The Western Australian Sports Star of the Year, currently known as The West Australian ANZ Sports Star of the Year, is an annual award for sportspeople from the Australian state of Western Australia and/or playing for teams based in Western Australia. It has been running since 1956.
The award has had several multiple winners. Cricketer Dennis Lillee won the award five times (1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, and 1981), and is the only person to win the award in consecutive years on two separate occasions. Another cricketer, Rod Marsh, was the second person to win the award four times (1972, 1973, 1974, and 1981), and is the only person to win the award in three consecutive years. Golfer Graham Marsh (1973, 1977, 1985, and 1986) and hockey player Ric Charlesworth (1976, 1979, 1986, and 1987) also won the award four times, while swimmer David Dickson (1961, 1963, and 1966) and tennis player Margaret Court (1969, 1970, and 1973) won the award three times.
Cricket has produced the most winners of the award, with 14 winners. Ten athletes and ten swimmers have won the award, as well as eight footballers, six cyclists, and six hockey players.
List of winners by year
List of winners by sport
Sport |
Winners |
Athletics |
Shirley de la Hunty, Herb Elliott, Dixie Willis, Joyce Bennett, John Gilmour, Dean Capobianco, Dmitri Markov, Paul Burgess, Steve Hooker, Kim Mickle |
Australian rules football |
Brian Foley, Haydn Bunton, Jr., Barry Cable, Bill Walker, Steve Malaxos, Peter Matera, Simon Black, Ben Cousins, Nat Fyfe |
Basketball |
Luc Longley |
Billiards |
Bob Marshall |
Canoeing |
Ramon Andersson, Robin Bell |
Cricket |
Bob Simpson, Graham McKenzie, Peter Kelly, Dennis Lillee, Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Kim Hughes, Terry Alderman, Geoff Marsh, Bruce Reid, Justin Langer, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson |
Cycling |
Steele Bishop, Darryn Hill, Lucy Tyler-Sharman, Peter Dawson, Ryan Bayley, Cameron Meyer |
Golf |
Roger MacKay, Graham Marsh, Craig Parry |
Gymnastics |
Lauren Mitchell |
Harness Racing |
Phil Coulson, Lou Austin |
Hockey |
Morna Pearce, Brian Glencross, Roslyn Fisher, Ric Charlesworth, Elspeth Clement, Rechelle Hawkes |
Lacrosse |
Brian Griffin |
Netball |
Gaye Walsh |
Powerlifting |
Sue Roberts |
Rifle shooting |
Libby Felton |
Rowing |
Robert Scott |
Squash |
Dean Williams, Barbara Wall |
Swimming |
David Dickson, John Ryan, David Dickson, Lynne Watson, Lyn McClements, Neil Brooks, Peter Evans, Thomas Stachewicz, Ian Brown, Shelley Taylor-Smith |
Tennis |
Margaret Court, Elizabeth Smylie |
Yachting |
Syd Lodge, Rob O'Sullivan, Graham Lillingston, Peter Gilmour |
See also
References
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