Hickok Belt

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The S. Ray Hickok Belt was a trophy awarded to the top professional athlete of the year. It was awarded in honor of the founder of the Hickok Manufacturing Company of Rochester, New York, which made belts, hence the choice of a belt as a trophy.

The trophy was an alligator-skin belt with a solid gold buckle, an encrusted 4 carat (800 mg) diamond, and 26 gem chips. It was valued at over $10,000 in the currency of the time.

For the first 21 years, from 1950 to 1970, it was awarded in Rochester. After the Hickok company was taken over by the Tandy Corporation, the award was made in larger cities such as Chicago or New York.

The last award was made in 1976.

Year Winner Sport
1950 Phil Rizzuto baseball
1951 Allie Reynolds baseball
1952 Rocky Marciano boxing
1953 Ben Hogan golf
1954 Willie Mays baseball
1955 Otto Graham football
1956 Mickey Mantle baseball
1957 Carmen Basilio boxing
1958 Bob Turley baseball
1959 Ingemar Johansson boxing
1960 Arnold Palmer golf
1961 Roger Maris baseball
1962 Maury Wills baseball
1963 Sandy Koufax baseball
1964 Jim Brown football
1965 Sandy Koufax baseball
1966 Frank Robinson baseball
1967 Carl Yastrzemski baseball
1968 Joe Namath football
1969 Tom Seaver baseball
1970 Brooks Robinson baseball
1971 Lee Trevino golf
1972 Steve Carlton baseball
1973 O.J. Simpson football
1974 Muhammad Ali boxing
1975 Pete Rose baseball
1976 Ken Stabler football

History of the Hickok Belt

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