BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given "for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity", and the winner is selected by BBC Sport. The award is named after the BBC sports presenter Helen Rollason, who died in August 1999 at the age of 43 after suffering from cancer for two years. Helen Rollason was the first female presenter of "Grandstand". After being diagnosed with cancer, she
Leanne Brown (presenter) national news reporter for the BBC. Brown was married to radio presenter Richard Allen for 5 years (m. 2013 - 2018) Leanne Brown (presenter) Leanne Brown (born Grimsby, England) is a journalist and presenter for the BBC. Brown began her media career at 16, working as a film critic for Yorkshire Television. Her first job at the BBC was working for BBC Radio Humberside as the station's community reporter. She later moved to television and worked as a producer before moving to a role as a video journalist and presenter at BBC Look North. Brown currently presents a variety of