BBC Sports Personality of the Year facts for kids

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an award that is given to a sportsperson in December every year. Only British or foreign sportspeople based in the United Kingdom are allowed to win the award. It started in 1954.

Winners

1954: Christopher Chataway (long-distance runner)
1955: Gordon Pirie (middle-distance runner)
1956: Jim Laker (cricketer)
1957: Dai Rees (golfer)
1958: Ian Black (swimmer)
1959: John Surtees (motorcycle racer) and (Formula One racing driver)
1960: David Broome (show jumper)
1961: Stirling Moss (Formula One racing driver)
1962: Anita Lonsborough (swimmer)
1963: Dorothy Hyman (sprinter)
1964: Mary Rand (long jumper)
1965: Tom Simpson (cyclist)
1966: Bobby Moore (footballer)
1967: Henry Cooper (boxer)
1968: David Hemery (athlete)
1969: Ann Jones (tennis player)
1970: Henry Cooper (boxer)
1971: HRH The Princess Anne (three-day eventer)
1972: Mary Peters (pentathlete)
1973: Jackie Stewart (Formula One racing driver)
1974: Brendan Foster (long-distance runner)
1975: David Steele (cricketer)
1976: John Curry (figure skater)
1977: Virginia Wade (tennis player)
1978: Steve Ovett (middle-distance runner)
1979: Sebastian Coe (middle-distance runner)
1980: Robin Cousins (figure skater)
1981: Ian Botham (cricketer)
1982: Daley Thompson (decathlete)
1983: Steve Cram (middle-distance runner)
1984: Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (ice dancers)
1985: Barry McGuigan (boxer)
1986: Nigel Mansell (Formula One racing driver)
1987: Fatima Whitbread (javelin thrower)
1988: Steve Davis (snooker player)
1989: Nick Faldo (golfer)
1990: Paul Gascoigne (footballer)
1991: Liz McColgan (long-distance runner)
1992: Nigel Mansell (Formula One racing driver)
1993: Linford Christie (100m sprinter)
1994: Damon Hill (Formula One racing driver)
1995: Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper)
1996: Damon Hill (Formula One racing driver)
1997: Greg Rusedski (tennis player)
1998: Michael Owen (footballer)
1999: Lennox Lewis (boxer)
2000: Steve Redgrave (rower)
2001: David Beckham (footballer)
2002: Paula Radcliffe (long-distance runner)
2003: Jonny Wilkinson (rugby union player)
2004: Kelly Holmes (middle-distance runner)
2005: Andrew Flintoff (cricketer)
2006: Zara Phillips (three-day eventer)
2007: Joe Calzaghe (boxer)
2008: Chris Hoy (cyclist)
2009: Ryan Giggs (footballer)
2010: Tony McCoy (horse racing jockey)
2013:Andy (tennis player)

Images for kids

David Walliams won a Special Achievement Award in 2006
Muhammad Ali was voted Sports Personality of the Century in 1999
Bobby Charlton, who collected the Team of the Decades award on behalf of England's 1966 World Cup winning football team