BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year

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BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year
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Presented by BBC Scotland
Formerly calledSportscene Personality of the Year
First awarded1977

The BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year (also known as Sportscene Personality of the Year until 1998) was an annual sport award in Scotland. It was organised by BBC Scotland.

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History

Between 1984 and 1996 it had its own show similar to the BBC Sports Personality of the Year with postal votes, a live audience and hosted by Dougie Donnelly, Archie Macpherson (until 1989), Hazel Irvine (from 1990) and Rob MacLean and for most years, it was often shown a week before the network version in December. The trophy was made by Caithness Glass with a diamond shape design. In 1997 and in 1998, it was decided by a public telephone vote with the winner being given the award on the usual Sportscene programme on Saturday nights.

Winners

YearNameSportNote
1977 Kenny Dalglish Footballer
1978 Kenny Dalglish Footballer
1979Un­known
1980 Allan Wells Athlete
1981–1983Un­known
1984 Robert Millar Cyclist
1985 Sandy Lyle Golfer
1986 Tom McKean Athlete [1]
1987 Ally McCoist Footballer [2]
1988 Liz McColgan Athlete [3]
1989 Stephen Hendry Snooker player [4]
1990 David Sole Rugby player
1991 Liz McColgan Athlete [3]
1992 Ally McCoist Footballer
1993 Graeme Obree Cyclist [5]
1994 Yvonne Murray Athlete [6] [7]
1995 Gavin Hastings Rugby player
1996 Stephen Hendry Snooker player [4]
1997 Walter Smith Football manager
1998 Henrik Larsson Footballer [8]
1999–2002Un­known
2003 Chris Hoy Cyclist [9]
2004 Jim Anderson Swimmer [10]
2005 Andy Murray Tennis player [11] [12]
2006Un­known
2007 Dario Franchitti Racing driver [13]

Other awards

A 1986 team award went to badminton players Dan Travers and Billy Gilliland. [14] and in 1988, the award was given to the Scottish members of the British Paralympic team [15] [16]

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