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* [[1969 in sports|1969]] - [[Sid Mercer]]
* [[1969 in sports|1969]] - [[Sid Mercer]]
* [[1970 in sports|1970]] - [[Heywood C. Broun]]
* [[1970 in sports|1970]] - [[Heywood C. Broun]]
* [[1971 in sports|1971]] - [[Frank Graham]]
* [[1971 in sports|1971]] - [[Frank Graham (sportswriter)|Frank Graham]]
* [[1972 in sports|1972]] - [[Dan Daniel]], [[Fred Lieb]], and [[J. Roy Stockton]]
* [[1972 in sports|1972]] - [[Dan Daniel]], [[Fred Lieb]], and [[J. Roy Stockton]]
* [[1973 in sports|1973]] - [[Warren Brown]], [[John Drebinger]], and [[John F. Kieran]]
* [[1973 in sports|1973]] - [[Warren Brown]], [[John Drebinger]], and [[John F. Kieran]]
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[[Category:Ford Frick Award|*]]
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Revision as of 18:34, 22 October 2005

The J.G. Taylor Spink Award is the highest award given by the Baseball Writers Association of America to its members. The award was instituted in 1962 and named after J.G. Taylor Spink, publisher of The Sporting News from 1914 to 1962, who was also the first recipient.

The Spink Award is awarded at the induction ceremonies of the Baseball Hall of Fame the year following the selection of the recipient. In recent years, the Hall of Fame has announced the finalists for the award and final vote totals. Previously, the results were kept secret.

Among the well-known Spink Award winners are Fred Lieb, Shirley Povich, Jerome Holtzman, Ring Lardner, and Sam Lacy. Peter Gammons of ESPN won the award in 2004.

Recipients of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award

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