AFLPA to celebrate former MVP's with retrospective awards night
3 May 2005 - Jason Murnane
The AFL Players' Association is proud to announce that it will be honouring former winners of the AFLPA Leigh Matthews Trophy for Most Valuable Player award at an historic awards dinner on Monday June 20.
AFL Legend Leigh Matthews will attend the gala event and present former winners of the prestigious award with their own special retrospective Leigh Matthews trophies.
The AFLPA has commisioned 20 replica copies of the striking trophy to present to those players who won the award prior to 2002.
In 2002, AFL players voted to name their prestigious peer voted award after the player they considered the most valuable of all time, Leigh Matthews.
All former winners of the respected trophy have been invited to the event.
The night promises to be a truly historic occasion and will provide some of the games greatest champions with an opportunity to celebrate their magnificent careers.