The AAU James E. Sullivan Award, known as the Oscar of sports awards, is presented annually in April by the United States Amateur Athletic Union to the most outstanding amateur athlete from any sport in the United States. It was first awarded in 1930, making it older than the Heisman Trophy. The award is named for the AAU's founder and past president, James E. Sullivan. Based on the qualities of leadership, character, sportsmanship, and the ideals of amateurism, the AAU Sullivan Award goes far beyond athletic accomplishments and honors those who have shown strong moral character.
Past winners
- 1930 — Bobby Jones, golf
- 1931 — Bernard Berlinger, decathlon
- 1932 — James Bausch, decathlon
- 1933 — Glenn Cunningham, running - middle distance
- 1934 — William Bonthron, running - middle distance
- 1935 — W. Lawson Little, Jr., golf
- 1936 — Glenn Morris, decathlon
- 1937 — Don Budge, tennis
- 1938 — Donald R. Lash, running - long distance
- 1939 — Joe 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 — 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 — Bob Richards, pole vault, decathlon
- 1952 — Horace Ashenfelter, running - long distance
- 1953 — Sammy Lee, diving
- 1954 — Mal Whitfield, running - middle distance
- 1955 — Harrison Dillard, running - sprinting
- 1956 — Pat McCormick, diving
- 1957 — Bobby Joe Morrow, running - sprinting
- 1958 — Glenn "Jeep" Davis, running - sprinting
- 1959 — Parry O'Brien, shot put, discus
- 1960 — Rafer Johnson, decathlon
- 1961 — Wilma Rudolph, running - sprinting
- 1962 — Jim 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 — Debbie 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 — Rick 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 Miller & 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
- 2006 — Jessica Long, paralympic swimming
- 2007 — Tim Tebow, football
- 2008 — Shawn Johnson, gymnastics
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