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
Shulthis Stadium Grandstand for many years. The teams included the Independence Producers, the Independence Yankees, and the Independence Browns. The stadium was also the site for the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball, which was played on April 28, 1930. The primary building materials for the grandstand were concrete and red brick. The seating capacity listed in 1923 was 2,500 people. In addition to the grandstand bleachers, the grandstand also had box seating. The enclosed space under the bleachers contained a rub and bath room, a player's club room, a ground keeper's room, a lavatory for gentleman, and a lavatory