Lou Marsh Trophy

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Hockey player Wayne Gretzky has won the Lou Marsh Trophy four times, more than any other athlete.

The Lou Marsh Trophy, also known as the Lou Marsh Memorial Trophy[1] and Lou Marsh Award,[2][3] is a trophy that is awarded annually to Canada's top athlete, professional or amateur. It is awarded by a panel of journalists, with the vote taking place in December. It was first awarded in 1936. It is named in honour of Lou Marsh, a prominent Canadian athlete, referee, and former sports editor of the Toronto Star. Marsh died in 1936 and the trophy was named in his honour. The trophy is made of black marble and stands around 75 centimetres high. The words "With Pick and Shovel" appear above the engraved names of the winners.[2] The voting panel consists of sports media voters from across the country[4] including representatives from the Toronto Star, The Canadian Press, FAN590, The Globe and Mail, CBC, Rogers Sportsnet, CTV/TSN, La Presse and the National Post.[5]

The Trophy has been awarded 79 times and won by 62 individual athletes and three pairs; in the voting for the 2018 Lou Marsh Trophy, it was decided that in the future pairs should not be eligible for the trophy, thereby disqualifying Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir from consideration.[6] Wayne Gretzky has won the trophy four times, more than any other athlete, while Barbara Ann Scott has won the trophy three times, more than any other woman. It was not awarded from 1942 to 1944 due to World War II.

There were ties between different athletes in 1978 and 2020 with soccer player Alphonso Davies & American football player Laurent Duvernay-Tardif as the most recent co-winners.[7] In 1982, Rick Hansen was the auxiliary award of special merit winner (he won nine goal medals at he Pan-American Wheelchair Games) alongside first-time winner Wayne Gretzky, "who was the unanimous choice of the selection committee".[8]

Winners

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Kurt Browning, 1990 winner
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Donovan Bailey, 1996 winner
Jacques Villeneuve, 1995 and 1997 winner
Jamie Salé and David Pelletier, 2001 winners
Mike Weir, 2003 winner
Adam van Koeverden, 2004 winner
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Steve Nash, 2005 winner
Sidney Crosby, 2007 and 2009 winner
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Joey Votto, 2010 and 2017 winner
Key
Year Winner Sport Win #
1936 Phil Edwards * Track and field 1
1937 Marshal Cleland Equestrian 1
1938 Bobby Pearce Rowing 1
1939 Bob Pirie Swimming 1
1940 Gérard Côté * Marathon 1
1941 Theo Dubois Rowing 1
1942 None
1943
1944
1945 Barbara Ann Scott Figure skating 1
1946 Joe Krol * Canadian football 1
1947 Barbara Ann Scott ^ Figure skating 2
1948 Barbara Ann Scott ^ Figure skating 3
1949 Cliff Lumsdon Swimming 1
1950 Bob McFarlane Canadian football & track and field 1
1951 Marlene Streit Golf 1
1952 George Genereux Shooting 1
1953 Doug Hepburn * Weightlifting 1
1954 Marilyn Bell ^ Swimming 1
1955 Beth Whittall Swimming 1
1956 Marlene Streit ^ Golf 2
1957 Maurice Richard * Ice hockey 1
1958 Lucile Wheeler ^ Alpine skiing 1
1959 Barbara Wagner & Bob Paul Figure skating 1
1960 Anne Heggtveit ^ Alpine skiing 1
1961 Bruce Kidd * Track and field 1
1962 Donald Jackson Figure skating 1
1963 Bill Crothers Track and field 1
1964 Roger Jackson & George Hungerford Rowing 1
1965 Petra Burka ^ Figure skating 1
1966 Elaine Tanner ^ Swimming 1
1967 Nancy Greene ^ Alpine skiing 1
1968 Nancy Greene ^ Alpine skiing 2
1969 Russ Jackson * Canadian football 1
1970 Bobby Orr * Ice hockey 1
1971 Hervé Filion Harness racing 1
1972 Phil Esposito * Ice hockey 1
1973 Sandy Hawley Horse racing 1
1974 Ferguson Jenkins * Baseball 1
1975 Bobby Clarke * Ice hockey 1
1976 Sandy Hawley Horse racing 2
1977 Guy Lafleur * Ice hockey 1
1978 Graham Smith Swimming 1
Ken Read * Alpine skiing
1979 Sandra Post ^ Golf 1
1980 Terry Fox[9] Marathon of Hope 1
1981 Susan Nattrass Shooting 1
1982 Wayne Gretzky * Ice hockey 1
Rick Hansen[8] Wheelchair racing
1983 Wayne Gretzky *[10] Ice hockey 2
1984 Gaétan Boucher Speed skating 1
1985 Wayne Gretzky * Ice hockey 3
1986 Ben Johnson * Track and field 1
1987 Ben Johnson * Track and field 2
1988 Carolyn Waldo ^ Synchronized swimming 1
1989 Wayne Gretzky * Ice hockey 4
1990 Kurt Browning * Figure skating 1
1991 Silken Laumann ^ Rowing 1
1992 Mark Tewksbury * Swimming 1
1993 Mario Lemieux * Ice hockey 1
1994 Myriam Bédard ^ Biathlon 1
1995 Jacques Villeneuve * Auto racing 1
1996 Donovan Bailey * Track and field 1
1997 Jacques Villeneuve * Auto racing 2
1998 Larry Walker * Baseball 1
1999 Caroline Brunet Kayaking 1
2000 Daniel Igali Wrestling 1
2001 Jamie Salé & David Pelletier Figure skating 1
2002 Catriona LeMay Doan ^ Speed skating 1
2003 Mike Weir * Golf 1
2004 Adam van Koeverden Kayaking 1
2005 Steve Nash * Basketball 1
2006 Cindy Klassen ^ Speed skating 1
2007 Sidney Crosby * Ice hockey 1
2008 Chantal Petitclerc ^[5] Wheelchair racing 1
2009 Sidney Crosby *[11] Ice hockey 2
2010 Joey Votto[12] Baseball 1
2011 Patrick Chan *[13] Figure skating 1
2012 Christine Sinclair ^[14] Soccer 1
2013 Jon Cornish[15] Canadian football 1
2014 Kaillie Humphries[16] Bobsleigh 1
2015 Carey Price *[17][18] Ice hockey 1
2016 Penny Oleksiak ^[19] Swimming 1
2017 Joey Votto [20] Baseball 2
2018 Mikaël Kingsbury *[21] Freestyle skiing 1
2019 Bianca Andreescu ^[22] Tennis 1
2020 Alphonso Davies *[7] Soccer 1
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif[7] American football[lower-alpha 1]

Winners by sport

Not included in this table are Terry Fox and Laurent Duvernay-Tardif as their respective wins were based on their social contributions rather than their participation in a sport in general. Fox was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy for the Marathon of Hope; Duvernay-Tardif was awarded for opting out of playing in the 2020 NFL season for the Kansas City Chiefs after winning Super Bowl LIV to work as an orderly at a long-term care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec.

Wins Sport # of
Individuals
13 Ice hockey 9
9 Figure skating 7
8 Swimming 8
7 Track and field 6
6 Alpine skiing 5
4 Rowing 4
Canadian football 4
Baseball 4
3 Golf 3
Speed skating 3
2 Kayaking 2
Shooting 2
Wheelchair racing 2
Soccer 2
Auto racing 1
Horse racing 1
1 Basketball 1
Biathlon 1
Bobsleigh 1
Equestrian 1
Harness racing 1
Marathon 1
Synchronized swimming 1
Weightlifting 1
Wrestling 1
Tennis 1
Freestyle skiing 1

See also

Notes

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References

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