NFLPA Alan Page Community Award
The NFLPA Alan Page Community Award (APC) has been awarded by the National Football League Players Association continuously since 1967. Previously named the Byron "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year Award, after Byron "Whizzer" White, the award was renamed in the fall of 2018 in honor of Alan Page. Alan Page has been a stalwart for the players union since his early days as an executive committee member as well as a pioneer for social justice during his distinguished 23-year tenure on the Minnesota Supreme Court.[1]
The award annually recognizes one player who goes above and beyond to perform community service in his hometown and team city. Past winners have included Drew Brees, Warrick Dunn, Gale Sayers, Bart Starr, Archie Manning, Peyton Manning and Ken Houston.[2]
The 2001 recipient, Michael McCrary, was the child in the Supreme Court case Runyon v. McCrary (1976) in which Justice White had participated nearly a quarter of a century before McCrary's award. White had dissented from the position taken by the lawyers for McCrary.
Winners
editSee also
edit- Walter Camp Man of the Year
- Walter Camp Distinguished American Award
- Walter Camp Alumni of the Year
- Amos Alonzo Stagg Award
- National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award
- National Football Foundation Gold Medal Winners
- Theodore Roosevelt Award (NCAA)
- Walter Payton Man of the Year Award
- Athletes in Action/Bart Starr Award
- List of National Football League awards
References
edit- ^ "NFLPA establishes "Alan Page Community Award" as its highest honor". NFLPA.com. September 4, 2018.
- ^ a b "Anquan Boldin Named 2014 Byron Whizzer White Winner". National Football League Players Association. March 20, 2014. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- ^ "Drew Brees Wins 46th Annual Byron Whizzer White Award", NFLPlayers.com, January 21, 2012.
- ^ "Byron "Whizzer" White Award goes to Steelers QB Charlie Batch"
- ^ "Chad Greenway named 2015 Byron 'Whizzer' White Award winner"
- ^ "Panthers' Thomas Davis Selected As 2016 Byron "Whizzer" White Awardee"
- ^ "Philadelphia's Malcolm Jenkins Selected as 2017 Byron "Whizzer" White Award Winner"
- ^ "Chris Long wins NFLPA’s Byron “Whizzer” White award"