James E. Sullivan Award
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The James E. Sullivan Award is awarded annually by the Amateur Athletic Union to the top amateur athlete in the United States . It was first awarded in 1930 .
Past winners
1930 - Bobby Jones , golf
1931 - Bernard Berlinger , decathlon
1932 - James A. Bausch , decathlon
1933 - Glenn Cunningham
1934 - William Bonthron , running - middle distance
1935 - W. Larson Little, Jr. , golf
1936 - Glenn Morris , decathlon
1937 - Don Budge , tennis
1938 - Donald R. Lash , running - long distance
1939 - Joseph W. Burk , rowing
1940 - J. Gregory Rice , track & field
1941 - T. Leslie MacMitchell , track & field
1942 - Cornelius Warmerdam , pole vault
1943 - Gilbert R. Dodds , running - middle distance
1944 - Ann Curtis , swimming
1945 - Felix "Doc" Blanchard , football
1946 - Y. Arnold Tucker , football
1947 - John B. Kelly, Jr. , rowing
1948 - Bob Mathias , decathlon
1949 - Dick Button , figure skating
1950 - Fred Wilt , running - long distance
1951 - Robert Richard , pole vault, decathlon
1952 - Horace Ashenfelter , running - long distance
1953 - Sammy Lee , diving
1954 - Marvin G. Whitfield , running - middle distance
1955 - Harrison Dillard , running - sprinting
1956 - Patricia McCormick , diving
1957 - Bobby Joe Morrow , running - sprinting
1958 - Glenn Davis , running - sprinting
1959 - W. Parry O'Brien , shot put, discus
1960 - Rafer Johnson , decathlon
1961 - Wilma Rudolph , running - sprinting
1962 - James T. Beatty , track & field
1963 - John Pennel , pole vault
1964 - Don Schollander , swimming
1965 - Bill Bradley , basketball
1966 - Jim Ryun , running - middle distance
1967 - Randy Matson , shot put, discus
1968 - Deborah Meyer , swimming
1969 - Bill Toomey , decathlon
1970 - John Kinsella , swimming
1971 - Mark Spitz , swimming
1972 - Frank Shorter , running - long distance
1973 - Bill Walton , basketball
1974 - Richard Wohlhuter , running - middle distance
1975 - Tim Shaw , swimming, water polo
1976 - Bruce Jenner , decathlon
1977 - John Naber , swimming
1978 - Tracy Caulkins , swimming
1979 - Kurt Thomas , gymnastics
1980 - Eric Heiden , speed skating
1981 - Carl Lewis , long jump, running - sprinting
1982 - Mary Decker , running - middle distance, long distance
1983 - Edwin Moses , running - sprinting
1984 - Greg Louganis , diving
1985 - Joan Benoit , running - lond distance
1986 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee , heptathlon
1987 - Jim Abbott , baseball
1988 - Florence Griffith Joyner , running - sprinting
1989 - Janet Evans , swimming
1990 - John Smith , wrestling
1991 - Mike Powell , long jump
1992 - Bonnie Blair , speed skating
1993 - Charlie Ward , basketball, football
1994 - Dan Jansen , speed skating
1995 - Bruce Gaumgartner , wrestling
1996 - Michael Johnson , running - sprinting
1997 - Peyton Manning , football
1998 - Chamique Holdsclaw , basketball
1999 - Coco and Kelly Miller , basketball
2000 - Rulon Gardner , wrestling
2001 - Michelle Kwan , figure skating
2002 - Sarah Hughes , figure skating
2003 - Michael Phelps , swimming
2004 - Paul Hamm , gymnastics
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