================ NZ Sportsmen of the Year 1949-1984 ==================
The NZ Sportsmen of the Year award was founded in 1949 by Jack
Fairburn publisher of the now defunct 'NZ Sportsman.'
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Yr Firstname/Lastname Sport
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1949 Bert Sutcliffe Cricket - NZ vs England
1950 Yvette Williams 1950 Empire Games long jump Gold medallist
1951 Ron Jarden All Blacks vs Australia
1952 Yvette Willaims 1952 Olympic Games long jump Gold medallist
1953 Barry Brown British Empire welterweight boxing title
1954 Bob Charles NZ Open golf title
1955 John Reid Cricket - all-round achievement
1956 Norman Read 1956 Olympic Games 50km walk Gold medallist
1957 Phillipa Gould World backstroke swimming record
1958 Murray Halberg 1958 Empire Games 3 mile Gold medallist
1959 Don Clarke All Blacks vs British Lions
1960 Peter Snell 1960 Olympic Games 800m Gold medallist
1961-1962 not awarded
1963 Bob Charles won British Open (golf)
1964 Peter Snell 1964 Olympic Games 800-1500m double Gold
medallist
1965 Wilson Whineray All Black captaincy
1966 Roy Willaims 1966 Commonwealth Games decathlon Gold medallist
1967 Denis Hulme won World Formula One Racing Driver championship
1968 Mike Ryan 1968 Olympic Games marathon Bronze medallist
1969 Chris Bouzaid One Ton Cup skipper of Rainbow II
1970 Harry Kent 1970 Commonwealth Games 1000m time trial cycling
Gold Medallist
1971 NZ Rowing Eight won European Championship
1972 NZ Rowing Eight 1972 Olympic Games eights Gold medallists
1973 Glenn Turner First cricketer to score 1000 runs in 35 years
in England before end of May.
1974 Richard Tayler 1974 Commonwealth Games 10 000m Gold medallist
1975 John Walker Broke world mile record in Gothenburg, Sweden
1976 John Walker 1976 Montreal Olympic Games 1500m Gold medallist
1977 Ivan Mauger won World Speedway final, equalling fifth record
1978 Gary Hurring 1978 Commonwealth Games 200m backstroke Gold
medallist, second in world titles
1979 Ivan Mauger won World Championship, led NZ to World Team
championship.
1980 Richard Hadlee Cricket - NZ vs West Indies
1981 Allison Roe won Boston Marathon (womens section)
1982 NZ Rowing Eight World Title holders
1983 Chris Lewis reached final of Wimbledon singles
1984 Ian Ferguson 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 3x Gold Medallist
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