Jack Buck Award is an award named after former St. Louis broadcaster Jack Buck and presented by the Missouri Athletic Club. This award was established in 1987 and is presented to individuals in recognition of enthusiastic and dedicated support of sports in the city of St. Louis, Missouri.
1987 – August A. Busch Jr., former brewer, prominent sportsman, and owner of the St. Louis Cardinals 1988 – Ben Kerner, Bing Devine 1989 – Joe Garagiola and Yogi Berra, national baseball figures and former catchers originally from St. Louis 1990 – Robert Hyland, vice president and general manager of radio station KMOX for four decades 1991 – Mike Shanahan, part-owner of the St. Louis Blues 1992 – Ozzie Smith, St. Louis Cardinal Hall of Famer 1993 – Michael Roarty, Anheuser-Busch marketing executive 1994 – Stan Musial, St. Louis Cardinal Hall of Famer 1995 – Thomas Eagleton, United States Senator from Missouri 1996 – Bill DeWitt, Fred Hanser, Drew Baur, St. Louis Cardinals owners and executives 1997 – Martin L. Mathews, co-founder the Mathews-Dickey Boys' Club 1998 – Red Schoendienst, St. Louis Cardinal Hall of Famer 1999 – Charles Michael Nash, head of the Boys Club of St. Louis 2000 – Mr. and Mrs. Mike Jones, former St. Louis Rams who made the tackle that ended Super Bowl XXXIV 2001 – Flint Fowler, longtime leader of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater St. Louis 2002 – Walt Jocketty, St. Louis Cardinals general manager (1994-2007) 2003 – Jerry Clinton, boxing aficionado who helped St. Louis regain an NFL team 2004 – Tony LaRussa, St. Louis Cardinal Hall of Famer 2005 – Jay Randolph, sportscaster 2006 – St. Louis Cardinals 2007 – John Davidson, St. Louis Blues president of hockey operations and former goaltender 2008 – Kelly Chase, former St. Louis Blues player 2010 – Ernie Hays, former St. Louis Cardinals organist 2012 – Steven Jackson, former St. Louis Rams Pro Bowl running back 2013 – Aeneas Williams, former St. Louis Rams All-Pro cornerback 2015 – Dave Peacock, former president of Anheuser-Busch 2017 - Tom Stillman, chairman of the St. Louis Blues 2018 - Jim Crane, owner and chairman of the Houston Astros 2019 – MLS4THELOU, owners of the St. Louis City SC MLS franchise 2021 - Curtis Francois, World Wide Technology Raceway owner 2022 - Bruce Affleck, executive and former player for the St. Louis Blues 2023 - Brandon Williams, vice president of the St. Louis Battlehawks and former St. Louis Rams wide receiver 2024 - Chris Zimmerman, president and CEO of the St. Louis Blues 2025 - John Rooney, St. Louis Cardinal radio broadcaster
Jack Buck Sports Personality of the Year
1970 - Bob Gibson 1971 - Joe Torre 1972 - Al Onofrio 1973 - Lou Brock 1974 - Don Coryell 1975 - Terry Metcalf 1976 - Jim Bakken 1977 - Ted Simmons 1978 - Warren Powers 1979 - Keith Hernandez 1980 - Pat Tilley 1981 - Mike Liut 1982 - Whitey Herzog 1983 - Roy Green 1984 - Ozzie Smith 1985 - Willie McGee 1986 - Todd Worrell 1987 - Rich Grawer 1988 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1989 - Pedro Guerrero 1990 - Brett Hull and Hale Irwin 1991 - Jimmy Connors 1992 - Norm Stewart 1993 - Curtis Joseph 1994 - Charlie Spoonhour 1995 - Brendan Shanahan 1996 - Tony La Russa 1997 - Dick Vermeil 1998 - Mark McGwire 1999 - Al MacInnis 2000 - Kurt Warner 2001 - Marshall Faulk 2002 - Albert Pujols 2003 - Isaac Bruce 2004 - Scott Rolen 2005 - Chris Carpenter 2006 - Torry Holt 2007 - Jason Isringhausen 2008 - Gary Pinkel 2009 - Adam Wainwright 2010 - Sam Bradford 2011 - Lance Berkman 2012 - Matt Holliday 2013 - Matt Carpenter 2014 - T. J. Oshie 2015 - Mike Matheny 2016 - Vladimir Tarasenko 2017 - Yadier Molina 2018 - Miles Mikolas 2019 - Craig Berube 2021 - Paul Goldschmidt 2022 - Nolan Arenado 2023 - Bradley Carnell, head coach of Major League Soccer side St. Louis City SC 2024 - Eli Drinkwitz, head coach of the Missouri Tigers
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