THE WESTERN Bulldogs will ask the AFL to strike another medal to award its senior coach Luke Beveridge, after he handed his over to injured skipper Robert Murphy during the medal presentation post-Grand Final on Saturday.

President Peter Gordon told 3AW the club would write to the AFL on Monday to consider their request.

"I don't know how the rules of the AFL work in this regard … [but] a deserving and decent thing to do would be to strike another medal and give it to 'Bevo'," Gordon said.

"That would be, I think, the decent thing to do and I think the AFL are composed of decent people."

The call comes after Beveridge won plaudits from everyone for inviting Murphy to the premiership dais after the game to hand him his Jock McHale medal, saying: "This is yours mate, you deserve it more than anyone."

Gordon heaped praise on Beveridge's action saying it was exactly the right way to handle the fact Murphy had missed the game after suffering a season-ending knee injury in round three.

"It so captured the right way to do it. It was such a deserving thing for 'Murph' and it was such a generous thing for Bevo to do, and only Bevo could think of something to do like that," Gordon said.

"I hope and I believe it will be remembered as one of the enduring moments of enormous great noble sportsmanship in this country and in the history of AFL Grand Finals."

Murphy, who was playing his 295th game with the Bulldogs when injury struck, is understood to be the seventh player to start the season as skipper but be denied the chance to play in that year's premiership.

Carlton's Billy Dick missed out in 1915, playing nine games after being a premiership player in 1914. Collingwood's Frank Tuck missed both the 1958 flag as skipper through injury and 1953 game as a player through suspension, only to play in losing Grand Finals in 1952, 1955 and 1956.

Carlton's Ron Barassi did not play in 1968 after retiring and making John Nicholls skipper so he could be the club's full-time coach, while North Melbourne's Keith Greig injured his knee and missed out on the Kangaroos' 1977 flag. However Greig had played in the 1975 premiership.

Port Adelaide's Matt Primus hurt his knee in 2004 and missed the Power's first and, to date, only AFL premiership. He watched the memorable victory from the sidelines and then played 18 games in 2005 before retiring.

One of the Sydney Swans' most influential leaders, Stuart Maxfield resigned as captain midway through 2005 after starting the premiership year as skipper because he needed to travel back and forth between Melbourne and Sydney for family reasons.

Maxfield played the last of his 289 matches in round six 2005 and played for the Swans in the losing 1996 Grand Final.