Dapper Dan Charities

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The Dapper Dan Charities were founded by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editor Al Abrams in 1936. It is one of the oldest nonprofit and fundraising community sports clubs in the world and the oldest in Western Pennsylvania. The foundation fundraises for its charities primarily through the annual "Dapper Dan Banquet". Started in 1936, the first few banquets honored such regional figures as Art Rooney, Jock Sutherland and John Harris. In 1939, the banquet began an annual tradition of naming the region's "Sportsman of the Year" and in 1999 the "Sportswoman of the Year". In recent decades, all charitable contributions raised by the banquet go to the Boys and Girls club of Western Pennsylvania, which directly funds activities and equipment for nearly 7,000 youths annually. The organization also sponsored the annual Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic. [1] [2]

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Previous fundraisers included the occasional Dapper Dan Open golf tournament in the 1930s and 1940s, World Heavyweight Titles hosted at Forbes Field in the 1950s and 1960s and the Roundball Classic hosted at the Civic Arena from 1965 until the 1980s.

Through Pittsburgh Pirates broadcaster Bob Prince's friendship with Fred Hutchinson the Dapper Dan Charity awarded Major League Baseball's annual Hutch Award at the annual banquet until at least 1993. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Dapper Dan awards

YearSportsmanSport
or Team		SportswomanSport
or Team		Lifetime AchievementSport
or Team		Venue
1939 Billy Conn boxing William Penn Hotel [7]
1940 Fritzie Zivic boxingWilliam Penn [8]
1941 Aldo Donelli Steelers William Penn [8]
1942 Bill Dudley SteelersWilliam Penn [8]
1943 Rip Sewell Pirates William Penn [8]
1944 Frankie Frisch PiratesWilliam Penn [8]
1945Billy ConnboxingWilliam Penn [8]
1946Bill DudleySteelersWilliam Penn [8]
1947 Ralph Kiner PiratesWilliam Penn [8]
1948 Bill Meyer PiratesWilliam Penn [8]
1949Ralph KinerPiratesWilliam Penn [8]
1950 Joe Geri SteelersWilliam Penn [8]
1951 Murry Dickson PiratesWilliam Penn [8]
1952 Red Dawson PanthersWilliam Penn [8]
1952 Stan Musial Cardinals William Penn [8]
1953 Lew Worsham golfWilliam Penn [8]
1954 Dudley Moore Dukes William Penn [8]
1955 John Michelosen SteelersWilliam Penn [8]
1956 Dale Long Pirates Penn-Sheraton [8] [9]
1957 Dick Groat PiratesPenn-Sheraton [8]
1958 Danny Murtaugh PiratesPenn-Sheraton [8]
1959 Elroy Face Pirates Hilton [8]
1960 Arnold Palmer golfHilton [8]
1960 Dick Groat PiratesHilton [8] [10]
1961 Roberto Clemente PiratesHilton [8]
1962 Lou Michaels SteelersHilton [8]
1963John MichelosenSteelers
1964 Delvin Miller horse racing
1965 Vernon Law PiratesHilton [11]
1966Roberto ClementePirates
1967 Baz Bastien Penguins
1968 Steve Blass Pirates
1968 Dick Hoak Steelers
1969Red ManningDukes
1970Danny MurtaughPirates
1971 Willie Stargell Pirates
1971Danny MurtaughPirates
1971Roberto ClementePirates
1972 Chuck Noll Steelers
1973 Johnny Majors Panthers
1974 Joe Greene [12] SteelersHilton
1975 Terry Bradshaw Steelers
1976 Tony Dorsett Panthers
1977 Franco Harris Steelers
1978 Dave Parker PiratesHilton [13]
1979Willie StargellPiratesStan MusialCardinalsHilton
1980 Hugh Green Panthers
1981 Jackie Sherrill Panthers Art Rooney SteelersHilton [14]
