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BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year | |
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Country | Scotland |
Presented by | BBC Scotland |
Formerly called | Sportscene Personality of the Year |
First awarded | 1977 |
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.
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.
Year | Name | Sport | Note |
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1977 | Kenny Dalglish | Footballer | |
1978 | Kenny Dalglish | Footballer | |
1979 | Unknown | ||
1980 | Allan Wells | Athlete | |
1981–1983 | Unknown | ||
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] |
1999–2002 | Unknown | ||
2003 | Chris Hoy | Cyclist | [9] |
2004 | Jim Anderson | Swimmer | [10] |
2005 | Andy Murray | Tennis player | [11] [12] |
2006 | Unknown | ||
2007 | Dario Franchitti | Racing driver | [13] |
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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