In the same year, Brisbane Lion ( and former Bear ) midfielder Jason Akermanis won the league's highest individual honour, the Brownlow Medal.

Lavelli was the league's top receiver in 1946, while Speedie won those honors in 1947 and 1949.

He won the league's Most Valuable Player Award and had such a dominant year that one sportswriter was prompted to say, " Henry Aaron led the league in everything except hotel accommodations.

The Vikings have won one NFL championship, in 1969, prior to the league's merger with the American Football League ( AFL ).

For instance, the 1948 ABL finalist Baltimore Bullets moved to the BAA and won that league's 1948 title, and the 1948 NBL champion Minneapolis Lakers won the 1949 BAA title.

During this period, the Minneapolis Lakers, led by center George Mikan, won five NBA Championships and established themselves as the league's first dynasty.

At the end of the 2000 season, the Houston Comets won their fourth championship, capturing every title since the league's inception.

They won that league's championship, the Calder Cup, in 1993.

Bankrolled by Calisto Tanzi, the club won these eight trophies between 1992 and 2002, a period in which it achieved its best ever league finish – as runners-up in the 1996 – 97 season – and threatened the dominance of the league's established powers: Juventus, Milan and Internazionale, the only Italian sides to have had more success in European competition than Parma.

The New York Yankees have won 40 American League titles, the most in the league's history, followed by the Oakland Athletics ( 15 ) and the Boston Red Sox ( 12 ).

The Chico Heat won the league championship in the league's final season, defeating Long Beach 3 games to 1.

In 2002, Chico won its second league championship in the league's and the team's final season.

The league's most severe impact was on the Miami Dolphins, who had just won consecutive Super Bowls before the WFL's snagging of three of their star players.

Lindros tied Jaromir Jagr for the regular season scoring lead ( though Jagr won the Art Ross Trophy with more goals ), and captured the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's MVP.

Peter Forsberg, the playoffs leading scorer with 24 points ( 8 goals and 16 assists ), was again elected to the league's first all-star team and Chris Drury won the Calder Memorial Trophy for the best rookie of the season.

He won the Hart Memorial Trophy, given to the league's most valuable player during the regular season, the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player that has shown the best sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with performance in play, the Lester B. Pearson Award and shared the NHL Plus / Minus Award with Patrik Elias of the Devils.

Sakic was elected for the league's first all-star team at the end of the season and won the NHL / Sheraton Road Performer Award.

The Heat were the biggest surprise and the league's most improved team in the season ; they won their first-ever Atlantic Division title with a 61 – 21 record, the best regular season record in Heat history at the time.

In 1989 – 90, Barkley finished second in the league's MVP voting, as the Sixers won the Atlantic Division title.

Led by early scoring sensation Joe Fulks, they won the championship in the league's inaugural 1946 – 47 season by defeating the Chicago Stags, four games to one.

The Lakers won five championships in Minneapolis, propelled by center George Mikan, who is described by the NBA's official website as the league's " first superstar ".

Martin St. Louis led the team and the NHL with 94 points ( his 38 goals were fourth-most after the 41 of tied trio Iginla, Rick Nash, and Ilya Kovalchuk ), and won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player.

St. Louis also won the Lester B. Pearson Award for league's most outstanding player as voted by the NHL Players ' Association, and tied the Vancouver Canucks ' Marek Malik for the NHL Plus / Minus Award.

The Canucks have won the Presidents ' Trophy in back-to-back seasons as the team with the league's best regular season record in the 2010 – 11 and 2011 – 2012 seasons.

Butragueño contributed to the side's transformation, and was a prominent member of the team during the 1980s, winning numerous honours: he received the European Bronze award for best footballer in two consecutive years, and won the Pichichi Trophy in 1991, while also being instrumental in the capital club's five national leagues, two domestic cups and two ( consecutive ) UEFA Cups.

Hugo Sánchez won four consecutive Pichichi trophies from 1984 – 85 to 1987 – 88

Lángara won the Pichichi Trophy three years in a row prior to the Spanish Civil War, as Oviedo broke all scoring records ( 174 goals in 62 league games ).

Gorostiza was a member of a Athletic team that also included Bata and was coached by English Fred Pentland, and won two Pichichi awards with the club.

