Greek Amphora used as a Model for the Sports Illustrated Sportman of the Year Award
date: label: date made
content: ca 510 B.C.
label: associated date
content: 510
name: label: associated institution
content: Sports Illustrated
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Large, two-handled Greek amphora from 510 BC with images of athletes, discus and javelin throwers, runner and a trainer. This amphora was acquired by Clare Booth Luce in Italy while she was ambassador there some time before 1954 when Sports Illustrated began awarding the replicas. The idea of giving these came from the tradition of giving oil filled amphorae to winning athletes in B.C. Greece. This amphora was displayed at the Headquarters of Sports Illustrated Magazine from 1954-1979 and was used as the model for the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year trophy. According to Sports Illustrated this is "awarded annually by the editors of Sports Illustrated according to the ancient Greek concept of 'arete': a unity of virtues of mind and body to which the complete man of every age must aspire. The Sportsman of the Year is honored not for his victory alone, "but for the quality of his effort and the manner of his striving. Whether it was over a period or only an hour or an instant, his performance was such that his fellowmen could not fail to recognize it as a revelation of pure excellence..."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Greece
label: associated place
content: Greece
topic: label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Sports Illustrated
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0696.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0696
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0696.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Amphora
label: Object Name
content: amphora, summer olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: clay (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pigments (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 10 in x 10 in; 45.72 cm x 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm