Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has won Coach of the Year honours judged by his peers.
Hinkley was named the AFL Coach’s Association Senior Coach of the Year in front of over 600 guests at the 2013 AFLCA Awards Night in Melbourne.
He won the award in his first year as a Senior Coach after taking his team from 14th in 2012 to a final’s win in 2013.
Collingwood midfielder Scott Pendlebury, won the AFLCA Player of the Year Award, just one vote in front of Sun’s star Gary Ablett with Geelong captain Joel Selwood one vote further back in third position.
Each Senior Coach voted on a 5,4,3,2,1 basis after each home and away game this Season.
Leigh Matthews was announced as the AFLCA’s fifth ‘Coaching Legend’ following in the footsteps of John Kennedy Snr in 2009, Ron Barassi in 2010, Tom Hafey in 2011 and David Parkin in 2013.
Matthews received his award from two current Senior Coaches and former Lions players under him, in Brad and Chris Scott.
The Best Young Player in his first two years of AFL football was Greater Western Sydney’s Jeremy Cameron.
The Coaches’ nominations saw Cameron win narrowly from Port Adelaide’s Chad Wingard, with Brisbane’s Dayne Zorko in third place.
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Past Award Winners include: Senior Coach of Year 2012 John Longmire Sydney 2011 John Worsfold West Coast Eagles 2010 Michael Malthouse Collingwood 2009 Ross Lyon St Kilda 2007 Mark Thompson Geelong 2008 Mark Thompson Geelong 2006 John Worsfold West Coast 2005 Neil Craig Adelaide 2004 Mark Williams Port Adelaide 2003 Paul Roos Sydney
Champion Player of the Year 2012 Trent Cotchin Richmond 2011 Marc Murphy Carlton 2010 Dane Swan Collingwood 2009 Gary Ablett Geelong 2008 Gary Ablett Geelong 2007 Gary Ablett Geelong 2006 Simon Goodwin Adelaide & Adam Goodes Sydney 2005 Barry Hall Sydney 2004 Warren Tredrea Port Adelaide 2003 Nathan Buckley Collingwood
Champion Player of the Year Leader Board as at end of Home and Away Season 2013. 96 Scott Pendlebury Collingwood 95 Gary Ablett Gold Coast 94 Joel Selwood Geelong 92 Kieren Jack Sydney 78 Ryan Griffen Western Bulldogs 77 Dane Swan Collingwood 73 Patrick Dangerfield Adelaide 71 Jarryd Roughead Hawthorn 70 Daniel Hannebery Sydney 68 Nathan Fyfe Fremantle
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