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Player of the year award

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Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year (POY). In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award.

Association football

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In association football, this award is held on both an international and national level.

Baseball

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In baseball, publications sometimes issue awards with this name:

Several awards for amateur baseball also exist:

Publications also issue annual player of the year awards, including Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, and the American Baseball Coaches Association.

Basketball

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In American basketball, several such awards are given:

Cricket

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In cricket, awards for the leading international player are the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World and the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.

Gaelic football

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In Gaelic football, it may mean Donegal GAA#Player of the Year.

Ice hockey

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In ice hockey, in the United Kingdom the Player of the Year Trophy is awarded by Ice Hockey Journalists UK.

Lacrosse

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In lacrosse, two awards are given with this name, the Major League Lacrosse Offensive player of the Year Award and the Major League Lacrosse Defensive player of the Year Award.

Rugby league

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In rugby league, player of the year awards include the Man of Steel in the Super League and the Dally M Medal in the National Rugby League.[12][13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Fagan, Ryan (26 October 2023). "The Sporting News 2023 MLB Award Winners and All-Stars". The Sporting News. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ^ Cooper, J. J. (25 September 2023). "Jackson Holliday Wins 2023 Minor League Player of the Year Award". Baseball America. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ^ USA TODAY Sports (28 August 2019). "Vote: Who is USA TODAY Sports' 2019 Minor League Player of the Year?". USA Today. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. ^ "About the Golden Spikes Award". Golden Spikes Award. USA Baseball. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  5. ^ "NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy". NCBWA. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ^ "USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy". USBWA. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  7. ^ "History". Naismith Awards. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  8. ^ "John R. Wooden Award". Wooden Award. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Jaycee Carroll Named Finalist for Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award". Utah State University. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  10. ^ Reynolds, Tim (17 April 2023). "Jaren Jackson Jr. named 2022-23 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year". NBA. NBA Media Ventures. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson Named 2023 Kia WNBA Defensive Player Of The Year". WNBA. NBA Media Ventures. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Man of Steel Nominations Announced". Betfred Super League. Super League Europe. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Dally M Awards 2023 NRL Points Leaderboard". National Rugby League Hall of Fame. National Rugby League. Retrieved 3 November 2023.








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