1934 Brownlow Medal


The 1934 Brownlow Medal was the 11th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League home-and-away season. Dick Reynolds of the Essendon Football Club won the medal by polling nineteen votes during the 1934 VFL season.
In the last game of the 1934 season, Haydn Bunton Sr dominated; and, as he walked off the ground, he made a flippant remark to umpire Jack McMurray Sr., along the lines of: "That wasn't bad today, Jack."
"Never try to bribe an umpire," McMurray apparently replied—and left him out of the votes. Bunton lost the Brownlow medal to Dick Reynolds by one vote.

Leading vote-getters


PlayerVotes
1stDick Reynolds 19
2ndHaydn Bunton 18
=3rdJack Regan 17
=3rdKeith Shea 17
=3rdRay Martin 17
6thWilfred Smallhorn 16
7thGordon Strang 14
8thBob Pratt 13
9thNorman Ware 12
=10thJack Davis 11
=10thKeith Forbes 11
=10thColin Watson 11