What is BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
{{update|date=January 2014}} The '''''BBC Sports Personality of the Year''''' is an [[award]] that is given to a [[sportsperson]] in [[December]] every year. Only [[United Kingdom|British]] or [[wikt:foreign|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]]