Fremantle Dockers captain Nat Fyfe wins third Geoff Christian Medal

Fremantle Dockers captain Nat Fyfe has won the 2017 Geoff Christian Medal joining Matthew Pavlich as the only players to have earned the honour three times.

Fyfe has previously received the award in 2013 and 2015 and is the only player to achieve multiple medals within the space of three years.

The Geoff Christian medal is awarded by ABC Perth for the best Fremantle Dockers or West Coast Eagles player in a season, with votes allocated each week on a 3-2-1 basis by the station's expert AFL commentators.

Fyfe won the medal with 24 votes ahead of teammate Lachie Neale (20) and West Coast’s Elliot Yeo (21) and Josh Kennedy (20).

He polled in 12 of the 22 season games and had 22 teammates receive votes throughout 2017.

After seven years with Fremantle; Fyfe’s season was highlighted by his captaincy appointment in February and a subsequent six-year contract extension in July.

The medal was established in recognition of Geoff Christian, a valued member of ABC Radio's Sports Talk program for a period of 14 years prior to his death in November 1998.

Christian served as chief football writer of The West Australian from 1961 to 1998 and was posthumously inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame.