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{{Short description|American sports trophy}}
The '''S. Rae Hickok Professional Athlete of the Year''' award, known as the '''Hickok Belt''', was a trophy awarded for 27 years to the top professional [[athlete of the year]] in the United States. It was created in honor of the founder of the [[Hickok Manufacturing Company]] of [[Rochester, New York]], which made [[belt (clothing)|belt]]s, hence the choice of a belt as a trophy.
{{infobox sports award
| name = S. Rae Hickok<br>Professional Athlete of the Year
| nickname = Hickok Belt
| image = Phil Rizzuto 1950.png
| imagesize = 200px
| alt =
| caption = [[Phil Rizzuto]], the first recipient of the award
| description = Top professional athlete
| country = United States
| sponsor = Ray and Alan Hickok (original)
| presenter = [[National Sports Media Association]] (current)
| first = 1950 (not awarded 1977–2011)
| firstwinner = [[Phil Rizzuto]]
| mostrecent = [[Nikola Jokić]] (2023)
| mostwins = 2, by [[Sandy Koufax]], [[LeBron James]], and [[Patrick Mahomes]]
| url = {{URL|hickokbelt.com}}
}}
The '''S. Rae Hickok Professional Athlete of the Year''' award, commonly known as the '''Hickok Belt''', is a trophy awarded to the top [[professional sports|professional]] [[athlete of the year]] in the United States. First awarded from 1950 to 1976, it was dormant until being revived in 2012, and continues to be awarded.


==History==
The trophy was an [[alligator]]-skin belt with a solid [[gold]] buckle, an encrusted 4 carat (800 mg) [[diamond]], and 26 gem chips. It was valued at over $10,000 in the currency of the time,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QCw_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=i1AMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4576,2137156|title=Hickok Award to Yankee Star|newspaper=[[The Windsor Daily Star]]|agency=Associated Press|page=18|date=January 22, 1957|accessdate=October 18, 2011}}</ref> and its presentation was a major event in sporting news of the day.<ref name="D&C_12Oct2010">{{cite news|last=Matthews|first=Bob|title=Hickok Belt is returning to Rochester|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20101011/SPORTS/101011018/Hickok-Belt-Dinner-returning-to-Rochester|accessdate=October 14, 2010|newspaper=[[Democrat and Chronicle]]|date=October 12, 2010|agency=[[Gannett Company]]|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5tUE8L95H|archivedate=October 14, 2010|location=[[Rochester, New York]]|pages=1A,4A}}</ref>
The award was created by Ray and Alan Hickok in honor of their father, Stephen Rae Hickok, who had died unexpectedly in December 1945.<ref name=StoriedHistory>{{cite web|title=The Storied History of the Award that Made Sports History: The Backstory on the Hickok Belt, the Crown Jewel of the Sports World |publisher=Liccione Enterprises |work=HickokBelt.com |url=https://www.hickokbelt.com/about/history/ |access-date=January 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-hickok-shops-to-c/145817205/ |title=Hickok Shops to Close on Funeral Day |newspaper=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |location=[[Rochester, New York]] |pages=2–15 |date=December 11, 1945 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Hickok had founded the Hickok Manufacturing Company of [[Rochester, New York]], which made [[belt (clothing)|belt]]s—hence the choice of a belt for the trophy.<ref name=Whatever>{{cite news|last1=Morrell |first1=Alan |title=Whatever Happened To ... the Hickok Belt |url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/10/22/whatever-happened-hickok-belt/92570050/ |access-date=October 24, 2016 |work=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |publisher=Gannet Company |date=October 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023034637/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/10/22/whatever-happened-hickok-belt/92570050/ |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |location=[[Rochester, New York]] |pages=8A–9A |url-status=dead }}</ref>


The trophy was an alligator-skin belt with a solid-gold buckle, an encrusted {{convert|4|carat|adj=on}} diamond, and 26 gem chips. It was valued at $10,000 in 1951 {{USDCY|10000|1951}},<ref name=charlotte/> and its presentation was a major event in sporting news of the day.<ref name="D&C_12Oct2010">{{cite news|last=Matthews |first=Bob |title=Hickok Belt is returning to Rochester |url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20101011/SPORTS/101011018/Hickok-Belt-Dinner-returning-to-Rochester |access-date=October 14, 2010 |newspaper=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |date=October 12, 2010 |agency=[[Gannett Company]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20101015013129/http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20101011/SPORTS/101011018/Hickok-Belt-Dinner-returning-to-Rochester |archive-date=October 15, 2010 |location=[[Rochester, New York]] |pages=1A,4A |url-status=dead }}</ref>
For the first 21 years, from 1950 to 1970, it was awarded in Rochester at the annual [[Rochester Press-Radio Club]] dinner (an event that continues today). After the Hickok company was taken over by the [[Tandy Corporation]], the award was presented in larger cities such as [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] or [[New York, New York|New York]]. The last award was made in 1976.


A group of 200 sportswriters throughout the U.S. selected monthly winners, with an annual winner (who received the belt) selected from those honorees.<ref name=charlotte>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-hickok-belt-is-on/145821370/ |title=Hickok Belt Is On Display in Charlotte |newspaper=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |location=[[Charlotte, North Carolina]] |page=1-B |date=December 29, 1951 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>{{efn|Annual voting does not appear to have been strictly limited to monthly winners, as 1951 annual voting included [[Bobby Thomson]], [[Stan Musial]], [[Joe DiMaggio]], and [[Terry Sawchuk]], none of whom were a monthly winner during 1951.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat-reynolds-wins-h/145826592/ |title=Reynolds Wins Hickok Award |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[St. Louis Globe-Democrat]] |page=4C |date=January 29, 1952 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>}} For the first 21 years, from 1950 to 1970, the belt was awarded in Rochester at the annual Rochester Press-Radio Club dinner. After the Hickok company was taken over by the [[Tandy Corporation]], the award was presented in larger cities such as Chicago or New York. After the 1976 annual award was presented, monthly awards were issued through October 1977 (naming a September winner), then halted.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal-no-hickok-award-th/145829399/ |title=No Hickok Award This Year |agency=[[United Press International|UPI]] |newspaper=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |location=[[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]] |page=11 |date=December 23, 1977 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> The award remained dormant for a number of years.
In 2010, Tony Liccione, the president of the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame, announced plans to reinstate the Hickok Belt starting in 2012.<ref name="D&C_13Oct2010">{{cite news|last=Bradley|first=Steve|title=Hickok Belt mold to be used again|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20101013/SPORTS/10130353/Hickok-Belt-mold-to-be-used-again|accessdate=October 14, 2010|newspaper=[[Democrat and Chronicle]]|date=October 13, 2010|agency=[[Gannett Company]]|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5tUDf3J4M|archivedate=October 14, 2010|location=[[Rochester, New York]]|pages=1D,2D}}</ref> The mold used for the belt starting in 1951 (the 1950 belt spelled Mr. Hickok's name as "Ray") has been found and will likely be used again.<ref name="D&C_13Oct2010" /> Liccione plans to invite the 18 surviving belt winners (except [[O.J. Simpson]], who is incarcerated in [[Nevada]]) to a banquet in September 2011, followed by the first new presentation of the belt in 2012.<ref name="D&C_13Oct2010" />


During the first 27 years the annual award was presented, it was won 15 times by baseball players, five times by football players, four times by boxers, and three times by golfers. The only two-time winner was [[Sandy Koufax]], in 1963 and 1965.
Starting in 2012, the plan is for the belt to be awarded based on a vote by the [[National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association]].<ref name="RBJ_Sep11">{{cite news|last=Adams|first=Thomas|title=Efforts underway to bring back the Hickok Belt|url=http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=188794|accessdate=September 19, 2011|newspaper=Rochester Business Journal|date=September 19, 2011|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/61p6AvJKk|archivedate=September 19, 2011|location=[[Rochester, New York]]}}</ref> A 20-member panel will choose one athlete each month, with the twelve monthly winners eligible for the belt award at the end of the baseball season.<ref name="RBJ_Sep11" />

===Revival===
In 2010, Tony Liccione, the president of the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame, announced plans to reinstate the Hickok Belt starting in 2012.<ref name="D&C_13Oct2010">{{cite news|last=Bradley |first=Steve |title=Hickok Belt mold to be used again |url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20101013/SPORTS/10130353/Hickok-Belt-mold-to-be-used-again |access-date=October 14, 2010 |newspaper=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |date=October 13, 2010 |agency=[[Gannett Company]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20101015012417/http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20101013/SPORTS/10130353/Hickok-Belt-mold-to-be-used-again |archive-date=October 15, 2010 |location=[[Rochester, New York]] |pages=1D,2D |url-status=dead }}</ref> The mold for the belt used from 1951 onward{{efn|The first belt, in 1950, misspelled S. Rae Hickok as S. Ray Hickok.}} was found and planned to be used again.<ref name="D&C_13Oct2010" /> Liccione invited the 18 surviving belt winners (except [[O. J. Simpson]], who at the time was incarcerated in Nevada) to the Comeback Dinner, which was held on October 16, 2011, at [[St. John Fisher College]].<ref name="D&C_13Oct2010" /><ref>{{cite web|title=The Belt is Back.|url=https://hickokbelt.com/history-ceremonies/#award-ceremonies |website=Hickok Belt official website|publisher=Liccione Enterprises|access-date=December 26, 2017}}</ref>

Since being re-established in 2012, the award has been based on a vote by the [[National Sports Media Association]];<ref name="RBJ_Sep11">{{cite news|last=Adams |first=Thomas |title=Efforts underway to bring back the Hickok Belt |url=http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=188794 |access-date=September 19, 2011 |newspaper=Rochester Business Journal |date=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320191336/http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=188794 |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |location=[[Rochester, New York]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> however, there have been no public award ceremonies or belt presentations.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Morrell|first1=Alan|title=Whatever Happened To ... the Hickok Belt|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2016/10/22/whatever-happened-hickok-belt/92570050/?showmenu=true|website=commercial appeal|publisher=commercialappeal.com|access-date=December 26, 2017}}</ref> A 20-member panel chooses one athlete each month, with the 12 monthly winners being eligible for the award at the end of the calendar year.<ref name="RBJ_Sep11" />

From 2012 through the 2023 award, five winners have been basketball players, four have been baseball players, two have been football players, and one has been a swimmer. There have been two two-time winners: [[LeBron James]] and [[Patrick Mahomes]].


