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==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|200px|Hall of Famer [[Sandy Koufax]] was the award's only two-time winner]]


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
! Year !! Winner !! Sport
! Year !! Winner !! Sport
|-
|-
|[[1950 in sports|1950]]
|[[1950 in sports|1950]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Phil|Rizzuto}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Phil|Rizzuto}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1951 in sports|1951]]
|[[1951 in sports|1951]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Allie|Reynolds}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Allie|Reynolds}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1952 in sports|1952]]
|[[1952 in sports|1952]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Rocky|Marciano}}||[[Boxing]]
|{{sortname|Rocky|Marciano}}
|[[Boxing]]
|-
|-
|[[1953 in sports|1953]]
|[[1953 in sports|1953]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Ben|Hogan}}||[[Golf]]
|{{sortname|Ben|Hogan}}
|[[Golf]]
|-
|-
|[[1954 in sports|1954]]
|[[1954 in sports|1954]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Willie|Mays}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Willie|Mays}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1955 in sports|1955]]
|[[1955 in sports|1955]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Otto|Graham}}||[[American football|Football]]
|{{sortname|Otto|Graham}}
|[[American football|Football]]
|-
|-
|[[1956 in sports|1956]]
|[[1956 in sports|1956]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Mickey|Mantle}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Mickey|Mantle}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1957 in sports|1957]]
|[[1957 in sports|1957]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Carmen|Basilio}}||[[Boxing]]
|{{sortname|Carmen|Basilio}}
|[[Boxing]]
|-
|-
|[[1958 in sports|1958]]
|[[1958 in sports|1958]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Bob|Turley}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Bob|Turley}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1959 in sports|1959]]
|[[1959 in sports|1959]]||{{flagicon|SWE}} {{sortname|Ingemar|Johansson}}||[[Boxing]]
|{{sortname|Ingemar|Johansson}}
|[[Boxing]]
|-
|-
|[[1960 in sports|1960]]
|[[1960 in sports|1960]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Arnold|Palmer}}||[[Golf]]
|{{sortname|Arnold|Palmer}}
|[[Golf]]
|-
|-
|[[1961 in sports|1961]]
|[[1961 in sports|1961]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Roger|Maris}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Roger|Maris}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1962 in sports|1962]]
|[[1962 in sports|1962]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Maury|Wills}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Maury|Wills}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1963 in sports|1963]]
|[[1963 in sports|1963]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1964 in sports|1964]]
|[[1964 in sports|1964]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Jim|Brown}}||[[American football|Football]]
|{{sortname|Jim|Brown}}
|[[American football|Football]]
|-
|-
|[[1965 in sports|1965]]
|[[1965 in sports|1965]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}} <small>(2)</small>||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}} {{small|(2)}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1966 in sports|1966]]
|[[1966 in sports|1966]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Frank|Robinson}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Frank|Robinson}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1967 in sports|1967]]
|[[1967 in sports|1967]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Carl|Yastrzemski}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Carl|Yastrzemski}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1968 in sports|1968]]
|[[1968 in sports|1968]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Joe|Namath}}||[[American football|Football]]
|{{sortname|Joe|Namath}}
|[[American football|Football]]
|-
|-
|[[1969 in sports|1969]]
|[[1969 in sports|1969]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Tom|Seaver}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Tom|Seaver}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1970 in sports|1970]]
|[[1970 in sports|1970]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Brooks|Robinson}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Brooks|Robinson}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1971 in sports|1971]]
|[[1971 in sports|1971]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Lee|Trevino}}||[[Golf]]
|{{sortname|Lee|Trevino}}
|[[Golf]]
|-
|-
|[[1972 in sports|1972]]
|[[1972 in sports|1972]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Steve|Carlton}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Steve|Carlton}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1973 in sports|1973]]
|[[1973 in sports|1973]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|O. J.|Simpson}}||[[American football|Football]]
|{{sortname|O. J.|Simpson}}
|[[American football|Football]]
|-
|-
|[[1974 in sports|1974]]
|[[1974 in sports|1974]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Muhammad|Ali}}||[[Boxing]]
|{{sortname|Muhammad|Ali}}
|[[Boxing]]
|-
|-
|[[1975 in sports|1975]]
|[[1975 in sports|1975]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Pete|Rose}}||[[Baseball]]
|{{sortname|Pete|Rose}}
|[[Baseball]]
|-
|-
|[[1976 in sports|1976]]
|[[1976 in sports|1976]]||{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Ken|Stabler}}||[[American football|Football]]
|{{sortname|Ken|Stabler}}
|[[American football|Football]]
|}
|}


Revision as of 06:11, 8 November 2012

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 belts, hence the choice of a belt as a trophy.

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,[1] and its presentation was a major event in sporting news of the day.[2]

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 or New York. The last award was made in 1976.

In 2010, Tony Liccione, the president of the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame, announced plans to reinstate the Hickok Belt starting in 2012.[3] 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.[3] 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.[3]

Starting in 2012, the plan is for the belt to be awarded based on a vote by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.[4] 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.[4]

Winners

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax was the award's only two-time winner
Year Winner Sport
1950 United States Phil Rizzuto Baseball
1951 United States Allie Reynolds Baseball
1952 United States Rocky Marciano Boxing
1953 United States Ben Hogan Golf
1954 United States Willie Mays Baseball
1955 United States Otto Graham Football
1956 United States Mickey Mantle Baseball
1957 United States Carmen Basilio Boxing
1958 United States Bob Turley Baseball
1959 Sweden Ingemar Johansson Boxing
1960 United States Arnold Palmer Golf
1961 United States Roger Maris Baseball
1962 United States Maury Wills Baseball
1963 United States Sandy Koufax Baseball
1964 United States Jim Brown Football
1965 United States Sandy Koufax (2) Baseball
1966 United States Frank Robinson Baseball
1967 United States Carl Yastrzemski Baseball
1968 United States Joe Namath Football
1969 United States Tom Seaver Baseball
1970 United States Brooks Robinson Baseball
1971 United States Lee Trevino Golf
1972 United States Steve Carlton Baseball
1973 United States O. J. Simpson Football
1974 United States Muhammad Ali Boxing
1975 United States Pete Rose Baseball
1976 United States Ken Stabler Football

Revived belt

Year Winner Sport Monthly winners
2012 TBD  
  • Serena Williams

References

  1. ^ "Hickok Award to Yankee Star". The Windsor Daily Star. Associated Press. January 22, 1957. p. 18. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  2. ^ 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 14, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
  3. ^ 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 14, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
  4. ^ 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 September 19, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.

External reference

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