title: 1966 Brownlow Medal
text: # 1966 Brownlow Medal
  
  The 1966 Brownlow Medal was the 39th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Ian Stewart of the St Kilda Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-one votes during the 1966 VFL season.
  
  ## Leading votegetters
  
  | | Player | Votes |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1st | Ian Stewart (St Kilda) | 21 |
  | 2nd | John Nicholls (Carlton) | 17 |
  | 3rd | John Sharrock (Geelong) | 16 |
  | =4th | Neville Crowe (Richmond) | 14 |
  | =4th | Darrel Baldock (St Kilda) | 14 |
  | =6th | Denis Marshall (Geelong) | 12 |
  | =6th | Hassa Mann (Melbourne) | 12 |
  | 8th | John Goold (Carlton) | 11 |
  | 9th | Ian Bryant (Footscray) | 10 |
  | =10th | Errol Hutchesson (Collingwood) | 9 |
  | =10th | Norm Brown (Fitzroy) | 9 |
  | =10th | Brian Dixon (Melbourne) | 9 |
  