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2011 Dally M Awards

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 20, 2023
Entity authorityQ4620873 ↗
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The 2011 Dally M Awards were presented on Tuesday 6 September 2011 at the Entertainment Quarter in Sydney and broadcast on Fox Sports.

Dally M Medal

The Dally M Medallion was presented by Australian former rugby league footballer, Robert Laurie.

Dally M Player of the Year: Billy Slater

Player votes tally – Top 10

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Dally M Awards

The Dally M Awards were, as usual, conducted at the close of the regular season and hence do not take games played in the finals series into account. The Dally M Medal is for the official player of the year while the Provan-Summons Medal is for the fans' of "people's choice" player of the year.

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