World Trophy for Australasia
The World Trophy, originally known as the Helms Award, was an annual sporting award established by the Helms Athletic Foundation in 1939 to honour the foremost amateur athlete of each continent of the world, including Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, and South America.[1] Even though the Foundation was established in 1936, the awards date back to the 1896, the year of the first Summer Olympics. Australasian awards for 1896 to 1949 were decided by a Committee in Australasia established by the Foundation. Members of the Committee were Sir Frank Beaurepaire (Chairman), and Messrs. Harold G. Alderson, Hugh R. Weir, Jack Metcalfe, Frank H. Pizzey, Hector de Lacy, Ern Cowley and R.J. McPherson (Secretary). [2][3] After the initial Committee selection, amateur athletes were nominated by their own countries for consideration by the Foundation. Winners were presented with a silver plaque and had their names added to the World Trophy that was located at the Helms Foundation and subsequently the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles (now known as the LA84 Foundation).[4] Winners can only win the award once.[4]
Winners
| Year | Athlete | Sport | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Edwin Flack | Athletics | Australia |
| 1897 | A.B. Sloan | Rowing | Australia |
| 1898 | Victor Trumper | Cricket | Australia |
| 1899 | Stan Rowley | Athletics | Australia |
| 1900 | Frederick Lane | Swimming | Australia |
| 1901 | George A. Moir | Athletics | Australia |
| 1902 | James Donald | Rowing | Australia |
| 1903 | Richmond 'Dick' Cavill | Swimming | Australia |
| 1904 | Herbert Hunter | Athletics | Australia |
| 1905 | Barney Kiernan | Swimming | Australia |
| 1906 | Nigel Barker | Athletics | Australia |
| 1907 | Norman Brookes | Tennis | Australia |
| 1908 | Snowy Baker | Multiple sports | Australia |
| 1909 | Tony Wilding | Tennis | New Zealand |
| 1910 | Frank Beaurepaire | Swimming | Australia |
| 1911 | Harold Hardwick | Swimming | Australia |
| 1912 | Cecil Healy | Swimming | Australia |
| 1913 | Cecil McVilly | Rowing | Australia |
| 1914 | Bill Longworth | Swimming | Australia |
| 1915 | Fanny Durack | Swimming | Australia |
| 1916–18 | No awards | ||
| 1919 | Harold Disher | Rowing | Australia |
| 1920 | Ivo Whitton[5] | Golf | Australia |
| 1921 | Edwin 'Slip' Carr | Athletics | Australia |
| 1922 | Gerald Patterson | Tennis | Australia |
| 1923 | Nick Winter | Athletics | Australia |
| 1924 | Andrew Charlton | Swimming | Australia |
| 1925 | Victor Richardson | Multiple sports | Australia |
| 1926 | Randolph Rose | Athletics | New Zealand |
| 1927 | Stanley Lay | Athletics | New Zealand |
| 1928 | Bobby Pearce | Rowing | Australia |
| 1929 | Jim Carlton | Athletics | Australia |
| 1930 | Don Bradman | Cricket | Australia |
| 1931 | Noel Ryan | Swimming | Australia |
| 1932 | Edgar 'Dunc' Gray | Cycling | Australia |
| 1933 | Jack Crawford | Tennis | Australia |
| 1934 | Jack Metcalfe | Athletics | Australia |
| 1935 | Cecil Matthews | Athletics | New Zealand |
| 1936 | Jack Lovelock | Athletics | New Zealand |
| 1937 | Robin Biddulph | Swimming | Australia |
| 1938 | Jim Ferrier | Golf | Australia |
| 1939 | Dr David 'Brian' Dunn | Athletics | Australia |
| 1940–44 | No awards | ||
| 1945 | Doug Harris | Athletics | New Zealand |
| 1946 | John Treloar | Athletics | Australia |
| 1947 | John Winter | Athletics | Australia |
| 1948 | Merv Wood | Rowing | Australia |
| 1949 | Sid Patterson[6] | Cycling | Australia |
