Norm Smith was a famous Melbourne Football Club identity who was also associated with Fitzroy and South Melbourne at senior level. Smith played a total of 227 games with Melbourne and Fitzroy and coached in a total of 452 games with Melbourne (310), Fitzroy (55) and South Melbourne (87).
During his 310-game tenure coaching Melbourne, he took the club into every Grand Final between 1954 and 1960 and won six premierships in the years 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964. He played from 1935 to 1950, and coached at senior level every year between 1949 and 1972, except 1968. Smith died in 1973, aged 57.
YEAR PLAYER (Club)
1979 Wayne Harmes (Carlton)
1980 Kevin Bartlett (Richmond)
1981 Bruce Doull (Carlton)
1982 Maurice Rioli (Richmond)
1983 Colin Robertson (Hawthorn)
1984 Billy Duckworth (Essendon)
1985 Simon Madden (Essendon)
1986 Gary Ayres (Hawthorn)
1987 David Rhys-Jones (Carlton)
1988 Gary Ayres (Hawthorn)
1989 Gary Ablett (Geelong)
1990 Tony Shaw (Collingwood)
1991 Paul Dear (Hawthorn)
1992 Peter Matera (West Coast Eagles)
1993 Michael Long (Essendon)
1994 Dean Kemp (West Coast Eagles)
1995 Greg Williams (Carlton)
1996 Glenn Archer (kangaroos)
1997 Andrew McLeod (Adelaide)
1998 Andrew McLeod (Adelaide)
1999 Shannon Grant (Kangaroos)
2000 James Hird (Essendon)
2001 Shaun Hart (Brisbane)
2002 Nathan Buckley (Collingwood)
2003 Simon Black (Brisbane)
2004 Byron Pickett (Port Adelaide)
2005 Chris Judd(West Coast Eagles)
