Port Adelaide midfielder Jason Horne-Francis was awarded his first Peter Badcoe VC Medal, after a thrilling performance in the Power's 30-point win over Geelong on Anzac Day.
The Badcoe Medal was voted on by five members of the media covering the match and is awarded to the player who best demonstrates the ANZAC spirit with qualities of skill, courage in adversity, self-sacrifice, teamwork and fair play.
Horne-Francis collected 34 disposals, 12 clearances, four tackles and a goal to be judged the clear winner of the Medal, with a total of 13 of a possible 15 votes.
Second place was tied between Jordon Sweet and Zak Butters on seven votes each, while Mitch Georgiades came in third with three votes.
Major Peter Badcoe VC served in the Vietnam War and is the last South Australian to be awarded the Victoria Cross - the military’s highest honour for bravery.
He was one of Australia's greatest war heroes, a highly decorated soldier whose acts of bravery and courage saw him awarded the medal for three separate acts during the Vietnam conflict.
Major Badcoe died on a battlefield in Vietnam on April 7, 1967 - his last action on that day seeing him single-handedly try to stop a Vietcong machine gunner from firing on allied South Vietnamese troops.
TOTAL VOTES
13 - Jason Horne-Francis
7 - Zak Butters
7 - Jordon Sweet
3 - Mitch Georgiades
ALL THE VOTES
Shaun Burgoyne – Fox Footy
3 – Jordon Sweet
2 – Mitch Georgiades
1 – Jason Horne-Francis
Ebony Marinoff – ABC
3 – Jason Horne-Francis
2 – Jordon Sweet
1 – Zak Butters
Tom Rehn – FIVEAA
3 – Jason Horne-Francis
2 – Zak Butters
1 – Jordon Sweet
Matt Turner – the Advertiser
3 – Jason Horne-Francis
2 – Zak Butters
1 – Jordon Sweet
Tom Jonas – Triple M
3 – Jason Horne-Francis
2 – Zak Butters
1 – Mitch Georgiades
Past Winners:
2004: Josh Carr (Port Adelaide)
2005: Warren Tredrea (Port Adelaide)
2006: Brendon Lade (Port Adelaide)
2007: Chad Cornes (Port Adelaide)
2008: Kane Cornes (Port Adelaide)
2009: Lenny Hayes (St. Kilda)
2010: David Rodan (Port Adelaide)
2011: Michael Rischitelli (Gold Coast Suns)
2012: Josh Kennedy (Sydney)
2013: Hamish Hartlett (Port Adelaide)
2014: Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)
2015: Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)
2016: Joel Selwood (Geelong)
2017: Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)
2018: Joel Selwood (Geelong)
2019: Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)
2020: *not awarded – no ANZAC Round due to COVID-19 lockdown
2021: Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide)
2022: Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide)
2023: Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide)
2024: Willem Drew (Port Adelaide)
2025: Zak Butters (Port Adelaide)