| 1950 | John Marshall | Swimming | Australia |
| 1951 | Frank Sedgman | Tennis | Australia |
| 1952 | Marjorie Jackson | Athletics | Australia |
| 1953 | John Landy | Athletics | Australia |
| 1954 | Jon Henricks | Swimming | Australia |
| 1955 | Shirley Strickland[7] | Athletics | Australia |
| 1956 | Lorraine Crapp | Swimming | Australia |
| 1957 | Stuart Mackenzie | Rowing | Australia |
| 1958 | Herb Elliott[7] | Athletics | Australia |
| 1959 | John Konrads | Swimming | Australia |
| 1960 | Peter Snell | Athletics | New Zealand |
| 1961 | Dawn Fraser[8] | Swimming | Australia |
| 1962 | Murray Rose | Swimming | Australia |
| 1963 | Tony Sneazwell | Athletics | Australia |
| 1964 | Betty Cuthbert[9] | Athletics | Australia |
| 1965 | Ron Clarke | Athletics | Australia |
| 1966 | Fred Stolle | Tennis | Australia |
| 1967 | Judy Pollock | Athletics | Australia |
| 1968 | Michael Wenden | Swimming | Australia |
| 1969 | Pam Kilborn | Athletics | Australia |
| 1970 | Kerry O'Brien | Athletics | Australia |
| 1971 | Shane Gould[10] | Swimming | Australia |
| 1972 | Gail Neall | Swimming | Australia |
| 1973 | Stephen Holland | Swimming | Australia |
| 1974 | Jenny Turrall | Swimming | Australia |
| 1975 | John Walker | Athletics | New Zealand |
| 1976 | Dick Quax | Athletics | New Zealand |
| 1977 | Eddie Palubinskas | Basketball | Australia |
| 1978 | Tracey Wickham | Swimming | Australia |
| 1979 | Rod Dixon | Athletics | New Zealand |
| 1980 | Michelle Ford | Swimming | Australia |
| 1981 | Allison Roe | Athletics | New Zealand |
| 1982 | Anne Audain | Athletics | New Zealand |
| 1983 | Robert de Castella | Athletics | Australia |
| 1984 | Jon Sieben | Swimming | Australia |
| 1985 | Glynis Nunn | Athletics | Australia |
| 1986 | Suzanne Landells | Swimming | Australia |
| 1987 | Debbie Flintoff-King | Athletics | Australia |
| 1988 | Duncan Armstrong | Swimming | Australia |
| 1989 | Kerry Saxby | Athletics | Australia |
| 1990 | Hayley Lewis | Swimming | Australia |
| 1991 | Kieren Perkins | Swimming | Australia |
| 1992 | James Tomkins | Rowing | Australia |
| 1993 | Danyon Loader | Swimming | New Zealand |
| 1994 | Samantha Riley | Swimming | Australia |
| 1995 | Russell Coutts | Yachting | New Zealand |
| 1996 | Susan O'Neill | Swimming | Australia |
| 1997 | Beatrice Faumuina | Athletics | New Zealand |
| 1998 | Michael Klim | Swimming | Australia |
| 1999 | Ian Thorpe | Swimming | Australia |
| 2000 | Cathy Freeman | Athletics | Australia |
See also
- Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees
- Sport in Australia
- Australian Sport Awards
- Australian Institute of Sport Awards
- ABC Sports Award of the Year
References
- ^ "Helms Athletic Foundation" (PDF). Bulletin du Comite International Olympique (25): 26–28. 1951.
- ^ a b "World of Sport". Adelaide Advertiser. 25 August 1950. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ de Lacy, H.A. (9 January 1952). "HELMS AWARD – Sedgman was clear winner". Sporting Globe. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ a b c Pollard, Jack (1973). Ampol's sporting records. Sydney: Jack Pollard Pty Ltd.
- ^ Whitton, Ivo Harrington (1893–1967) Biographical Entry – Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
- ^ Australian cyclists
- ^ a b Western Australian Sports Federation
- ^ Fraser, Dawn – Australian Women Biographical entry
- ^ 1996 Cuthbert Ten Dollars
- ^ http://www.ausport.gov.au/tours/sportex/teachers%20notes.pdf
- ^ Ampol Australian Sporting Records (8th rev. ed.). Sydney: Bantam. 1988.