==Winners==
==Winners==
[[File:Sandy Koufax.jpg |thumb|Hall of Famer [[Sandy Koufax]] was the award's only two-time winner]]
[[File:Sandy Koufax.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.8|Hall of Famer [[Sandy Koufax]] was the award's only two-time winner prior to the award's revival in 2012]]
[[File:Rocky Marciano Postcard 1953.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Rocky Marciano]], the first non-baseball winner of the award]]


===1950–1976===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left
The following athletes won the award during its original term.{{efn|For a biographical sketch of each winner from 1950 to 1976, see section [[#Further reading|further reading]].}} Contemporary newspaper reports indicate that monthly winners were also named,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-despirito-repeats-in-athlete/145812944/ |title=DeSpirito Repeats In Athlete Poll |newspaper=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]] |location=New York City |page=75 |date=January 14, 1953 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> only some of whom are included in this table.
! Year !! Winner !! Sport

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
! Year !! Winner !! Sport !! class=unsortable|Monthly winners
|-
|-
|[[1950 in sports|1950]]|| {{sortname|Phil|Rizzuto}}||[[Baseball]] || [[Ben Hogan]], [[Johnny Longden]], [[George Mikan]],{{efn|Top vote-getter for March 1950 was college basketball coach [[Nat Holman]], who had guided the [[1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team|CCNY Beavers]] to the NCAA title, but he was ruled ineligible "because he could not be classed as a professional athlete."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-mikan-named-march/145827318/ |title=Mikan Named March Tops on Hickok Award |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |location=[[Rochester, New York]] |page=41 |date=April 21, 1950 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>}} [[Jimmy Demaret]], [[Stan Musial]], Ben Hogan,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-hogan-wins-voti/145820929/ |title=Hogan Wins Voting For Hickok Award |newspaper=[[Brooklyn Eagle]] |page=20 |date=July 19, 1950 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> [[Johnny Mize]], [[Jim Konstanty]], [[Ezzard Charles]], [[George Ratterman]] & [[Phil Rizzuto]] (tie),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ledger-enquirer-ratterman-rizzuto-tie-f/145826031/ |title=Ratterman, Rizzuto Tie for Hickok Award |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Ledger-Enquirer]] |location=[[Columbus, Georgia]] |page=17 |date=November 15, 1950 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> [[Joe Culmone]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald-culmone-wins-hickok/145820245/ |title=Culmone Wins Hickok Award |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[The Lexington Herald]] |location=[[Lexington, Kentucky]] |page=8 |date=December 12, 1950 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> [[Lou Groza]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-the-toe-is-vote-pro/145825886/ |title='The Toe' Is Vote Pro of the Month |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Spokane Daily Chronicle]] |location=[[Spokane, Washington]] |page=1 |date=January 15, 1951 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
|[[1950 in sports|1950]]
|{{sortname|Phil|Rizzuto}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1951 in sports|1951]]|| {{sortname|Allie|Reynolds}}||[[Baseball]] || [[Babe Didrikson]], [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], [[Maurice Richard]], Ben Hogan, [[Conn McCreary]], [[Irish Bob Murphy]], [[Jersey Joe Walcott]], [[Bob Feller]], [[Allie Reynolds]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-second-annual-hickok/145825053/ |title=Second Annual Hickok Award Is Wide Open |newspaper=[[The Daily Oklahoman]] |location=[[Oklahoma City]] |page=34-A |date=October 28, 1951 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> [[Rocky Marciano]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-marciano-honored/145825263/ |title=Marciano Honored With Hickok Award |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |page=17 |date=November 13, 1951 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> [[Otto Graham]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-otto-graham-given-hick/145825445/ |title=Otto Graham Given Hickok Award |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[The Roanoke Times]] |location=[[Roanoke, Virginia]] |page=16 |date=December 18, 1951 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> [[Charles E. Burr|Charlie Burr]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-parsons-sun-hickok-award-to-ark-city/145825672/ |title=Hickok Award to Ark City Jockey |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=The Parsons Sun |location=[[Parsons, Kansas]] |page=2 |date=January 14, 1952 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
|[[1951 in sports|1951]]
|{{sortname|Allie|Reynolds}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1952 in sports|1952]]|| {{sortname|Rocky|Marciano}}||[[Boxing]] || George Mikan, Chico Vejar,{{efn|Chico Vejar was a welterweight boxer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/10917 |title=Chico Vejar |website=[[BoxRec]] |accessdate=April 21, 2024}}</ref>}} [[Willie Hoppe]] & [[Jack Burke Jr.|Jackie Burke]] (tie), [[Sal Maglie]], [[Bobby Shantz]], Jersey Joe Walcott & [[Julius Boros]] (tie), Rocky Marciano, [[Virgil Trucks]], Rocky Marciano, [[Mickey Mantle]], [[Anthony DeSpirito]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-marciano-despi/145827951/ |title=Marciano, DeSpirito Waging Close Race for Hickok Award |first=Steve |last=Snider |agency=[[United Press International|UP]] |newspaper=[[The Atlanta Constitution]] |page=5 |date=January 6, 1953 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Anthony DeSpirito<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat-jockey-despirit/145828544/ |title=Jockey Despirito Voted December Hickok Award |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[St. Louis Globe-Democrat]] |page=3B |date=January 15, 1953 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
|[[1952 in sports|1952]]
|{{sortname|Rocky|Marciano}}
|[[Boxing]]
|-
|-
|[[1953 in sports|1953]]
|[[1953 in sports|1953]]|| {{sortname|Ben|Hogan}}||[[Golf]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Ben|Hogan}}
