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The first award described as a most valuable player award was the Joe F. Carr Trophy, presented by the NFL from 1938 to 1946. Other organizations that previously issued an MVP include The Sporting News , United Press International (UPI), and the Jim Thorpe Trophy by the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).
The AP has presented an award recognizing the NFL's top player since the 1957 season, [4] [14] although the pre-1961 awardees are recognized in the Official NFL Record and Fact Book as winning the AP's "NFL Most Outstanding Player" award, [10] [15] and the 1962 winner was recognized as the AP's "Player of the Year".
[4] [5] By 1975, the Jim Thorpe Trophy was described by the TimesDaily as "one of the pros' most coveted honors." [6] In 1983, the Del Rio News Herald called it the "highest professional football award, period." [7] Earl Campbell was the first player to win the award in consecutive seasons, [8] capturing three straight from 1978 to 1980. [9]
Josh Allen wanted to leave New Orleans with different hardware. Allen edged two-time winner Lamar Jackson for the AP NFL Most Valuable Player award in the closest race since Matt Ryan beat out Tom ...
Don Hutson, the first multiple-time NFL MVP The Joe F. Carr Trophy was the first award given in the National Football League (NFL) to recognize a most valuable player for each season. It was first awarded in 1938, known then as the Gruen Trophy, [ 1 ] and renamed in 1939 in honor of NFL commissioner Joseph Carr .
United Press International gave an NFL Most Valuable Player Award from 1948 through 1969, excepting 1949–50, and 1952. [1] When the NFL's merger with the American Football League formed the National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC) in 1970, UPI began awarding individual NFC and AFC player of the year awards.
With the first ever NFL game broadcast on Nickelodeon comes the first ever “Nickelodeon Valuable Player” award. The recipient of the award sure fits with the channel's goofy and often ...
Pages in category "NFL Most Valuable Player Award winners" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .