33 - Jim Dunn (Ariah Park-Mirrool), 32 - Les Romari (Ardlethan), 32 - Gerald Carroll (Ganmain), Clinton Wines (Grong Grong-Matong), 30 - George Mack (Grong Grong-Matong). Norm McLennan (Turvey Park), 29 - John Wright (Turvey Park), 28 - Robert Stewart (Ardlethan), 26 -Paddy O'Connell (Whitton), 25 - Vic Hathaway (Griffith), Des Lyons (Leeton), 24 - Tom Connors (Ariah Park-Mirrool), Don Allen (Leeton), 23 - Russ Turner (Narrandera), 22 - John Foley (Leeton), 21 - Doug Koehler (Griffith), Ike Whittaker (Narrandera), 19 - Bob Patterson (Coolamon), Jim Bloomfield, Kevin Male (Narrandera), Robbie Nolan (Turvey Park), John Asmus (Whitton).

Media award

Daily Advertiser Footballer of the Year - Vic Hathaway (Griffith).