|[[Golf]]
|-
|-
|[[1954 in sports|1954]]
|[[1954 in sports|1954]]|| {{sortname|Willie|Mays}}||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Willie|Mays}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1955 in sports|1955]]
|[[1955 in sports|1955]]|| {{sortname|Otto|Graham}}||[[American football|Football]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Otto|Graham}}
|[[American football|Football]]
|-
|-
|[[1956 in sports|1956]]
|[[1956 in sports|1956]]|| {{sortname|Mickey|Mantle}}||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Mickey|Mantle}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1957 in sports|1957]]
|[[1957 in sports|1957]]|| {{sortname|Carmen|Basilio}}||[[Boxing]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Carmen|Basilio}}
|[[Boxing]]
|-
|-
|[[1958 in sports|1958]]
|[[1958 in sports|1958]]|| {{sortname|Bob|Turley}}||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Bob|Turley}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1959 in sports|1959]]
|[[1959 in sports|1959]]|| {{nowrap|{{sortname|Ingemar|Johansson}}}} ||[[Boxing]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Ingemar|Johansson}}
|[[Boxing]]
|-
|-
|[[1960 in sports|1960]]
|[[1960 in sports|1960]]|| {{sortname|Arnold|Palmer}}||[[Golf]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Arnold|Palmer}}
|[[Golf]]
|-
|-
|[[1961 in sports|1961]]
|[[1961 in sports|1961]]|| {{sortname|Roger|Maris}}||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Roger|Maris}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1962 in sports|1962]]
|[[1962 in sports|1962]]|| {{sortname|Maury|Wills}}||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Maury|Wills}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1963 in sports|1963]]
|[[1963 in sports|1963]]|| {{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}}||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1964 in sports|1964]]
|[[1964 in sports|1964]]|| {{sortname|Jim|Brown}}||[[American football|Football]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Jim|Brown}}
|[[American football|Football]]
|-
|-
|[[1965 in sports|1965]]
|[[1965 in sports|1965]]|| {{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}} <small>(2)</small>||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}} {{small|(2)}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1966 in sports|1966]]
|[[1966 in sports|1966]]|| {{sortname|Frank|Robinson}}||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Frank|Robinson}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1967 in sports|1967]]
|[[1967 in sports|1967]]|| {{sortname|Carl|Yastrzemski}}||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Carl|Yastrzemski}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1968 in sports|1968]]
|[[1968 in sports|1968]]|| {{sortname|Joe|Namath}}||[[American football|Football]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Joe|Namath}}
|[[American football|Football]]
|-
|-
|[[1969 in sports|1969]]
|[[1969 in sports|1969]]|| {{sortname|Tom|Seaver}}||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Tom|Seaver}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1970 in sports|1970]]
|[[1970 in sports|1970]]|| {{sortname|Brooks|Robinson}}||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Brooks|Robinson}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1971 in sports|1971]]
|[[1971 in sports|1971]]|| {{sortname|Lee|Trevino}}||[[Golf]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Lee|Trevino}}
|[[Golf]]
|-
|-
|[[1972 in sports|1972]]
|[[1972 in sports|1972]]|| {{sortname|Steve|Carlton}}||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Steve|Carlton}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1973 in sports|1973]]
|[[1973 in sports|1973]]|| {{sortname|O. J.|Simpson}}||[[American football|Football]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|O. J.|Simpson}}
|[[American football|Football]]
|-
|-
|[[1974 in sports|1974]]
|[[1974 in sports|1974]]|| {{sortname|Muhammad|Ali}}||[[Boxing]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Muhammad|Ali}}
|[[Boxing]]
|-
|-
|[[1975 in sports|1975]]
|[[1975 in sports|1975]]|| {{sortname|Pete|Rose}}||[[Baseball]] || <!--monthly-->
|{{sortname|Pete|Rose}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1976 in sports|1976]]
|[[1976 in sports|1976]]|| {{sortname|Ken|Stabler}}||[[American football|Football]] || <!--monthly-->
|-
|{{sortname|Ken|Stabler}}
|[[1977 in sports|1977]]|| {{sort|zzz|''not issued''}} || {{sort|zzz|{{mdash}}}} || [[Steve Cauthen]], Steve Cauthen,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bangor-daily-news-hickok-award-to-ca/145830228/ |title=Hickok Award to Cauthen |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Bangor Daily News]] |location=[[Bangor, Maine]] |page=19 |date=March 23, 1977 |accessdate=April 22, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> [[Jimmy Young (boxer)|Jimmy Young]], [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]], [[A. J. Foyt]], [[Bill Walton]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-walton-wins-hickok-a/145830000/ |title=Walton Wins Hickok Award |newspaper=[[Idaho Statesman]] |location=[[Boise, Idaho]] |page=6B |date=July 21, 1977 |accessdate=April 22, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Tom Watson,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-tom-watson-wins-july-hi/145829902/ |title=Tom Watson Wins July Hickok Award |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |location=[[Hartford, Connecticut]] |page=56 |date=August 26, 1977 |accessdate=April 22, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> [[Lou Brock]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-brock-august-win/145829825/ |title=Brock August Winner In Hickok Award Poll |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |page=10C |date=September 25, 1977 |accessdate=April 22, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> [[Guillermo Vilas]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-vilas-monthly-winner-f/145829712/ |title=Vilas monthly winner, for Hickok award |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]] |location=[[Phoenix, Arizona]] |page=D-2 |date=October 29, 1977 |accessdate=April 22, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> ''not issued'' (Oct–Dec)
|[[American football|Football]]
|}
|}
Source:<ref name=winners>{{cite web |url=https://hickokbelt.com/winners/ |title=Winners |website=hickokbelt.com |accessdate=April 21, 2024}}</ref>

