Ulster Footballer of the Year
Winners

Ulster Footballer of the Year

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: None

Year	Player	Club	Notes

1950-51	Northern Ireland	Kevin McGarry	Cliftonville

1951-52	Scotland	Eric Treverrow	Ballymena United

1952-53	Northern Ireland	Sammy Hughes	Glentoran

1953-54	Scotland	Jimmy Delaney	Derry City

1954-55	Northern Ireland	Maurice McVeigh	Glenavon

1955-56	Northern Ireland	Dick Keith	Linfield

1956-57	Northern Ireland	Wilbur Cush	Glenavon

1957-58	England	Jackie Milburn	Linfield

1958-59	Northern Ireland	Clancy McDermott	Coleraine

1959-60	Northern Ireland	Billy Neill	Glentoran

1960-61	Northern Ireland	Albert Campbell	Crusaders

1961-62	Northern Ireland	Tommy Dickson	Linfield

1962-63	Northern Ireland	Roy Rea	Glentoran

1963-64	Northern Ireland	Trevor Thompson	Glentoran

1964-65	Scotland	Dougie Wood	Derry City

1965-66	Scotland	Tommy Leishman	Linfield

1966-67	Northern Ireland	Walter Bruce	Glentoran

1967-68	Northern Ireland	Sammy Hatton	Linfield

1968-69	Northern Ireland	Billy McAvoy	Ards

1969-70	Northern Ireland	Billy Humphries	Ards

1970-71	Northern Ireland	Bryan Hamilton	Linfield

1971-72	Northern Ireland	Billy Humphries	Ards

1972-73	Northern Ireland	Sammy Lunn	Portadown

1973-74	Northern Ireland	Arthur Stewart	Ballymena United

1974-75	Northern Ireland	Eric Bowyer	Linfield

1975-76	Northern Ireland	Warren Feeney	Glentoran

1976-77	Northern Ireland	Peter Rafferty	Linfield

1977-78	Northern Ireland	Jim Martin	Linfield

1978-79	Northern Ireland	Roy Walsh	Glentoran

1979-80	Northern Ireland	Lindsay McKeown	Linfield

1980-81	Northern Ireland	George Dunlop	Linfield

1981-82	Northern Ireland	Felix Healy	Coleraine

1982-83	Northern Ireland	Jim Cleary	Glentoran

1983-84	Northern Ireland	Bobby Carlisle	Cliftonville

1984-85	Northern Ireland	Martin McGaughey	Linfield

1985-86	Northern Ireland	Pat McCoy	Crusaders

1986-87	Northern Ireland	Raymond McCoy	Coleraine

1987-88	Northern Ireland	Alan Patterson	Glentoran

1988-89	Northern Ireland	Lindsay McKeown	Linfield

1989-90	Republic of Ireland	Ollie Ralph	Newry Town

1990-91	Northern Ireland	Stephen McBride	Glenavon

1991-92	Northern Ireland	Raymond Morrison	Glentoran

1992-93	Scotland	Stevie Cowan	Portadown

1993-94	Northern Ireland	Noel Bailie	Linfield

1994-95	Scotland	Kevin McKeown	Crusaders

1995-96	Northern Ireland	Peter Kennedy	Portadown

1996-97	Northern Ireland	Stephen Baxter	Crusaders

1997-98	Northern Ireland	Marty Tabb	Cliftonville

1998-99	Northern Ireland	John Devine	Glentoran

1999–2000	Republic of Ireland	Vinny Arkins	Portadown

2000-01	Northern Ireland	Glenn Ferguson	Linfield

2001-02	Northern Ireland	Mickey Keenan	Portadown

2002-03	Northern Ireland	Gary Smyth	Glentoran

2003-04	Northern Ireland	Glenn Ferguson	Linfield

2004-05	Northern Ireland	Paul Leeman	Glentoran

2005-06	Northern Ireland	Glenn Ferguson	Linfield

2006-07	Northern Ireland	William Murphy	Linfield

2007-08	Northern Ireland	Alan Mannus	Linfield

2008-09	Northern Ireland	Chris Scannell	Cliftonville

2009-10	Northern Ireland	Rory Patterson	Coleraine

2010-11	Northern Ireland	Alan Blayney	Linfield

2011-12	Scotland	Gary McCutcheon	Ballymena United

2012-13	Northern Ireland	Liam Boyce	Cliftonville

2013-14	Northern Ireland	Joe Gormley	Cliftonville

2014-15	Northern Ireland	Paul Heatley	Crusaders

2015-16	Northern Ireland	Billy Joe Burns	Crusaders

2016-17	Northern Ireland	Jamie Mulgrew	Linfield

2017-18	Northern Ireland	Gavin Whyte	Crusaders

Sentence(s)

In the 1950-51 season, the inaugural winner was Kevin McGarry of Cliftonville.

final_sentence: In the 1950-51 season, the inaugural winner was Kevin McGarry of Cliftonville.