Rookie of the Year (award)

Rookie of the Year (German newcomer of the year, rookie ) is a title for the best athlete who is in his first professional season. The award is in many North American professional leagues such as the Major League Baseball ( MLB - MLB Rookie of the Year Award ), the National Basketball Association (NBA - the NBA Rookie of the Year Award), the National Hockey League ( NHL - Calder Memorial Trophy ), the Major League Soccer ( MLS - MLS Rookie of the Year Award) and the National Football League (NFL - NFL awarded Rookie of the Year ).

In the NFL each year will be awarded to the best offensive and best defensive newcomer of the year. By 1996 also separate elections in the National Football Conference and the American Football Conference took place.

Many motorsport classes, especially North American, give a rookie -of -the- Year titles, such as the IndyCar Series and the NASCAR in all their series with the NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award. Also in MotoGP, the premier class of motorcycle racing, this award is presented annually.

In professional sports, the European Golf European Tour awards the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award to the best newcomer of the year.

Others

"Rookie of the Year " (Eng. The Rookie ) is the original title of a feature film of the American director Daniel Stern in 1993 with Thomas Ian Nicholas and Gary Busey and a 60 -minute television film from 1973 by Larry Elikann with Jodie Foster.

"Rookie of the Year " is a song by the post-hardcore / alternative rock band Funeral for a Friend.

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