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World Trophy for Australasia

The World Trophy for Australasia was one of several annual sporting trophies awarded by the Helms Athletic Foundation. The World Trophy was established by Helms in 1939 to honour the foremost amateur athlete of each continent of the world, including Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, and South America.[1]

Australasian awards for 1896 to 1949 were decided by a Committee in Australasia established by the Foundation. Members of the Committee were Sir Frank Beaurepaire (Chairman), and Messrs. Harold G. Alderson, Hugh R. Weir, Jack Metcalfe, Frank H. Pizzey, Hector de Lacy, Ern Cowley and R.J. McPherson (Secretary). [2][3] After the initial Committee selection, amateur athletes were nominated by their own countries for consideration by the Foundation. Winners were presented with a silver plaque and had their names added to the World Trophy that was located at the Helms Foundation and subsequently the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles (now known as the LA84 Foundation).[4] Winners can only win the award once.[4]

Winners

Year Athlete Sport Country
1896 Edwin Flack Athletics Australia
1897 A.B. Sloan Rowing Australia
1898 Victor Trumper Cricket Australia
1899 Stan Rowley Athletics Australia
1900 Frederick Lane Swimming Australia
1901 George A. Moir Athletics Australia
1902 James Donald Rowing Australia
1903 Richmond 'Dick' Cavill Swimming Australia
1904 Herbert Hunter Athletics Australia
1905 Benard Kieran Swimming Australia
1906 Nigel Barker Athletics Australia
1907 Norman Brookes Tennis Australia
1908 Snowy Baker Multiple sports Australia
1909 Tony Wilding Tennis New Zealand
1910 Frank Beaurepaire Swimming Australia
1911 Harold Hardwick Swimming Australia
1912 Cecil Healy Swimming Australia
1913 Cecil McVilly Rowing Australia
1914 Bill Longworth Swimming Australia
1915 Fanny Durack Swimming Australia
1916–18 No awards
1919 Clive Disher Rowing Australia
1920 Ivo Whitton[5] Golf Australia
1921 Edwin 'Slip' Carr Athletics Australia
1922 Gerald Patterson Tennis Australia
1923 Nick Winter Athletics Australia
1924 Andrew Charlton Swimming Australia
1925 Victor Richardson Multiple sports Australia
1926 Randolph Rose Athletics New Zealand
1927 Stanley Lay Athletics New Zealand
1928 Bobby Pearce Rowing Australia
1929 Jim Carlton Athletics Australia
1930 Don Bradman Cricket Australia
1931 Noel Ryan Swimming Australia
1932 Edgar 'Dunc' Gray Cycling Australia
1933 Jack Crawford Tennis Australia
1934 Jack Metcalfe Athletics Australia
1935 Cecil Matthews Athletics New Zealand
1936 Jack Lovelock Athletics New Zealand
1937 Robin Biddulph Swimming Australia
1938 Jim Ferrier Golf Australia
1939 Dr David 'Brian' Dunn Athletics Australia
1940–44 No awards
1945 Doug Harris Athletics New Zealand
1946 John Treloar Athletics Australia
1947 John Winter Athletics Australia
1948 Merv Wood Rowing Australia
1949 Sid Patterson[6] Cycling Australia
1950 John Marshall Swimming Australia
1951 Frank Sedgman Tennis Australia
1952 Marjorie Jackson Athletics Australia
1953 John Landy Athletics Australia
1954 Jon Henricks Swimming Australia
1955 Shirley Strickland[7] Athletics Australia
1956 Lorraine Crapp Swimming Australia
1957 Stuart Mackenzie[8] Rowing Australia
1958 Herb Elliott[7] Athletics Australia
1959 John Konrads Swimming Australia
1960 Peter Snell Athletics New Zealand
1961 Dawn Fraser[9] Swimming Australia
1962 Murray Rose Swimming Australia
1963 Tony Sneazwell Athletics Australia
1964 Betty Cuthbert[10] Athletics Australia
1965 Ron Clarke Athletics Australia
1966 Fred Stolle Tennis Australia
1967 Judy Pollock Athletics Australia
1968 Michael Wenden Swimming Australia
1969 Pam Kilborn Athletics Australia
1970 Kerry O'Brien Athletics Australia
1971 Shane Gould[11] Swimming Australia
1972 Gail Neall Swimming Australia
1973 Stephen Holland Swimming Australia
1974 Jenny Turrall Swimming Australia
1975 John Walker Athletics New Zealand
1976 Dick Quax Athletics New Zealand
1977 Eddie Palubinskas Basketball Australia
1978 Tracey Wickham Swimming Australia
1979 Rod Dixon Athletics New Zealand
1980 Michelle Ford Swimming Australia
1981 Allison Roe Athletics New Zealand
1982 Anne Audain Athletics New Zealand
1983 Robert de Castella Athletics Australia
1984 Jon Sieben Swimming Australia
1985 Glynis Nunn Athletics Australia
1986 Suzanne Landells Swimming Australia
1987 Debbie Flintoff-King Athletics Australia
1988 Duncan Armstrong Swimming Australia
1989 Kerry Saxby Athletics Australia
1990 Hayley Lewis Swimming Australia
1991 Kieren Perkins Swimming Australia
1992 James Tomkins Rowing Australia
1993 Danyon Loader Swimming New Zealand
1994 Samantha Riley Swimming Australia
1995 Russell Coutts Yachting New Zealand
1996 Susan O'Neill Swimming Australia
1997 Beatrice Faumuina Athletics New Zealand
1998 Michael Klim Swimming Australia
1999 Ian Thorpe Swimming Australia
2000 Cathy Freeman Athletics Australia

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Helms Athletic Foundation" (PDF). Bulletin du Comite International Olympique (25): 26–28. 1951.
  2. ^ a b "World of Sport". Adelaide Advertiser. 25 August 1950. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  3. ^ de Lacy, H.A. (9 January 1952). "HELMS AWARD – Sedgman was clear winner". Sporting Globe. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Pollard, Jack (1973). Ampol's sporting records. Sydney: Jack Pollard Pty Ltd.
  5. ^ Whitton, Ivo Harrington (1893–1967) Biographical Entry – Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
  6. ^ Australian cyclists
  7. ^ a b Western Australian Sports Federation
  8. ^ "Helms World Trophy". River & Rowing Museum. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  9. ^ Fraser, Dawn – Australian Women Biographical entry
  10. ^ 1996 Cuthbert Ten Dollars
  11. ^ "SPORTEX AT THE AIS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  12. ^ Ampol Australian Sporting Records (8th rev. ed.). Sydney: Bantam. 1988.
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