===2012–present===
[[file:LeBron James (15662939969).jpg|right|thumb|upright=.66|[[LeBron James]] – a two-time Hickok Belt winner since the award's revival]]
[[File:Patrick Mahomes II.JPG|alt=Mahomes smiling|thumb|upright=.66|Patrick Mahomes, the second two-time winner]]


===Revived belt===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;
! Year !! Winner !! Sport !! Monthly winners
! Year !! Winner !! Sport !! class=unsortable|Monthly winners
|-
|-
|[[2012 in sports|2012]]
|[[2012 in sports|2012]]
|[[LeBron James]]
|TBD
|[[Basketball]]
|&nbsp;
|{{flatlist}}
|{{flatlist}}
* [[Eli Manning]]
* [[Eli Manning]]
Line 136: Line 118:
* [[Lindsey Vonn]]
* [[Lindsey Vonn]]
* [[Bubba Watson]]
* [[Bubba Watson]]

* [[Josh Hamilton]]
* [[Josh Hamilton]]
* [[LeBron James]]
* LeBron James
* [[Serena Williams]]
* [[Serena Williams]]
* [[Usain Bolt]]
* [[Usain Bolt]]

* Serena Williams
* Serena Williams
* [[Pablo Sandoval]]
* [[Brad Keselowski]]
* [[Adrian Peterson]]
{{endflatlist}}
|-
|[[2013 in sports|2013]]
|LeBron James {{small|(2)}}
|Basketball
|{{flatlist}}
* [[Colin Kaepernick]]
* [[Joe Flacco]]
* LeBron James
* LeBron James
* [[Miguel Cabrera]]
* LeBron James
* [[Phil Mickelson]]
* Miguel Cabrera
* [[Peyton Manning]]
* [[David Ortiz]]
* [[Jimmie Johnson]]
* Peyton Manning
{{endflatlist}}
|-
|[[2014 in sports|2014]]
|{{nowrap|[[Madison Bumgarner]]}}
|[[Baseball]]
|{{flatlist}}
* [[Kevin Durant]]
* [[Carey Price]]
* [[Tuukka Rask]]
* [[Bubba Watson]]
* [[Nelson Cruz]]
* [[Clayton Kershaw]]
* [[Rory McIlroy]]
* Rory McIlroy
* [[Jordan Zimmermann]]
* Madison Bumgarner
* [[Aaron Rodgers]]
* [[Marshawn Lynch]]
{{endflatlist}}
|-
|[[2015 in sports|2015]]
|[[Stephen Curry]]
|Basketball
|{{flatlist}}
* [[Tom Brady]]
* [[James Harden]]
* [[Jordan Spieth]]
* [[Bryce Harper]]
* LeBron James
* [[Carli Lloyd]]
* [[Jake Arrieta]]
* Jordan Spieth
* [[Daniel Murphy (baseball)|Daniel Murphy]]
* [[Stephen Curry]]
{{endflatlist}}
|-
|[[2016 in sports|2016]]
|[[Michael Phelps]]
|[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]
|{{flatlist}}
* [[Novak Djokovic]]
* Stephen Curry
* [[Jason Day (golfer)|Jason Day]]
* Jake Arrieta
* Clayton Kershaw
* LeBron James
* Serena Williams
* [[Michael Phelps]]
* Rory McIlroy
* [[Corey Kluber]]
* [[Ben Zobrist]]
* Aaron Rodgers
{{endflatlist}}
|-
|[[2017 in sports|2017]]
|[[Jose Altuve]]
|Baseball
|{{flatlist}}
* Serena Williams
* Tom Brady
* [[Russell Westbrook]]
* [[Sergio García]]
* LeBron James
* Kevin Durant
* José Altuve
* [[Giancarlo Stanton]]
* Corey Kluber
* José Altuve
* [[George Springer]]
* James Harden
{{endflatlist}}
|-
|[[2018 in sports|2018]]
|[[Patrick Mahomes]]
|[[American football|Football]]
|{{flatlist}}
* [[Nick Foles]]
* LeBron James
* Kevin Durant
* [[Matt Carpenter (baseball)|Matt Carpenter]]
* [[Brooks Koepka]]
* [[Christian Yelich]]
* [[Steve Pearce (baseball)|Steve Pearce]]
* [[Simone Biles]]
* Patrick Mahomes
{{endflatlist}}
|-
|[[2019 in sports|2019]]
|[[Kawhi Leonard]]
|Basketball
|{{flatlist}}
* Tom Brady
* [[Julian Edelman]]
* [[Kyle Busch]]
* [[Tiger Woods]]
* Brooks Koepka
* Kawhi Leonard
* Novak Djokovic
* Rory McIlroy
* [[Gerrit Cole]]
* [[Stephen Strasburg]]
* [[Lamar Jackson]]
* [[Jimmy Garoppolo]]
