Adelaide ruckman Reilly O’Brien is now a two-time winner of the Phil Walsh Best Team Man Award.
O’Brien was announced as this year’s winner at Adelaide’s Club Champion Awards dinner on Saturday night.
The Best Team Man Award has been presented every year since the Club’s inaugural season.
It was renamed in 2015 in honour of the late Crows coach and recognises the Club’s most selfless player who lives and breathes ‘team-first’ - a staple mantra of Walsh.
O’Brien, who was also recognised for the same award in 2022, showed commitment to his teammates and the Club, ensuring he was a frontrunner for the Best Team Man.
The 28-year-old played 23 AFL games this past season and was ranked elite across the competition for average hit-outs to advantage (11.3) and hit-outs (38.6 per game).
He joins Crows two-time Premiership Captain Mark Bickley, Mark Ricciuto, Mark Stevens, Michael Doughty, Richard Douglas and Tom Lynch as multiple winners of the Best Team Man Award.
Phil Walsh Best Team Man Award winners:
1991 – Rodney Maynard
1992 – Mark Bickley
1993 – Mark Bickley
1994 – Mark Ricciuto
1995 – Rodney Jameson
1996 – Matthew Robran
1997 – Kym Koster
1998 – Peter Caven
1999 – Mark Stevens
2000 – Mark Bickley
2001 – Tyson Stenglein
2002 – Mark Stevens
2003 – Mark Ricciuto
2004 – Matthew Clarke
2005 – Nathan Bassett
2006 – Simon Goodwin
2007 – Scott Stevens
2008 – Michael Doughty
2009 – Brad Symes
2010 – Scott Stevens
2011 – Michael Doughty
2012 – Sam Jacobs
2013 – Richard Douglas
2014 – Taylor Walker
2015 – James Podsiadly
2016 – Eddie Betts
2017 – Richard Douglas
2018 – Richard Douglas
2019 - Kyle Hartigan
2020 - Tom Lynch
2021 - Tom Lynch
2022 - Reilly O’Brien
2023 - Reilly O’Brien