Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy

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Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy
MVP award of the Mann Cup
CountryCanada
First awarded1941;82 years ago (1941)
Last awarded2023
Current holder Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Cody Jamieson (2nd award)
Highlights
Most awards Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lloyd Wootton
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Tavares
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Gait
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anthony Cosmo
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Shawn Evans
(3 awards each)
MSL team with
most awards		 Peterborough Lakers (17)
WLA team with
most awards		 New Westminster Salmonbellies (16)

The Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player of the Mann Cup competition. [1]

The trophy is named after Michael Edward Francis "Mike" Kelley who was the owner and manager of the Hamilton Tigers lacrosse club in the early 1930s - and later the president of the Ontario Lacrosse Association and Canadian Lacrosse Association.

For some unknown reason, Kelley's name was misspelled and perpetuated as "Kelly" until the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame was notified in 2014 of the error by the grandson of Mike Kelley. The Canadian Lacrosse Association and Canadian Lacrosse Foundation were notified during the 2015 Mann Cup series and corrections to the spelling would be made moving forward.

The Mann Cup is the senior men's lacrosse championship of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion. [2]

YearPlayerTeamNo.
1941 Blackie Black Richmond Farmers 1
1942 Bert Large Mimico-Brampton Combines 1
1943 Bill Wilkes New Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1944 Ike Hildebrand New Westminster Salmonbellies1
1945 Frank Lee Vancouver Burrards 1
1946 Doug Favell Sr. St. Catharines Athletics 1
1947 Bob Lee New Westminster Adanacs 1
1948Doug Favell Sr. Hamilton Tigers 2
1949 Don Matheson Vancouver Burrards1
1950 Lloyd "Moon" Wootton Owen Sound Crescents 1
1951Lloyd "Moon" Wootton Peterborough Timbermen 2
1952 Lou Nickle Peterborough Timbermen1
1953 Ross Powless Peterborough Trailermen 1
1954Lloyd "Moon" WoottonPeterborough Trailermen3
1955 Geordie Johnson Victoria Shamrocks 1
1956 Derry Davies Nanaimo Timbermen 1
1957 Jack Northup Victoria Shamrocks1
1958 Norm Mckay New Westminster Salmonbellies1
1959 Jack Bionda New Westminster O'Keefes 1
1960 Dave "Porky" Russell Port Credit Sailors 1
1961 Bill Barbour Vancouver Burrards1
1962Jack BiondaNew Westminster O'Keefes2
1963 Gordie Gimple Vancouver Carlings 1
1964 Bob Allan Brooklin Merchants 1
1965 Les Norman New Westminster Salmonbellies1
1966 John Davis Peterborough Lakers 1
1967John Davis Brooklin Redmen 2
John Cervi Vancouver Carlings1
1968 Joe Tomchishen Brooklin Redmen [3] 1
1969 Bill Squire Brooklin Redmen1
1970 Paul Parnell New Westminster Salmonbellies1
1971 Bob McCready Brantford Warriors 1
1972Paul ParnellNew Westminster Salmonbellies2
1973 Pat Baker Peterborough Lakers1
1974 Ken Winzoski New Westminster Salmonbellies1
1975 Ron Pinder Vancouver Burrards1
1976 Dave Durante New Westminster Salmonbellies1
1977 Doug Hayes Vancouver Burrards1
Mike Smith Vancouver Burrards1
1978 Tim Barrie Peterborough Red Oaks 1
1979 Ivan Thompson Victoria Shamrocks 1
1980 Barry Maruk Brampton Excelsiors 1
1981 Wayne Goss New Westminster Salmonbellies1
1982 Jim Wasson Peterborough Lakers1
1983 John Crowther Victoria Pay Less 1
1984 John Grant Sr. Peterborough Lakers1
1985 Wayne Colley Brooklin Redmen1
1986 Geordie Dean New Westminster Salmonbellies1
1987 Jim Meredith Brooklin Redmen1
Eric Cowieson New Westminster Salmonbellies1
1988 Bill Thomas Coquitlam Adanacs 1
1989 Ben Hieltjes New Westminster Salmonbellies1
1990 Paul Gait Brooklin Redmen1
1991Geordie DeanNew Westminster Salmonbellies2
1992 John Tavares Brampton Excelsiors1
1993John TavaresBrampton Excelsiors2
1994 Darris Kilgour Six Nations Chiefs 1
1995Paul GaitSix Nations Chiefs2
1996John TavaresSix Nations Chiefs3
1997 Gary Gait Victoria Shamrocks1
1998 Pat O'Toole Brampton Excelsiors1
1999Gary GaitVictoria Shamrocks2
Paul GaitVictoria Shamrocks3
2000 Nick Trudeau Brooklin Redmen1
2001 Andy Ogilvie Coquitlam Adanacs1
2002 Josh Sanderson Brampton Excelsiors1
2003 Andrew Turner Victoria Shamrocks1
2004 John Grant Jr. Peterborough Lakers1
2005 Anthony Cosmo Victoria Shamrocks1
2006 Dan Carey Peterborough Lakers1
2007John Grant Jr.Peterborough Lakers2
2008Anthony CosmoBrampton Excelsiors2
2009 Shawn Williams Brampton Excelsiors1
2010 Shawn Evans Peterborough Lakers1
2011Anthony CosmoBrampton Excelsiors3
2012 Mike Thompson Peterborough Lakers1
2013 Cody Jamieson Six Nations Chiefs1
2014 Brandon Miller Six Nations Chiefs1
2015 Corey Small Victoria Shamrocks1
2016 Dan Dawson Six Nation Chiefs1
2017Shawn EvansPeterborough Lakers2
2018Shawn EvansPeterborough Lakers3
2019 Mike Poulin Peterborough Lakers1
2020Not awarded due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021Not awarded due to Covid-19 pandemic
2022 Curtis Dickson Langley Thunder1
2023Cody Jamieson Six Nations Chiefs 2

Source: [4]

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  2. ↑ "The Glory of the Mann Cup". InsideLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
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