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**GrileVege** · 11-14-2009, 05:37 AM

I'm way confused. What makes and athlete a "Sportsman"? Is it the same as sportsmanship? Or are there other criteria?

If it's up to the public, I'm voting for the horsies.

Since its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the "Sportsman of the Year" award to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement." Both Americans and non-Americans are eligible, though in the past the vast majority of winners have been from the United States. Both men and women have won the award, it being renamed as "Sportswoman" or "Sportswomen," such as 1999 when the U.S. Women's Soccer Team was named Sportswomen of the Year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportsman_of_the_Year

11-14-2009, 05:37 AM	#26
GrileVege Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 629 Senior Member	I'm way confused. What makes and athlete a "Sportsman"? Is it the same as sportsmanship? Or are there other criteria? If it's up to the public, I'm voting for the horsies. Since its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the "Sportsman of the Year" award to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement." Both Americans and non-Americans are eligible, though in the past the vast majority of winners have been from the United States. Both men and women have won the award, it being renamed as "Sportswoman" or "Sportswomen," such as 1999 when the U.S. Women's Soccer Team was named Sportswomen of the Year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportsman_of_the_Year
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