The 1971 Brownlow Medal was the 44th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season, which former Australian rules footballer, who represented St Kilda and Richmond in the VFL, of the Richmond Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-one votes during the 1971 VFL season?
1971 Brownlow Medal:  Ian Stewart of the Richmond Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-one votes during the 1971 VFL season. Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer): Ian Harlow Stewart (born 30 July 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented St Kilda and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and 1970s.
Ian Harlow Stewart