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Vote for the 2016 Sportsman of the Year: The Roar's Sports Awards

Patrick Dangerfield to win it all again on Brownlow night in 2017? (AAP Image/Julian Smith)
8th December, 2016
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Well folks, this is it – the final category in The Roar’s Sports Awards 2016 for you to decide.

We’ve covered plenty of categories so far, from Sports Personality of the Year to Team of the Year to Sportswoman of the Year. Now, it’s time to vote for the Sportsman of the Year.

As always, there were plenty of Australia’s male athletes doing everyone proud with some truly remarkable seasons. We’ve narrowed that group down to aa shortlist of seven, but now it’s up to you to decide who was the best of the best.

Missed out on the other awards? Vote here:
» Sportswoman of the Year
» Breakout Sports Star of the Year
» Sports Media Personality of the Year
» Team of the Year
» Sports Personality of the Year

Let’s run through the nominees.

Kyle Chalmers

Swimming
Chalmers shocked everyone by snatching the gold medal for the men’s 100m freestyle in Rio. Despite starting in lane four, he was right back in the field for the first 75 metres of the race before producing a withering burst of pace at the end to claim a famous victory.

Patrick Dangerfield

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AFL
After moving home to Geelong at the end of 2015, Dangerfield not only lived up to the lofty expectations around him, he smashed them. Right from Round 1 – a match-winning 44-disposal outing against reigning premiers Hawthorn – he was sublime, guiding the Cats to a top-four finish and cruising to a Brownlow Medal with a record-breaking 35 votes.

Jason Day

Golf
Day was sublime in 2016, particularly early in the year. His three event wins, including the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players Championship, all came in the first half of 2016, and even though he trailed off slightly as the year came to an end, he still finds himself perched at the top of the world rankings.

Nick Kyrgios

Tennis
Say what you will about Kyrgios, there’s no doubting he’s one hell of a talent. Although there was the usual mix of on and off-field issues, 2016 saw Kyrgios finish the year ranked 13 in the world. The 21-year-old also picked up his first three career titles, showing he might just be set to fulfil his enormous potential.

Aaron Mooy

Football
After starring for Melbourne City early in the year (missing out on the Johnny Warren Medal by a single vote), Mooy was snatched up by Manchester City before being loaned out to Huddersfield, where he proved an immediate success with his passing, assists and eye for goal.

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Dan Ricciardo

Formula 1
Not only did Ricciardo bring the shoey to the rest of the world, but he also had an excellent year on the track, equaling a career-best third finish in the driver’s championship with a personal record of 256 points, all despite having a noticeably slower car than Mercedes’ table-topping duo of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton.

Mitchell Starc

Cricket
For all Australian cricket’s ups and downs in 2016, Starc’s place in the team has never been questioned. Aside from confirming his status as one of the best one-day bowlers going around, he also blossomed as a Test bowler, picking up 38 wickets from six matches at an average of 20.68.

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