2009 AFL Army Award

The Australian Football League celebrates the best act of selflessness or one percenter of the season through the annual AFL Army Award competition. The 2009 winner was Tom Hawkins of for his "brilliant smother followed by chase and tackle" in round 22.

Nominations and winners

Round	Report	Nominees	Team	% of Votes	Match	Note
2	Nominations	Aaron Davey		24%	v	Brilliant chase down tackle on Marty Clarke
2	Nominations	Campbell Brown		51%	vs	Courageous smother in front of goal
2	Nominations	Ben McKinley		25%	vs	Fantastic chase and tackle
3	Nominations	Eric MacKenzie		9%	vs	Brilliant slide on the goal line to save a goal
3	Nominations	Luke Ball		82%	vs	Great diving smother on Quinten Lynch
3	Nominations	Nathan Eagleton		9%	vs	Persistent spoil and tackle
4	Nominations	Luke Hodge		21%	vs	Persistent chase and tackle on Tom Logan
4	Nominations	Eric MacKenzie		35%	vs	Great smother in front of goal
4	Nominations	Ricky Dyson		44%	vs	Courageous chase and tackle on Drew Petrie
5	Nominations	Shane O'Bree		10%	vs	Skillful tackle to gain possession and tap on to a teammate.
5	Nominations	Drew Petrie		11%	vs	Courageous chase and tackle
5	Nominations	Lenny Hayes		79%	vs	Gutsy diving smother
6	Nominations	Joel Macdonald		17%	vs	Showed courage when executing a spoil
6	Nominations	Martin Mattner		58%	vs	Brilliant chase and tackle on Jack Riewoldt
6	Nominations	Luke Hodge		25%	vs	Spoiled, tackled then handballed to team mate
7	Nominations	Daniel Cross		12%	vs	Clinical smother on Tyson Edwards
7	Nominations	Jared Rivers		38%	vs	Extremely courageous attempt to mark
7	Nominations	Bryce Gibbs		50%	vs	Great chase and tackle on Luke McPharlin
8	Nominations	Barry Hall		60%	vs	Courageous spoil, then tap to team mate
8	Nominations	Heath Scotland		23%	vs	Phenomenal courage when spoiling a mark
8	Nominations	Nathan Lovett-Murray		17%	vs	Three efforts then tackled causing a turnover
9	Nominations	Mark Austin		24%	vs	Multiple spoils followed by dual tackles
9	Nominations	Michael Osborne		16%	vs	Effective support and shepherding
9	Nominations	Matt White		60%	vs	Fast paced chase and tackle
10	Nominations	Travis Varcoe		67%	vs	Double tackle and smother
10	Nominations	Antoni Grover		20%	vs	Defensive spoil in mid flight
10	Nominations	Daniel Rich		13%	vs	Courageous spoil
11	Nominations	Adam Simpson		27%	vs	Brilliant smother on Jason Gram
11	Nominations	Scott McMahon		54%	vs	Courageous smother on Clinton Jones
11	Nominations	Ben McGlynn		19%	vs	Gutsy chase and dive to spoil Michael O'Loughlin
12	Nominations	Darren Glass		25%	vs	Diving smother to spoil Tom Hislop
12	Nominations	Brad Green		43%	vs	Gutsy attempt to spoil the mark
12	Nominations	Dean Solomon		32%	vs	Courageous dive on the ball
13	Nominations	Dustin Fletcher		12%	vs	Spoiled a mark then smothered a kick
13	Nominations	Alwyn Davey		12%	vs	Chase-down and tackle
13	Nominations	Patrick Dangerfield		76%	vs	Smother resulting in a pivotal goal
14	Nominations	Josh Hill		23%	vs	Strong spoil of an overhead, chase and tackle
14	Nominations	Ryan Griffen		47%	vs	Brilliant goal saving smother
14	Nominations	Brett Ebert		30%	vs	Courageous chase and tackle to turnover for a goal
15	Nominations	Nathan Eagleton		47%	vs	Courageous interception running back in full flight
15	Nominations	Michael Hurley		30%	vs	Gutsy goal saving smother
15	Nominations	Tayte Pears		23%	vs	Strong chase down and tackle
16	Nominations	Jake King		22%	vs	Gutsy double tackle resulting in turnover
16	Nominations	James Frawley		11%	vs	Strong chase down and tackle
16	Nominations	Jacob Surjan		67%	vs	Courageous smother in front of goal
17	Nominations	Tim Ruffles		27%	vs	Courageous attempt to mark running with the flight
17	Nominations	Nick Riewoldt		20%	vs	Great second effort to smother
17	Nominations	Cameron Mooney		53%	vs	Fearless marking attempt
18	Nominations	Aaron Davey		37%	vs	Takes on two Richmond opponents and wins possession
18	Nominations	Darren Glass		31%	vs	Strong defensive effort and smother to save a certain goal
18	Nominations	Ryan Griffen		32%	vs	Great 100m chase and tackle against Fremantle's Grover
19	Nominations	Jarrod Atkinson		19%	vs	Athletic smother and rebound from Essendon's defence
19	Nominations	Dustin Fletcher		24%	vs	Strong spoil, great second effort smother and clearance
19	Nominations	Brett Kirk		57%	vs	Won a contested ball, then tapped to teammates advantage
20	Nominations	Lance Franklin		10%	vs	Fantastic chase and tackle halting an Adelaide attack
20	Nominations	Richard Tambling		32%	vs	Wonderful chase and smother to win possession
20	Nominations	Stephen Milne		58%	vs	Great smother to create a turnover then goal
21	Nominations	Max Rooke		72%	vs	Multiple strong tackles resulting in a turnover
21	Nominations	Drew Petrie		15%	vs	Launched himself in the air to spoil
21	Nominations	Jarred Moore		13%	vs	Courageous knock-on resulting in a goal
22	Nominations	Tom Hawkins			vs	Brilliant smother followed by chase and tackle
22	Nominations
22	Nominations

**	Current Round - voting still open
	Round Winner

Finalists

Luke Ball – round 3
Martin Mattner – round 6
Brad Green – round 12
Nathan Eagleton – round 15
Jacob Surjan – round 16Winner: Tom Hawkins – round 22