Velma Springstead Trophy

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The Velma Springstead Trophy is an award presented annually to Canada's outstanding female athlete. It is named in honour of track athlete Velma Springstead whose career ended prematurely when she died from pneumonia in 1927 when only 20 years old. The Women's Amateur Athletic Federation of Canada founded this award in 1934. The trophy, also known as the "Rose Bowl," was donated by Alexandrine Gibb, sportswriter with the Toronto Star. The award is now managed by the True Sport Foundation.

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  • 1971 -
  • 1970 -
  • 1969 -
  • 1968 -
  • 1967 -
  • 1966 - Elaine Tanner, swimming
  • 1965 - Petra Burka, figure skating
  • 1964 -
  • 1963 - Nancy McCredie, track and field
  • 1962 - Mary Stewart, swimming
  • 1961 - Mary Stewart, swimming
  • 1960 - Anne Heggtveit, skiing
  • 1959 - Anne Heggtveit, skiing
  • 1958 - Lucille Wheeler, skiing
  • 1957 -
  • 1956 -
  • 1955 -
  • 1954 -
  • 1953 -
  • 1952 -
  • 1951 -
  • 1950 -
  • 1949 -
  • 1948 - Viola Myers, track and field
  • 1947 -
  • 1946 -
  • 1945 -
  • 1944 - Rhona Wurtele and Rhoda Wurtele, skiing
  • 1943 - Joan Langdon, swimming
  • 1942 -
  • 1941 - Mary Rose Thacker, figure skating
  • 1940 - Dorothy Walton, badminton
  • 1939 - Jeanette Dolson, track and field
  • 1938 - Noel MacDonald, basketball
  • 1937 - Robina Higgins, track and field
  • 1936 - Betty Taylor, track and field
  • 1935 - Aileen Meagher, track and field
  • 1934 - Phyllis Dewar, swimming


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