James E. Sullivan Award
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The James E. Sullivan Award is awarded annually by the Amateur Athletic Union to the outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. It was first awarded in 1930.
Past winners
- 1930 - Bobby Jones, golf
- 1931 - Bernard Berlinger, decathlon
- 1932 - James A. Bausch, decathlon
- 1933 - Glenn Cunningham
- 1934 - William Bonthron, running - middle distance
- 1935 - W. Larson Little, Jr., golf
- 1936 - Glenn Morris, decathlon
- 1937 - Don Budge, tennis
- 1938 - Donald R. Lash, running - long distance
- 1939 - Joseph W. Burk, rowing
- 1940 - J. Gregory Rice, track & field
- 1941 - T. Leslie MacMitchell, track & field
- 1942 - Cornelius Warmerdam, pole vault
- 1943 - Gilbert R. Dodds, running - middle distance
- 1944 - Ann Curtis, swimming
- 1945 - Felix "Doc" Blanchard, football
- 1946 - Y. Arnold Tucker, football
- 1947 - John B. Kelly, Jr., rowing
- 1948 - Bob Mathias, decathlon
- 1949 - Dick Button, figure skating
- 1950 - Fred Wilt, running - long distance
- 1951 - Robert Richard, pole vault, decathlon
- 1952 - Horace Ashenfelter, running - long distance
- 1953 - Sammy Lee, diving
- 1954 - Marvin G. Whitfield, running - middle distance
- 1955 - Harrison Dillard, running - sprinting
- 1956 - Patricia McCormick, diving
- 1957 - Bobby Joe Morrow, running - sprinting
- 1958 - Glenn Davis, running - sprinting
- 1959 - W. Parry O'Brien, shot put, discus
- 1960 - Rafer Johnson, decathlon
- 1961 - Wilma Rudolph, running - sprinting
- 1962 - James T. Beatty, track & field
- 1963 - John Pennel, pole vault
- 1964 - Don Schollander, swimming
- 1965 - Bill Bradley, basketball
- 1966 - Jim Ryun, running - middle distance
- 1967 - Randy Matson, shot put, discus
- 1968 - Deborah Meyer, swimming
- 1969 - Bill Toomey, decathlon
- 1970 - John Kinsella, swimming
- 1971 - Mark Spitz, swimming
- 1972 - Frank Shorter, running - long distance
- 1973 - Bill Walton, basketball
- 1974 - Richard Wohlhuter, running - middle distance
- 1975 - Tim Shaw, swimming, water polo
- 1976 - Bruce Jenner, decathlon
- 1977 - John Naber, swimming
- 1978 - Tracy Caulkins, swimming
- 1979 - Kurt Thomas, gymnastics
- 1980 - Eric Heiden, speed skating
- 1981 - Carl Lewis, long jump, running - sprinting
- 1982 - Mary Decker, running - middle distance, long distance
- 1983 - Edwin Moses, running - sprinting
- 1984 - Greg Louganis, diving
- 1985 - Joan Benoit, running - long distance
- 1986 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee, heptathlon
- 1987 - Jim Abbott, baseball
- 1988 - Florence Griffith Joyner, running - sprinting
- 1989 - Janet Evans, swimming
- 1990 - John Smith, wrestling
- 1991 - Mike Powell, long jump
- 1992 - Bonnie Blair, speed skating
- 1993 - Charlie Ward, basketball, football
- 1994 - Dan Jansen, speed skating
- 1995 - Bruce Baumgartner, wrestling
- 1996 - Michael Johnson, running - sprinting
- 1997 - Peyton Manning, football
- 1998 - Chamique Holdsclaw, basketball
- 1999 - Coco and Kelly Miller, basketball
- 2000 - Rulon Gardner, wrestling
- 2001 - Michelle Kwan, figure skating
- 2002 - Sarah Hughes, figure skating
- 2003 - Michael Phelps, swimming
- 2004 - Paul Hamm, gymnastics
- 2005 - J.J. Redick, basketball
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