The 1997 Brownlow Medal nominees included which former player who was ineligible due to suspension?
Christopher Lee "Chris" Grant
1997 Brownlow Medal
The 1997 Brownlow Medal was the 70th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.
 Robert Harvey of the St Kilda Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-six votes during the 1997 AFL season.
 Despite polling more votes than Harvey, Chris Grant of the Western Bulldogs was ineligible due to suspension.
Chris Grant (footballer)
Christopher Lee "Chris" Grant (born 13 December 1972) is a former Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League, a legend of the Western Bulldogs and a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
 He was born in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia.
2005 Brownlow Medal
The 2005 Brownlow Medal was the 78th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.
 Ben Cousins of the West Coast Eagles won the medal by polling twenty votes during the 2005 AFL season.
 It was Cousins' first Brownlow Medal win, and with Daniel Kerr finishing the runner up, it was the first time in 86 years that the top two votesgetters were from the same club. 2011 Brownlow Medal
The 2011 Brownlow Medal was the 84th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.
 Dane Swan of the Collingwood Football Club won the medal by polling thirty-four votes during the 2011 AFL season a then-record number of votes in a Brownlow Medal counted under the 3-2-1 voting system, it was surpassed by Patrick Dangerfield in 2016, where he polled thirty-five votes.
 It was then again surpassed by Dustin Martin in 2017 where he polled thirty-six votes 2014 Brownlow Medal
The 2014 Brownlow Medal was the 87th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.
 Matt Priddis of the West Coast Eagles won the medal by polling twenty-six votes during the 2014 AFL season.
 Defending Brownlow Medallist Gary Ablett of the Gold Coast Football Club was the short-priced favourite for the medal until he suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in round 16.
 Betting on the medal was suspended while the extent of the injury to Ablett was determined.
 Geelong captain Joel Selwood, Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury and Sydney 's Josh Kennedy were considered to be among the new favourites in the wake of Ablett's injury, but at the end of the season Ablett was still second favourite to have polled enough votes before his injury to win the award.
 He ended up polling the equal-third most number of votes, tying with Sydney 's Lance Franklin on 22 votes. 2015 Brownlow Medal
The 2015 Brownlow Medal was the 88th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.
 Nat Fyfe of the Fremantle Football Club won the medal by polling thirty-one votes during the 2015 AFL season.
 He became the first Fremantle player to win the Brownlow Medal. 1996 Brownlow Medal
The 1996 Brownlow Medal was the 69th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.
 Michael Voss of the Brisbane Bears and James Hird of the Essendon Football Club both won the medal by polling twenty-one votes during the 1996 AFL season.
 Corey McKernan of the North Melbourne Football Club polled the same number of votes as Voss and Hird, but due to a tribunal suspension during the year, he was deemed ineligible to win the award.
 This caused some to call for the rules to be changed to allow suspended players to still be eligible.
 The eligibility rules have remained the same since then, relying on the "fairest" section of fairest and best to continue to exclude suspended players from being able to win the award.
 McKernan went on to be a member of North Melbourne's 1996 AFL Grand Final winning team, something that both Voss and Hird said that they would prefer over winning the medal. 2006 Brownlow Medal
The 2006 Brownlow Medal was the 79th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.
 Adam Goodes of the Sydney Swans won the medal by polling twenty-six votes during the 2006 AFL season.
 It was Goodes' second Brownlow Medal win, after his victory in 2003. 1995 Brownlow Medal
The 1995 Brownlow Medal was the 68th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.
 Paul Kelly of the Sydney Swans won the medal by polling twenty-one votes during the 1995 AFL season.
 For the first time, the State Government legalised betting on the Brownlow Medal, a move which concerned some due to the high potential for corruption.
 The pre-count favourites for the medal were Wayne Carey (3/1), Wayne Campbell (7/2), Peter Matera (10/1), James Hird and Craig Bradley (each 12/1).
 Eventual winner Paul Kelly was considered a 25/1 outside chance. 1993 Brownlow Medal
The 1993 Brownlow Medal was the 66th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.
 Gavin Wanganeen of the Essendon Football Club won the medal by polling eighteen votes during the 1993 AFL season.
 Wanganeen was the first Aboriginal player to win the Brownlow Medal in the history of the award and at age 20, he was the youngest winner since Denis Ryan in 1936.
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 The South Australian also added a Premiership Medallion to his collection after Essendon defeated Carlton in the 1993 premiership decider.
 Both medals were already in addition to the 1993 Michael Tuck Medal Wanganeen was awarded for being 'best on ground' in the Night / Pre-Season Grand Final.