West Coast Eagles Club Champion Award
The Club Champion Award is the award given to the West Coast Eagles player determined to have been the "Best and Fairest" throughout an AFL season.
Fifteen individual players have won the West Coast best and fairest since the award was introduced for West Coast's inaugural 1987 season. The record of the most Club Campion Awards by an individual player is four which is held by Glen Jakovich and Ben Cousins, who have both won the award four times. Both players also share the record for the most consecutive best and fairests, having both won three consecutive awards.
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