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1962 Herb Elliott, Australian runner
1961 Valeriy Brumel, Soviet high jumper
1962 Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater
1963 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist
1964 Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner
1965 Jointly awarded - Ron Clarke, Australian runner, and Gary Player, South African golfer
1966 Jointly awarded - Eus���bio, Portuguese footballer, and Garfield Sobers, West Indian cricketer
1967 George Moore, Australian jockey
1968 Jointly awarded - Oleg Protopopov and Ludmila Belousova, Soviet figure skaters
1969 Rod Laver, Australian tennis player
1970 Pel���, Brazilian footballer
1971 Lee Trevino, American golfer
1972 Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
1973 Muhammad Ali, American boxer
1974 Muhammad Ali, American boxer
1975 Arthur Ashe, American tennis player
1976 Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast
1977 Niki Lauda, Austrian Formula One driver
1978 Muhammad Ali, American boxer
1979 Bj���rn Borg, Swedish tennis player
1980 Jack Nicklaus, American golfer
1981 Chris Evert, American tennis player
1982 Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
1983 Carl Lewis, American runner
1984 Severiano Ballesteros, Spanish golfer
1985 Boris Becker, German tennis player
1986 Greg Norman, Australian golfer
1987 Martina Navratilova, American tennis player
1988 Steffi Graf, German tennis player
1989 Mike Tyson, American boxer
1990 Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league footballer
1991 Mike Powell, American long jumper
1992 Andre Agassi, American tennis player
1993 Greg Norman, Australian golfer
1994 Brian Lara, West Indian cricketer
1995 Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1996 Jointly awarded - Evander Holyfield, American boxer, and Michael Johnson, American runner
1997 Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
1998 Mark O'Meara, American golfer
1999 Maurice Greene, American runner
2000 Tiger Woods, American golfer
2001 Goran Ivani���evi���, Croatian tennis player
2002 Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
2003 Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
2004 Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
2005 Shane Warne, Australian cricketer
2006 Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
2007 Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player