The award was created in 1969 and was originally named the Dick McCann Memorial Award, after Dick McCann, the first director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[2] However, the name was changed in 2021 due to McCann's association with the segregationist policies of the Washington Redskins when he was the team's general manager.[3]
Presentation of the award is made annually at the Pro Football Hall Enshrinement Ceremony. Prior to 2014, the presentation was made at the Enshrinees Dinner. While the list of Nunn Award honorees is sometimes referred to as the "writer's wing" of the Hall of Fame, they not actually hall of famers and do not get gold jackets or bronze busts like hall of famers do.[4]
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^Sando, Mike. "ESPN's Chris Mortensen presented with Dick McCann Award," ESPN.com, Saturday, August 6, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2017
^"Ed Werder Selected As PFWA's 2017 Dick McCann Award Winner," Pro Football Hall of Fame, Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017
^"Jarrett Bell Selected as PFWA's 2022 Bill Nunn Jr. Award Winner". si.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^"The Athletic writer Jim Trotter selected as winner of 2023 Bill Nunn Memorial Award". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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The Bill Nunn Memorial Award is bestowed annually by the Professional Football Writers of America PFWA to a reporter for their long and distinguished contribution to pro football through coverage It is named after Bill Nunn Jr who worked for 22 years at the Pittsburgh Courier 1 Bill Nunn Memorial AwardSportAmerican footballAwarded for In recognition of long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football LocationPro Football Hall of FameCanton OhioPresented byProfessional Football Writers of America PFWA HistoryFirst award1969Most recentJim Trotter 2023 WebsiteOfficial websiteThe award was created in 1969 and was originally named the Dick McCann Memorial Award after Dick McCann the first director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame 2 However the name was changed in 2021 due to McCann s association with the segregationist policies of the Washington Redskins when he was the team s general manager 3 Presentation of the award is made annually at the Pro Football Hall Enshrinement Ceremony Prior to 2014 the presentation was made at the Enshrinees Dinner While the list of Nunn Award honorees is sometimes referred to as the writer s wing of the Hall of Fame they not actually hall of famers and do not get gold jackets or bronze busts like hall of famers do 4 Contents 1 Award recipients 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksAward recipients editYear 5 Awardee Publication1969 George Strickler Chicago Tribune1970 Arthur Daley The New York Times1971 Joe King New York World Telegram and Sun1972 Lewis Atchison Washington Star1973 Dave Brady The Washington Post1974 Bob Oates Los Angeles Times1975 John Steadman Baltimore News American1976 Jack Hand Associated Press1977 Art Daley Green Bay Press Gazette1978 Murray Olderman Newspaper Enterprise Association1979 Pat Livingston Pittsburgh Press1980 Chuck Heaton Cleveland Plain Dealer1981 Norm Miller New York Daily News1982 Cameron Snyder Baltimore Morning Sun1983 Hugh Brown Philadelphia Bulletin1984 Larry Felser Buffalo News1985 Cooper Rollow Chicago Tribune1986 Bill Wallace The New York Times1987 Jerry Magee San Diego Union1988 Gordon Forbes USA Today1989 Vito Stellino The Baltimore Sun1990 Will McDonough The Boston Globe1991 Dick Connor Denver Post1992 Frank Luksa Dallas Morning News1993 Ira Miller San Francisco Chronicle1994 Don Pierson Chicago Tribune1995 Ray Didinger Philadelphia Daily News1996 Paul Zimmerman Sports Illustrated1997 Bob Roesler New Orleans Times Picayune1998 Dave Anderson The New York Times1999 Art Spander Oakland Tribune2000 Tom McEwen Tampa Tribune2001 Len Shapiro The Washington Post2002 Edwin Pope Miami Herald2003 Joel Buchsbaum Pro Football Weekly2004 Rick Gosselin Dallas Morning News2005 Jerry Green Detroit News2006 John McClain Houston Chronicle2007 John Clayton ESPN com2008 Len Pasquarelli ESPN com2009 Peter King Sports Illustrated2010 Pete Finney New Orleans Times Picayune2011 Bob McGinn Milwaukee Journal Sentinel2012 Tom Kowalski MLive com 6 2013 Dan Pompei Chicago Tribune2014 Ed Bouchette Pittsburgh Post Gazette2015 Dave Goldberg Associated Press2016 Chris Mortensen ESPN com 7 2017 Ed Werder ESPN com 8 2018 Charean Williams Pro Football Talk2019 Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times2020 Don Banks Sports Illustrated2021 Bob Glauber Newsday2022 Jarrett Bell USA Today 9 2023 Jim Trotter The Athletic 10 See also editJ G Taylor Spink Award sports writers Baseball Writers Association of America Pete Rozelle Radio Television AwardReferences edit Bill Nunn Jr Award Pro Football Writers of America Retrieved March 22 2022 Mini Bio Dick McCann PDF profootballresearchers org Retrieved 18 August 2019 Johnson Keshawn Glauber Bob 2021 The Forgotten First Grand Central Publishing ISBN 9781538705476 Retrieved 17 May 2023 John Clayton bio ESPN com Archived from the original on March 17 2010 Retrieved 25 March 2010 Bill Nunn Memorial Award Winners Profootballhof com Retrieved March 22 2022 Zaroo Philip Tom Kowalski selected to receive Dick McCann Award by Pro Football Writers Association MLive com Friday June 22 2012 Retrieved December 10 2017 Sando Mike ESPN s Chris Mortensen presented with Dick McCann Award ESPN com Saturday August 6 2016 Retrieved December 10 2017 Ed Werder Selected As PFWA s 2017 Dick McCann Award Winner Pro Football Hall of Fame Wednesday June 14 2017 Retrieved December 10 2017 Jarrett Bell Selected as PFWA s 2022 Bill Nunn Jr Award Winner si com Retrieved 23 May 2022 The Athletic writer Jim Trotter selected as winner of 2023 Bill Nunn Memorial Award Pro Football Hall of Fame Retrieved 17 May 2023 External links editBill Nunn Memorial Award at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bill Nunn Memorial Award amp oldid 1213016420, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
