1956 Brownlow Medal

1956 Brownlow Medal
Winner	Peter Box (Footscray) 22 votes

The 1956 Brownlow Medal was the 29th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season.^[1] Peter Box of the Footscray Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-two votes during the 1956 VFL season.^[2]

Leading votegetters

	Player	Votes
1st	Peter Box (Footscray)	22
2nd	Peter Pianto (Geelong)	16
3rd	Jim Dorgan (South Melbourne)	15
=4th	Roy Simmonds (Hawthorn)	13
	Ron Barassi (Melbourne)
	John Beckwith (Melbourne)
7th	Neil Roberts (St Kilda)	12
=8th	Bill Stephen (Fitzroy)	11
	Bernie Smith (Geelong)
	John O'Mahoney (Hawthorn)
	Denis Cordner (Melbourne)
	Des Rowe (Richmond)

References

1. Lovett, Michael, ed. (2009). AFL Record Season Guide 2009. Docklands, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-9805162-6-5.
2. "1956 Brownlow Medal". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 November 2016.