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Brownlow Medal winner Patrick Cripps inspires hometown pride in Northampton

Of the 11 AFL talents to emerge from the small farming community of Northampton, Patrick Cripps is the first to be awarded the highest individual football accolade.

Miners Arms Hotel owner Neville Tomelty said he raced out to put a handmade Brownlow on a statue of Cripps shortly after the Carlton star won the award.

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