Lou Marsh Trophy
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The Lou Marsh Trophy is awarded annually by a panel of journalists in recognition of Canada's top athlete. Each year the vote takes place in December. The award is named after Lou Marsh, a well-known athlete, referee, and sports writer.
Wayne Gretzky has won the award a record four times.
The following is a list of winners since the award's establishment in 1936:
- 2006 - Cindy Klassen, speed skating
- 2005 - Steve Nash, basketball
- 2004 - Adam van Koeverden, Olympic kayaker
- 2003 - Mike Weir, golfer
- 2002 - Catriona Le May Doan, speed skating
- 2001 - Jamie Salé & David Pelletier, figure skating
- 2000 - Daniel Igali, wrestling
- 1999 - Caroline Brunet, kayaking
- 1998 - Larry Walker, baseball
- 1997 - Jacques Villeneuve, auto racing
- 1996 - Donovan Bailey, athletics
- 1995 - Jacques Villeneuve, auto racing
- 1994 - Myriam Bédard, biathlon
- 1993 - Mario Lemieux, hockey
- 1992 - Mark Tewksbury, swimming
- 1991 - Silken Laumann, rowing
- 1990 - Kurt Browning, figure skating
- 1989 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey
- 1988 - Carolyn Waldo, synchronized swimming
- 1987 - Ben Johnson, track and field
- 1986 - Ben Johnson, track and field
- 1985 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey
- 1984 - Gaétan Boucher, speed skating
- 1983 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey
- 1982 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey
- 1981 - Susan Nattrass, shooting
- 1980 - Terry Fox, Marathon of Hope
- 1979 - Sandra Post, golf
- 1978 - Graham Smith, swimming
- 1978 - Ken Read, skiing
- 1977 - Guy Lafleur, hockey
- 1976 - Sandy Hawley, horse racing
- 1975 - Bobby Clarke , hockey
- 1974 - Ferguson Jenkins, baseball
- 1973 - Sandy Hawley, horse racing
- 1972 - Phil Esposito, hockey
- 1971 - Hervé Filion, harness racing
- 1970 - Bobby Orr, hockey
- 1969 - Russ Jackson, football
- 1968 - Nancy Greene, skiing
- 1967 - Nancy Greene, skiing
- 1966 - Elaine Tanner, swimming
- 1965 - Petra Burka, figure skating
- 1964 - Roger Jackson & George Hungerford, rowing
- 1963 - Bill Crothers, track and field
- 1962 - Don Jackson, figure skating
- 1961 - Bruce Kidd, track and field
- 1960 - Ann Heggtveit, skiing
- 1959 - Barbara Wagner & Bob Paul figure skating
- 1958 - Lucille Wheeler, skiing
- 1957 - Maurice Richard, hockey
- 1956 - Marlene Streit, golf
- 1955 - Beth Whittall, swimming
- 1954 - Marilyn Bell, swimming
- 1953 - Doug Hepburn, weightlifting
- 1952 - George Genereux, shooting
- 1951 - Marlene Streit, golf
- 1950 - Bob McFarlane, football, track and field
- 1949 - Cliff Lumsden, swimming
- 1948 - Barbara Ann Scott, figure skating
- 1947 - Barbara Ann Scott, figure skating
- 1946 - Joe Krol, football
- 1945 - Barbara Ann Scott, figure skating
- 1941 - Theo Dubois, rowing
- 1940 - Gérard Côté, marathon
- 1939 - Bob Pirie, swimming
- 1938 - Bob Pearce, rowing
- 1937 - W. Marshall Cleland, equestrian sports
- 1936 - Phil Edwards, track and field
