Lionel Conacher Award
List of winners

Lionel Conacher Award

Section Title: List of winners
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Year	Winner	Sport	Win #	Achievement

1932	Ross Somerville	Golf	1	First Canadian winner of the United States Amateur Championship

1933	Dave Komonen	Track and field	1	Canadian and American champion, second place in the Boston Marathon

1934	Harold Webster	Track and field	1	Winner of the marathon at the 1934 British Empire Games

1935	Scotty Rankine	Track and field	1	Winner of marathon in Berwick, Pennsylvania despite suffering from hernia

1936	Phil Edwards	Track and field	1	Bronze medal winner in 800 metre race at the 1936 Summer Olympics

1937	Syl Apps	Hockey	1	National Hockey League rookie of the year

1938	Bummer Stirling	Football	1	Top-scorer in Eastern Canada

1939	Fritz Hanson	Football	1	Led the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to championship in the 27th Grey Cup

1940	Gérard Côté	Track and field	1	Winner of the Boston Marathon and United States Amateur Athletic Union title

1941	Tony Golab	Football	1	Led Ottawa Rough Riders to appearance in the 29th Grey Cup game

1942	No award (Second World War)

1943	No award (Second World War)

1944	No award (Second World War)

1945	No award (Second World War)

1946	Joe Krol	Football	1	Led Toronto Argonauts to championship in the 34th Grey Cup

1947	Joe Krol	Football	2	Led Toronto Argonauts to third consecutive Grey Cup championship

1948	Buddy O'Connor	Hockey	1	First player to be named both most valuable and most sportsmanlike player in National Hockey League history

1949	Frank Filchock	Football	1	Led Montreal Alouettes to championship in the 37th Grey Cup

1950	Lionel Conacher Athlete of the half-century	Multiple	—	Also football player of half-century; Member of Grey Cup, Stanley Cup, and Little World Series championship teams, Canadian light-heavyweight boxing champion

1951	No award

1952	Maurice Richard	Hockey	1	Broke Nels Stewart's National Hockey League record of 344 goals

1953	Doug Hepburn	Weightlifting	1	Canadian, British Empire and World champion at 90+ kg

1954	Rich Ferguson	Track and field	1	Bronze medal winner and Canadian record breaker in the "Miracle Mile" race at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

1955	Normie Kwong	Football	1	Broke four Western Interprovincial Football Union records during season

1956	Jean Béliveau	Hockey	1	Led Montreal Canadiens to Stanley Cup championship

1957	Maurice Richard	Hockey	2	Scored 500th career National Hockey League goal

1958	Maurice Richard	Hockey	3	Returned from severe achilles injury to lead Montreal Canadiens to Stanley Cup championship

1959	Russ Jackson	Football	1	Starting quarterback for the Ottawa Rough Riders

1960	Ron Stewart	Football	1	Set Canadian football record with 287 rushing yards in one game

1961	Bruce Kidd	Track and field	1	Broke numerous Canadian and American track records

1962	Bruce Kidd	Track and field	2	Won gold and bronze medals at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

1963	Gordie Howe	Hockey	1	Broke Maurice Richard's National Hockey League record of 544 career goals

1964	Bill Crothers	Track and field	1	Silver medalist in 800 metre race at 1964 Summer Olympics

1965	Bobby Hull	Hockey	1	Voted most valuable and most gentlemanly player in the National Hockey League

1966	Bobby Hull	Hockey	2	Set National Hockey League records with 54 goals and 97 points in one season

1967	Ferguson Jenkins	Baseball	1	First Canadian pitcher to win 20 Major League Baseball games in 50 years

1968	Ferguson Jenkins	Baseball	2	Second consecutive 20-win season

1969	Russ Jackson	Football	2	Canadian Football League's most outstanding player and Canadian, led the Ottawa Rough Riders to championship in the 57th Grey Cup

1970	Bobby Orr	Hockey	1	National Hockey League's most valuable player in both the regular season and playoffs, top defenceman and scoring leader

1971	Ferguson Jenkins	Baseball	3	First Canadian winner of Major League Baseball's Cy Young Award

1972	Phil Esposito	Hockey	1	National Hockey League scoring champion and led Team Canada to victory over the Soviet Union in the Summit Series

1973	Phil Esposito	Hockey	2	Noted leader and goal scorer in the National Hockey League

1974	Ferguson Jenkins	Baseball	4	Seventh 20-win season in eight years, also named comeback player of the year

1975	Bobby Clarke	Hockey	1	National Hockey League's most valuable player and led Philadelphia Flyers to Stanley Cup championship

1976	Greg Joy	Track and field	1	Silver medalist in the high-jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1977	Guy Lafleur	Hockey	1	National Hockey League scoring leader and led Montreal Canadiens to Stanley Cup championship

