19th Hole: The Reader Take Over

SI'S SPORTSMEN AND SPORTSWOMEN
Sir:
I've been reading SI for four years now, and my favorite issue has become the Sportsman of the Year edition. It's a fantastic and fitting climax to every sporting year. One thing—I'd really like to know the names of all of the great athletes who have been honored with this award. Would you please list the Sportsmen and Sportswomen who preceded 1984's very deserving Edwin Moses and Mary Lou Retton?
FRANK MURTAUGH III
Northfield, Vt.

?Here they are.—ED.

ROGER BANNISTER
1954

JOHNNY PODRES
1955

BOBBY MORROW
1956

STAN MUSIAL
1957

RAFER JOHNSON
1958

INGEMAR JOHANSSON
1959

ARNOLD PALMER
1960

JERRY LUCAS
1961