{{endflatlist}}
|-
|[[2020 in sports|2020]]
| Patrick Mahomes {{small|(2)}}
| Football
|{{flatlist}}
* Patrick Mahomes
* [[Tyson Fury]]
* ''No award'' (Mar.)
* ''No award'' (Apr.)
* ''No award'' (May)
* [[Dustin Johnson]]
* [[Jon Rahm]]
* [[Donovan Mitchell]]
* [[Bryson DeChambeau]]
* LeBron James
* Dustin Johnson
* [[Josh Allen]]
{{endflatlist}}
|-
|[[2021 in sports|2021]]
| [[Shohei Ohtani]]
| Baseball
|{{flatlist}}
* Patrick Mahomes
* [[Naomi Osaka]]
* [[Luka Dončić]]
* [[Hideki Matsuyama]]
* Phil Mickelson
* Shohei Ohtani
* [[Caeleb Dressel]]
* [[Athing Mu]]
* [[Emma Raducanu]]
* [[Eddie Rosario]]
* [[Jorge Soler]]
* [[Joe Burrow]]
{{endflatlist}}
|-
|[[2022 in sports|2022]]
| [[Aaron Judge]]
| Baseball
|{{flatlist}}
* [[Cooper Kupp]]
* Cooper Kupp
* [[Giannis Antetokounmpo]]
* [[Scottie Scheffler]]
* [[Justin Thomas]]
* Stephen Curry
* Novak Djokovic
* Rory McIlroy
* Aaron Judge
* Bryce Harper
* Luka Dončić
* [[Lionel Messi]]
{{endflatlist}}
|-
|[[2023 in sports|2023]]
| [[Nikola Jokić]]
| Basketball
|{{flatlist}}
* [[Mikaela Shiffrin]]
* [[Damian Lillard]]
* Mikaela Shiffrin
* Jon Rahm
* Nikola Jokić
* Nikola Jokić
* [[Carlos Alcaraz]]
* Simone Biles
* [[Coco Gauff]]
* Simone Biles and [[Adolis García]] (tie)
* [[Dak Prescott]]
* [[Joel Embiid]]
{{endflatlist}}
|-
|[[2024 in sports|2024]]
|
|
|{{flatlist}}
* [[Jannik Sinner]]
* Patrick Mahomes
* Mikaela Shiffrin
* Scottie Scheffler
* Luka Dončić
* Simone Biles
* Simone Biles
* [[Katie Ledecky]]
* Shohei Ohtani
* [[Freddie Freeman]]
* [[Joey Logano]]
{{endflatlist}}
{{endflatlist}}
|}
|}
Source:<ref name=winners/>

==Notes==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web|title=The Sports Legends on Sports' Most Prestigious Short List: Meet the 26 Winners of the Original The Hickok Belt Award |publisher=Liccione Enterprises |work=HickokBelt.com |url=https://hickokbelt.com/winners/#past-hickok-belt-winners |access-date=January 11, 2017}}
* {{cite book|last=Pitoniak|first=Scott|title=Jewel of the Sports World: The Story of the Hickok Belt|year=2010|publisher=[[RIT Press|RIT Cary Press]]|isbn=978-1933360454}}

==External links==
*{{official website|https://hickokbelt.com/}}


==External reference==
*{{cite book|last=Pitoniak|first=Scott|title=Jewel of the Sports World: The Story of the Hickok Belt|year=2010}}
*[http://www.hickoksports.com/history/hickbelt.shtml History of the Hickok Belt]
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S. Rae Hickok
Professional Athlete of the Year
Phil Rizzuto, the first recipient of the award
Awarded forTop professional athlete
NicknameHickok Belt
Sponsored byRay and Alan Hickok (original)
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Sports Media Association (current)
History
First award1950 (not awarded 1977–2011)
First winnerPhil Rizzuto
Most wins2, by Sandy Koufax, LeBron James, and Patrick Mahomes
Most recentNikola Jokić (2023)
Websitehickokbelt.com

The S. Rae Hickok Professional Athlete of the Year award, commonly known as the Hickok Belt, is a trophy awarded to the top professional athlete of the year in the United States. First awarded from 1950 to 1976, it was dormant until being revived in 2012, and continues to be awarded.