1978	Graham Smith	Swimming	1	Won six gold medals at 1978 Commonwealth Games and won gold medal with world record performance at the world championship

1979	Gilles Villeneuve	Auto racing	1	Won three Formula One races and finished second in driver's championship

1980	Wayne Gretzky	Hockey	1	Named most valuable and most gentlemanly player in the National Hockey League

1981	Wayne Gretzky	Hockey	2	Set National Hockey League scoring records of 109 assists and 164 points in one season

1982	Wayne Gretzky	Hockey	3	Set National Hockey League scoring records of 92 goals, 120 assists, 212 points and fastest to 50 goals in league history

1983	Wayne Gretzky	Hockey	4	National Hockey League scoring leader

1984	Alex Baumann	Swimming	1	Double gold medalist and set two world records at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1985	Wayne Gretzky	Hockey	5	Led Edmonton Oilers to Stanley Cup championship

1986	Ben Johnson	Track and field	1	Double gold medalist at the 1986 Commonwealth Games and named "fastest man in the world"

1987	Ben Johnson	Track and field	2	Set world record in the 100 metre race at 1987 IAAF World Championships

1988	Mario Lemieux	Hockey	1	National Hockey League most valuable player and scoring leader

1989	Wayne Gretzky	Hockey	6	Broke Gordie Howe's National Hockey League record of 1850 career points

1990	Kurt Browning	Figure skating	1	Canadian and world champion

1991	Kurt Browning	Figure skating	2	Canadian and world champion

1992	Mark Tewksbury	Swimming	1	Gold and bronze medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1993	Mario Lemieux	Hockey	2	Overcame Hodgkin's lymphoma to win National Hockey League scoring title

1994	Elvis Stojko	Figure skating	1	World Champion and silver medalist at the 1994 Winter Olympics

1995	Jacques Villeneuve	Auto racing	1	First Canadian to win the Indianapolis 500

1996	Donovan Bailey	Track and field	1	Double gold medalist and set 100 metre world record at 1996 Summer Olympics

1997	Jacques Villeneuve	Auto racing	2	Formula One World Champion

1998	Larry Walker	Baseball	1	National League batting champion

1999	Wayne Gretzky Athlete of the Century	Hockey	—	National Hockey League's all-time leader in goals, assists and points, four time Stanley Cup champion, named most valuable player nine times, league scoring leader ten times

2000	Mike Weir	Golf	1	Winner of a World Golf Championships event

2001	Mike Weir	Golf	2	Winner of the PGA Tour Championship

2002	Steve Nash	Basketball	1	National Basketball Association All-Star and named to All-NBA Team

2003	Mike Weir	Golf	3	Winner of the Masters Tournament

2004	Kyle Shewfelt	Gymnastics	1	Gold medal winner at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2005	Steve Nash	Basketball	2	First Canadian to be named the National Basketball Association's most valuable player

2006	Steve Nash	Basketball	3	Second consecutive National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award

2007	Sidney Crosby	Hockey	1	National Hockey League's most valuable player

2008	Justin Morneau	Baseball	1	Second place in voting for American League Most Valuable Player Award

2009	Sidney Crosby	Hockey	2	Led the Pittsburgh Penguins to Stanley Cup championship

2010	Sidney Crosby	Hockey	3	Scored gold medal-winning goal at the 2010 Winter Olympics

2011	Patrick Chan	Figure skating	1	Finished 2011 undefeated in competition. He was the 2011 World Champion (setting three scoring records), Canadian Champion and he won an additional three ISU Grand Prix events.

2012	Ryder Hesjedal	Cycling	1	Became the first Canadian to win a Grand Tour when he won the Giro d'Italia

2013	Milos Raonic	Tennis	1	Became the first Canadian to reach the ATP's Top 10, help Canada Davis Cup team to reach first semifinal after 100 years, won two events and made the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

2014	Milos Raonic	Tennis	2	At Wimbledon 2014 he made it to the final four; first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam semifinal.

2015	Carey Price	Hockey	1	Multiple NHL awards.

2016	Andre De Grasse	Track and field	1	Won three medals at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

2017	Denis Shapovalov	Tennis	1	Reached the semifinals at the Rogers Cup, Montreal’s Masters 1000 event, and got to the fourth round of the US open.

2018	Mikael Kingsbury	Freestyle skiing	1	Gold medal in 2018 Olympics, Men's Mogul.

Sentence(s)

Football player Joe Krol became the first repeat winner following the war and earned Lionel Conacher Award in both 1946 and 1947.

final_sentence: Football player Joe Krol became the first repeat winner following the war and earned Lionel Conacher Award in both 1946 and 1947.