CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award

The Most Outstanding Player Award is annually awarded to the best player in the Canadian Football League. The Most Outstanding Player award can be compared to the National Football League's Most Valuable Player, otherwise known as the "MVP" award. This is the final award given during the CFL Awards banquet, which takes place the week before Grey Cup weekend in the same city where it is hosted. The two nominees for the award are the Terry Evanshen Trophy winner from the East Division, and the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy winner from the West Division. The winner of the award is chosen by the Football Reporters of Canada.[1]

The award was created in 1953 as the Schenley Award, named after Schenley Distillers Corporation, to honour the most outstanding player in Canadian Rugby Union, the fore-runner of the CFL. New categories were added over the years: Most Outstanding Canadian (1954), Most Outstanding Defensive Player (1955), Most Outstanding Rookie (1972), and Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman (1974). Schenley left the sponsorship of the award in 1988 but it is often still casually referred to as such.[1]

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CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award winners

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Runner Up

Note: Prior to 1973 the runner up for this award was not the Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy or Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy winners. Finalists were first announced in 1957.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Wons, Peter. "Schenley Awards". The Canadian Encyclopedia. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007198. 
Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Player Award

1953: Billy Vessels • 1954: Sam Etcheverry • 1955: Pat Abbruzzi • 1956: Hal Patterson • 1957: Jackie Parker • 1958: Jackie Parker (2×) • 1959: Johnny Bright • 1960: Jackie Parker (3×) • 1961: Bernie Faloney • 1962: George Dixon • 1963: Russ Jackson • 1964: Lovell Coleman • 1965: George Reed • 1966: Russ Jackson (2×) • 1967: Pete Liske • 1968: Bill Symons • 1969: Russ Jackson (3×) • 1970: Ron Lancaster • 1971: Don Jonas • 1972: Garney Henley • 1973: George McGowan • 1974: Tom Wilkinson • 1975: Willie Burden • 1976: Ron Lancaster (2×) • 1977: Jimmy Edwards • 1978: Tony Gabriel • 1979: David Green • 1980: Dieter Brock • 1981: Dieter Brock (2×) • 1982: Condredge Holloway • 1983: Warren Moon • 1984: Willard Reaves • 1985: Mervyn Fernandez • 1986: James Murphy • 1987: Tom Clements • 1988: David Wiliams • 1989: Tracy Ham • 1990: Mike Clemons • 1991: Doug Flutie • 1992: Doug Flutie (2×) • 1993: Doug Flutie (3×) • 1994: Doug Flutie (4×) • 1995: Mike Pringle • 1996: Doug Flutie (5×) • 1997: Doug Flutie (6×) • 1998: Mike Pringle (2×) • 1999: Danny McManus • 2000: Dave Dickenson • 2001: Khari Jones • 2002: Milt Stegall • 2003: Anthony Calvillo • 2004: Casey Printers • 2005: Damon Allen • 2006: Geroy Simon • 2007: Kerry Joseph • 2008: Anthony Calvillo (2×) • 2009: Anthony Calvillo (3×) • 2010: Henry Burris • 2011: Travis Lulay
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