Since its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the "Sportsman of the Year" award to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement." Both Americans and non-Americans are eligible, though in the past the vast majority of winners have been from the United States. Both men and women have won the award, it being renamed as "Sportswoman" or "Sportswomen," such...
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Also known as:
- Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year,
- Sports Illustrated Sportsmen and Sportswomen of the Year,
- Sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year,
- Sports Illustrated Sportswomen of the Year,
- Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year
