NEA National Football League Rookie of the Year Award

The NEA NFL rookie of the Year award was founded in 1964 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association and was created by Murray Olderman, the senior sports editor for the NEA. From 1971 through 1976 winnder for botn the American Football Conference and National Football Conference were chosen, with the notable excpetion of 1974. The award continued through 1996. The yearly winners were given the Bell Bell Memorial Trophy in honor of the former NFL commissioner, Bert Bell.^[1]

NEA Rookie of the Year

Bert Bell Memorial Trophy Winners

• 1964—Charley Taylor, Washington, WR
• 1965—Gale Sayers, Chicago, HB
• 1966—Tommy Nobis, Atlanta, LB
• 1967—Mel Farr, Detroit, RB
• 1968—Earl McCullouch, Detroit, WR
• 1969—Calvin Hill, Dallas, RB
• 1970—Raymond Chester, Oakland, TE
• 1971—AFC: Jim Plunkett, New England, QB; NFC: John Brockington, Green Bay, RB
• 1972— AFC: Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, RB; NFC: Willie Buchanan, Green Bay, CB
• 1973— AFC: Boobie Clark, Cincinnati, RB; NFC: Chuck Foreman, Minnesota, RB
• 1974—Don Woods, San Diego, RB
• 1975— AFC: Robert Brazile Houston, LB; NFC: Steve Bartkowski, Atlanta, QB
• 1976— AFC: Mike Haynes, New England, CB; NFC: Sammy White, Minnesota, WR
• 1977— Tony Dorsett, Dallas, RB
• 1978— Earl Campbell, Houston, RB
• 1979— Ottis Anderson, St Louis, RB
• 1980— Billy Sims, Detroit, RB
• 1981— Lawrence Taylor, N.Y. Giants, OLB
• 1982— Marcus Allen, LA, Raiders, RB
• 1983— Eric Dickerson, LA. Rams, RB
• 1984— Louis Lipps, Pittsburgh, WR
• 1985— Eddie Brown, Cincinnati, WR
• 1986— Rueben Mayes, New Orleans, RB
• 1987— Bo Jackson, L.A. Raiders, RB
• 1988— John Stephens, New England, RB
• 1989— Barry Sanders, Detroit, RB
• 1990— Eric Green, Pittsburgh, TE
• 1991— Mike Croel, Denver, OLB
• 1992— Dale Carter, Kansas City, CB
• 1993— Jerome Bettis, Los Angeles Rams, RB
• 1994— Marshall Faulk, Indianapolis, RB
• 1995— Joey Galloway, Seattle, WR
• 1996— Eddie George, Houston, RB
• Award discontinued

See also

• AP National Football League Rookie of the Year Award
• Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year (NFL.com)
• NEA Rookie of the Year (Newspaper Enterprise Association) (defunct)
• United Press International AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year (defunct)
• United Press International NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year (defunct)

References

External links

• NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (from 1967)
• NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (from 1967)
• NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year (1955–1996)
• AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year (1960–1996)