JIMMY BARTEL WINS 2007 BROWNLOW MEDAL
Ben Jensen 25 September 2007

By Ben Jensen JIMMY BARTEL has won the 2007 Brownlow Medal, polling an amazing twenty-nine votes. Jimmy missed the final two rounds but after twenty rounds was declared the winner. Gary Ablett polled well, finishing in sixth place with twenty votes. Bartel polled eight best on grounds, twice second best and once picked up one vote. It was an emotional night for Bartel, who the day before saw good mate Tom Lonergan make the greatest of comebacks, named best on ground as his team won the VFL Grand Final.

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

Back in 2003, Michael Turner told The Cattery's Mark Heenan Bartel would be an absolute star, as would his fellow midfield teammates :

"Look Geelong will have very good midfield because they've got James Kelly you know Corey Enright, Joel Corey and Cameron Ling and James Bartel and Gary Ablett and Kelly and those fellows and David Spriggs coming back off injury so you know they are going to have a fantastic on ball division but at the same time he is going to have to fight for his spot look he will, once you have played well at AFL level you will be able to do it again, because the only that will stop you is maybe a bit of lack of confidence and injury, as he gets older, he doesn't turn 19 til December so he's still 18, by the time his 22 Jimmy Bartel will be a great player."

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GEELONG PLAYERS

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