Lou Marsh Trophy

The Lou Marsh Trophy (Fr. Lou Marsh Trophy ) is a trophy that is awarded annually to the best athletes in Canada. It is named after Lou Marsh, a prominent referees and sports journalists of the newspaper Toronto Star. The trophy was first performed in 1936, Marsh's year of death awarded. It consists of black marble with the inscription With Pick and Shovel ( " with pick and shovel "). In the years 1942-1944 there were no awards in 1978 and 1983, the trophy went to two athletes. The most successful athlete is the hockey player Wayne Gretzky, who won the trophy four times.

The jury consists of eleven persons, including representatives of newspapers Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, La Presse and the National Post, the CBC television station, The Sports Network and Rogers Sportsnet, and the radio station Fan590. This narrow focus on a few media calls forth sometimes criticism. The awarded by the news agency The Canadian Press Trophies Lionel Conacher Award ( for men) and Bobbie Rosenfeld Award (for women ) are considered important because their juries are broad-based.

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