BBC Sports Personality of the Year Unsung Hero Award

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Unsung Hero Award

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Unsung Hero Award is given on an annual basis to a sportsperson who has made a substantive, yet unrecognised contribution to sport. The award was first given in 2003.

Winners:
*2003 - Nobby Woodcock from the Bettws estate in Newport, South Wales for his dedication to grassroots football.
*2004 - Abdullah Ben-Kmayal for his work with Bethwin Football Club in Peckham, London, the club he founded and funded personally.
*2005 - Trevor Collins for more than 25 years coaching swimmers at the West Wight Swimming Club on the Isle of Wight.
*2006 - Val Hanover, from Oswestry in Shropshire, who has spent nearly 30 years organising Special Olympics for thousands of people with learning difficulties in north Shropshire.
*2007 - Margaret Simons, from Bicester in Oxfordshire, for over 40 years work with a community football team that she originally founded in 1964.


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