christopher chataway won the first bbc sports personality of the year.
christopher chataway won the first bbc sports personality of the year.
who won the first bbc sports personality of the year?
christopher chataway
the bbc's sports personality of the year was created by paul fox, who came up with the idea while he was editor of the magazine show "sportsview". the first award ceremony took place in 1954 as part of "sportsview", and was presented by peter dimmock. held at the savoy hotel on 30 december 1954, the show lasted 45 minutes. it consisted of one award for the sportsperson judged by the public to have achieved the most that year. voting was by postcard, and rules presented in a "radio times" article stipulated that nominations were restricted to athletes who had featured on the "sportsview" programme since april. for the inaugural bbc sportsperson of the year award, 14,517 votes were cast and christopher chataway beat fellow athlete roger bannister. the following year the show was renamed "sports review of the year" and given a longer duration of 75 minutes.
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