History

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The award was created by Ray and Alan Hickok in honor of their father, Stephen Rae Hickok, who had died unexpectedly in December 1945.[1][2] Hickok had founded the Hickok Manufacturing Company of Rochester, New York, which made belts—hence the choice of a belt for the trophy.[3]

The trophy was an alligator-skin belt with a solid-gold buckle, an encrusted 4-carat (0.80 g) diamond, and 26 gem chips. It was valued at $10,000 in 1951 ($117,385 in 2023),[4] and its presentation was a major event in sporting news of the day.[5]

A group of 200 sportswriters throughout the U.S. selected monthly winners, with an annual winner (who received the belt) selected from those honorees.[4][a] For the first 21 years, from 1950 to 1970, the belt was awarded in Rochester at the annual Rochester Press-Radio Club dinner. After the Hickok company was taken over by the Tandy Corporation, the award was presented in larger cities such as Chicago or New York. After the 1976 annual award was presented, monthly awards were issued through October 1977 (naming a September winner), then halted.[7] The award remained dormant for a number of years.

During the first 27 years the annual award was presented, it was won 15 times by baseball players, five times by football players, four times by boxers, and three times by golfers. The only two-time winner was Sandy Koufax, in 1963 and 1965.

Revival

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In 2010, Tony Liccione, the president of the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame, announced plans to reinstate the Hickok Belt starting in 2012.[8] The mold for the belt used from 1951 onward[b] was found and planned to be used again.[8] Liccione invited the 18 surviving belt winners (except O. J. Simpson, who at the time was incarcerated in Nevada) to the Comeback Dinner, which was held on October 16, 2011, at St. John Fisher College.[8][9]

Since being re-established in 2012, the award has been based on a vote by the National Sports Media Association;[10] however, there have been no public award ceremonies or belt presentations.[11] A 20-member panel chooses one athlete each month, with the 12 monthly winners being eligible for the award at the end of the calendar year.[10]

From 2012 through the 2023 award, five winners have been basketball players, four have been baseball players, two have been football players, and one has been a swimmer. There have been two two-time winners: LeBron James and Patrick Mahomes.

Winners

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Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax was the award's only two-time winner prior to the award's revival in 2012
Rocky Marciano, the first non-baseball winner of the award

1950–1976

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The following athletes won the award during its original term.[c] Contemporary newspaper reports indicate that monthly winners were also named,[12] only some of whom are included in this table.

Year Winner Sport Monthly winners
1950 Phil Rizzuto Baseball Ben Hogan, Johnny Longden, George Mikan,[d] Jimmy Demaret, Stan Musial, Ben Hogan,[14] Johnny Mize, Jim Konstanty, Ezzard Charles, George Ratterman & Phil Rizzuto (tie),[15] Joe Culmone,[16] Lou Groza[17]
1951 Allie Reynolds Baseball Babe Didrikson, Sugar Ray Robinson, Maurice Richard, Ben Hogan, Conn McCreary, Irish Bob Murphy, Jersey Joe Walcott, Bob Feller, Allie Reynolds,[18] Rocky Marciano,[19] Otto Graham,[20] Charlie Burr[21]
1952 Rocky Marciano Boxing George Mikan, Chico Vejar,[e] Willie Hoppe & Jackie Burke (tie), Sal Maglie, Bobby Shantz, Jersey Joe Walcott & Julius Boros (tie), Rocky Marciano, Virgil Trucks, Rocky Marciano, Mickey Mantle, Anthony DeSpirito,[23] Anthony DeSpirito[24]
1953 Ben Hogan Golf
1954 Willie Mays Baseball
1955 Otto Graham Football
1956 Mickey Mantle Baseball
1957 Carmen Basilio Boxing
1958 Bob Turley Baseball
1959 Ingemar Johansson Boxing
1960 Arnold Palmer Golf
1961 Roger Maris Baseball
1962 Maury Wills Baseball
1963 Sandy Koufax Baseball
1964 Jim Brown Football
1965 Sandy Koufax (2) Baseball
1966 Frank Robinson Baseball
1967 Carl Yastrzemski Baseball
1968 Joe Namath Football
1969 Tom Seaver Baseball
1970 Brooks Robinson Baseball
1971 Lee Trevino Golf
1972 Steve Carlton Baseball
1973 O. J. Simpson Football
1974 Muhammad Ali Boxing
1975 Pete Rose Baseball
1976 Ken Stabler Football
1977 not issued — Steve Cauthen, Steve Cauthen,[25] Jimmy Young, Tom Watson, A. J. Foyt, Bill Walton,[26] Tom Watson,[27] Lou Brock,[28] Guillermo Vilas,[29] not issued (Oct–Dec)

Source:[30]

2012–present

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LeBron James – a two-time Hickok Belt winner since the award's revival
Mahomes smiling
Patrick Mahomes, the second two-time winner
Year Winner Sport Monthly winners
2012 LeBron James Basketball
2013 LeBron James (2) Basketball
2014 Madison Bumgarner Baseball
2015 Stephen Curry Basketball
2016 Michael Phelps Swimming
2017 Jose Altuve Baseball
2018 Patrick Mahomes Football
2019 Kawhi Leonard Basketball
2020 Patrick Mahomes (2) Football
2021 Shohei Ohtani Baseball
2022 Aaron Judge Baseball
2023 Nikola Jokić Basketball
2024

Source:[30]

Notes

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  1. ^ Annual voting does not appear to have been strictly limited to monthly winners, as 1951 annual voting included Bobby Thomson, Stan Musial, Joe DiMaggio, and Terry Sawchuk, none of whom were a monthly winner during 1951.[6]
  2. ^ The first belt, in 1950, misspelled S. Rae Hickok as S. Ray Hickok.
  3. ^ For a biographical sketch of each winner from 1950 to 1976, see section further reading.
  4. ^ Top vote-getter for March 1950 was college basketball coach Nat Holman, who had guided the CCNY Beavers to the NCAA title, but he was ruled ineligible "because he could not be classed as a professional athlete."[13]
  5. ^ Chico Vejar was a welterweight boxer.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "The Storied History of the Award that Made Sports History: The Backstory on the Hickok Belt, the Crown Jewel of the Sports World". HickokBelt.com. Liccione Enterprises. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "Hickok Shops to Close on Funeral Day". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. December 11, 1945. pp. 2–15. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Morrell, Alan (October 23, 2016). "Whatever Happened To ... the Hickok Belt". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York: Gannet Company. pp. 8A–9A. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Hickok Belt Is On Display in Charlotte". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. December 29, 1951. p. 1-B. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Matthews, Bob (October 12, 2010). "Hickok Belt is returning to Rochester". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. Gannett Company. pp. 1A, 4A. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
  6. ^ "Reynolds Wins Hickok Award". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. AP. January 29, 1952. p. 4C. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "No Hickok Award This Year". Winston-Salem Journal. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. UPI. December 23, 1977. p. 11. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b c Bradley, Steve (October 13, 2010). "Hickok Belt mold to be used again". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. Gannett Company. pp. 1D, 2D. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
  9. ^ "The Belt is Back". Hickok Belt official website. Liccione Enterprises. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  10. ^ a b Adams, Thomas (September 19, 2011). "Efforts underway to bring back the Hickok Belt". Rochester Business Journal. Rochester, New York. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  11. ^ Morrell, Alan. "Whatever Happened To ... the Hickok Belt". commercial appeal. commercialappeal.com. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  12. ^ "DeSpirito Repeats In Athlete Poll". Daily News. New York City. January 14, 1953. p. 75. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Mikan Named March Tops on Hickok Award". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. AP. April 21, 1950. p. 41. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Hogan Wins Voting For Hickok Award". Brooklyn Eagle. July 19, 1950. p. 20. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Ratterman, Rizzuto Tie for Hickok Award". Ledger-Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. AP. November 15, 1950. p. 17. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Culmone Wins Hickok Award". The Lexington Herald. Lexington, Kentucky. AP. December 12, 1950. p. 8. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "'The Toe' Is Vote Pro of the Month". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. AP. January 15, 1951. p. 1. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Second Annual Hickok Award Is Wide Open". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City. October 28, 1951. p. 34-A. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Marciano Honored With Hickok Award". The Cincinnati Enquirer. AP. November 13, 1951. p. 17. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Otto Graham Given Hickok Award". The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia. AP. December 18, 1951. p. 16. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Hickok Award to Ark City Jockey". The Parsons Sun. Parsons, Kansas. AP. January 14, 1952. p. 2. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Chico Vejar". BoxRec. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  23. ^ Snider, Steve (January 6, 1953). "Marciano, DeSpirito Waging Close Race for Hickok Award". The Atlanta Constitution. UP. p. 5. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "Jockey Despirito Voted December Hickok Award". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. AP. January 15, 1953. p. 3B. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  25. ^ "Hickok Award to Cauthen". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. AP. March 23, 1977. p. 19. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  26. ^ "Walton Wins Hickok Award". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 21, 1977. p. 6B. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  27. ^ "Tom Watson Wins July Hickok Award". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. August 26, 1977. p. 56. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  28. ^ "Brock August Winner In Hickok Award Poll". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AP. September 25, 1977. p. 10C. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  29. ^ "Vilas monthly winner, for Hickok award". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. October 29, 1977. p. D-2. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  30. ^ a b "Winners". hickokbelt.com. Retrieved April 21, 2024.

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