Zaragoza's famous attacking line included Canário, Eleuterio Santos, Marcelino, Juan Manuel Villa and Carlos Lapetra ; Peruvian Juan Seminario, who started his career in Spain with Los Maños before moving to FC Barcelona, won the Pichichi Trophy in the 1961 – 62 campaign, scoring 25 goals in 30 games as the team finished in fourth position.

In the subsequent league campaign, won the Pichichi Trophy after finishing as joint top goalscorer with 17 goals.

In a career totally connected with Sporting de Gijón and FC Barcelona, he was widely regarded as one of the country's best strikers, having won a total of seven Pichichi Trophy awards, five of those in La Liga.

In his first season in La Liga, 1970 – 71, he netted 13 goals in 30 matches and, during the following nine years, only netted once in single digits ( nine ) and won three Pichichi, one in division two-ironically, in the year in which he won his second, Sporting was relegated, the player's 21 goals being insufficient to avoid the last place.

The eighth-highest top scorer of all-time in the Spanish first division ( 186 goals in 461 matches ), he never won the Pichichi Trophy, however.

Charles Harve, who recently won the `` Most Muscular Man '' subdivision award in the Mr. Canada event ; ;

During his post-ABBA career Andersson won four Swedish Grammis awards, and together with Ulvaeus received the " Special International " Ivor Novello award from ' The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters ', twice " The Music Export Prize " from the Swedish Ministry of Industry and Trade ( 2008 ), as well as the " Lifetime Achievement " award from the Swedish Music Publishers Association ( SMFF ).

Of the 24 pitchers who have won the award, 15 are right-handed while 9 are left-handed.

Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial, Alex Rodriguez, and Robin Yount have won at different positions, while Rodriguez is the only player who has won the award with two different teams at two different positions.

The award became national in 1947 ; Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers ' first baseman, won the inaugural award.

Sam Jethroe is the oldest player to have won the award, at age 32, 33 days older than 2000 winner Kazuhiro Sasaki ( also 32 ).

The award has drawn criticism in recent years because several players with experience in Nippon Professional Baseball ( NPB ) have won the award, such as Hideo Nomo in 1995, Kazuhiro Sasaki in 2000, and Ichiro Suzuki in 2001.

Greetings was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Silver Bear award.

In 1942 Beech won its first Army-Navy ‘ E ’ Award production award and became one of the elite five percent of war contracting firms in the country to win five straight awards for production efficiency, mostly for the production of the Beechcraft 18 which remains in widespread use worldwide.

The following year, Robinson won the American League Most Valuable Player award, thus becoming the first ( and so far only ) man to win the MVP in each league ( Robinson won the NL MVP in 1961, leading the Reds to the pennant ).

He won the Man of the Match award for both matches and was also named Man of the Series.

)" Together they produced the films Apache ( 1954 ), Vera Cruz ( 1954 ), Marty ( 1955 ) ( which won both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Palme d ' Or award at the Cannes Film Festival ), The Kentuckian ( 1955 ), Trapeze ( 1956 ), The Bachelor Party ( 1956 ), Sweet Smell of Success ( 1957 ), Run Silent, Run Deep ( 1958 ), Separate Tables ( 1958 ), ( 1959 ), Take a Giant Step ( 1959 ), Summer of the Seventeenth Doll ( 1960 ), and ( 1960 ).

Other editions of Call of Cthluhu have also won Origins Awards including the Hall of Fame award.

Other roles include: starring opposite Jim Carrey in the Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon ( 1999 ); as Joan Vollmer in Beat ( 2000 ) alongside Kiefer Sutherland ; and a leading role in Julie Johnson ( 2001 ) as Lili Taylor's lesbian lover, for which she won an Outstanding Actress award at L. A .' s Outfest.

She won an award for the Van Halen music video of the song " Right Now ", which she produced.

" Super Joe " Charbonneau won the American League Rookie of the Year award.

Grady Sizemore, who had a. 995 fielding percentage and only two errors in 405 chances, won the Gold Glove award, Cleveland's first since 2001.

Both players had a better fielding percentage, more total chances, better zone rating, more putouts, more double plays turned, better range factor and more assists than their counterparts who won the award instead ( Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee and Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins ).

It was shown in competition at the 1963 Venice Film Festival, where it won the award for Best First Work.

In 1974, Mike Marshall won the award, becoming the first relief pitcher to win the award.