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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".
The first award to recognize the NFL's "most valuable player" was the Joe F. Carr Trophy, first given in 1938. Named in honor of NFL commissioner Joseph Carr, it was awarded until 1946, and remains the only MVP award officially sanctioned by the NFL until. [7] The AP MVP award has been presented annually at the NFL Honors since 2012. [8] [9]
The Super Bowl MVP is awarded to the brightest star on the biggest stage. There have been 58 Super Bowls played in history. A quarterback has been named Super Bowl MVP 33 of 58 times (56.9%).
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. *
Every year at the close of football's regular season, 50 sportswriters from the Associated Press cast their votes for the NFL's Most Valuable Player award. The journalists all cover the NFL as ...
The only team to top 600 points (606), courtesy largely of Manning's record 5,477 yards and 55 TDs through the air. However, they're forever tainted for getting smoked by Seattle in the Super Bowl ...
[15] [16] Three years later, the AP awarded their first NFL Most Valuable Player Award, in 1957. [17] Lastly, PFWA gave out their NFL MVP Award for the first time in 1966, although they did not name another MVP until 1975. [18] The AP and PFWA have named MVPs each season since 1957 and 1975, respectively.