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Sports Personality of the Year

Sports Personality of the Year

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Sports Personality of the Year is an annual event organized by BBC. It was created by Paul Fox in 1954 with just one award and later, gradually, seven more awards were included. Fox developed the idea of Sports Personality of the Year while being an editor of Sportsview magazine. The first award took place on 30th December in 1954 at Savoy Hotel and it was part of the Sportsview. The award was presented by Peter Dimmock. The show was of 45 minutes and Christopher Chataway won the title beating fellow athlete Roger Bannister. In 1955 the show was named as Sports Review of the Year and it lasted for 75 minutes. The original was BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. In 1960 Team of the Year award and Overseas Personality awards were added. Three decades later a Lifetime Achie...