1982 Joe Paterno [15] Lions Joe Schmidt [16] PittHilton [17] [18]
1983 Dan Marino PanthersFranco HarrisSteelersHilton [19]
1984 John Stallworth SteelersHilton
1985 Louis Lipps Steelers Bill Dudley [20] SteelersHilton
1986 Mario Lemieux PenguinsHilton
1987 Syd Thrift Pirates
1988Mario LemieuxPenguinsHilton
1989 Roger Kingdom Panthers (track)Hilton
1990 Jim Leyland PiratesHilton
1991 Bob Johnson PenguinsHilton [21]
1992 Bill Cowher SteelersHilton [3]
1993 Jay Bell Pirates
1994Bill CowherSteelers
1995 Jaromír Jágr Penguins
1996 Kurt Angle wrestlingHilton [22]
1997 Jerome Bettis SteelersHilton [23]
1998 Joe Paterno LionsHilton [24]
1999Mario LemieuxPenguins Suzie McConnell-Serio Rockers/Oakland Catholic Dan Marino [25] PittHilton
2000 Jason Kendall PiratesDori AndersonBlackhawk HighMike Ditka [26] [27] AliquippaHilton
2001 Kordell Stewart Steelers Carol Semple Thompson [28] golfChuck Noll [29] SteelersHilton [30]
2002 Ben Howland Panthers Swin Cash UConn Huskies Lanny Frattare PiratesHilton [31]
2003 Larry Fitzgerald Panthers Kelly Mazzante Lady Lions The 1979 Champion TeamsPirates
Steelers		Hilton [32]
2004 Ben Roethlisberger Steelers Lauryn Williams olympicsArnold PalmerGolf Convention Center [33]
2005Jerome BettisSteelers Agnus Berenato Panthers Joe PaternoPenn StateHilton [34] [35]
2006 Sidney Crosby PenguinsSwin Cash Detroit Shock Dan Rooney [36] SteelersConvention Center
2007Sidney CrosbyPenguinsAgnus BeneratoPanthers(None bestowed)Convention Center [37]
2008 [38] Mike Tomlin Steelers Shavonte Zellous Panthers Dick LeBeau Football Petersen Events Center
2009 Evgeni Malkin Penguins Penn State Volleyball Lions Bruno Sammartino wrestlingPetersen Events Center [39]
2010 Jamie Dixon Panthers [40] Suzie McConnell-Serio Dukes Joe Greene SteelersConvention Center [41]
2011 Dan Bylsma, Marc-André Fleury [42] Penguins Pittsburgh Passion [42] Women's football Mike Ditka [43] PanthersConvention Center
2012 Andrew McCutchen [44] PiratesTaylor Schram [44] PSU Women's soccer Hines Ward [44] SteelersConvention Center
2013 Clint Hurdle [45] PiratesPatrice Matamoros [46] Pittsburgh Marathon Franco Harris [47] SteelersConvention Center
2014 Antonio Brown Steelers Christa Harmotto Penn State (Volleyball) Jim Kelly Football Convention Center
2015 Antonio Brown [48] Steelers Meghan Klingenberg [48] United States women's national soccer team Dick Groat [48] Pitt basketball (broadcasting)Convention Center
2016 Mike Sullivan and Jim Rutherford Penguins Amanda Polk Oakland Catholic/Olympics Rocky Bleier Steelers Convention Center
2017 James Conner Steelers Heather Lyke Pitt Panthers Jerome Bettis Steelers Convention Center
2018 Cam Heyward Steelers Pitt Panthers Women's Volleyball Pitt Panthers Bill Hillgrove Pitt Panthers Westin Hotel

Banquet festivities

Various years the Dapper Dan Banquet has been a who's who of Western Pennsylvania sports, and attracted national and even international stars and entertainers. In 1993 George Wendt and David Lander hosted the event. [3] Howard Baldwin, Craig Patrick, Lanny Frattare, Marty Schottenheimer, Rod Woodson, Ambassador Dan Rooney, Art Rooney, Mark May, John Brown, Sal Sunseri, Hank Aaron, [49] Myron Cope, Lou Holtz, [50] Terry Francona, Pat Mullins, Dave Robinson, Len Dawson, Lou Groza, Bud Wilkinson, [51] Bob Prince, Governor Lawrence and Todd Blackledge [14] have all participated in recent events.

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