The Lou Marsh Trophy is awarded annually by a panel of journalists in recognition of Canada's top athlete. The vote takes place in December

Past Winners

  • 2003 - Mike Weir, golfer
  • 2002 - Catriona Le May Doan, speed skating
  • 2001 - Jamie Sale & David Pelletier, figure skating
  • 2000 - Daniel Igali, wrestling
  • 1999 - Caroline Brunet, kayaking
  • 1998 - Larry Walker, baseball
  • 1997 - Jacques Villeneuve, auto racing
  • 1996 - Donovan Bailey, athletics
  • 1995 - Jacques Villeneuve, auto racing
  • 1994 - Myriam Bédard, biathlon
  • 1993 - Mario Lemieux, hockey
  • 1992 - Mark Tewksbury, swimming
  • 1991 - Silken Laumann, rowing
  • 1990 - Kurt Browning, figure skating
  • 1989 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey
  • 1988 - Carolyn Waldo, synchronized swimming
  • 1987 - Ben Johnson, track and field
  • 1986 - Ben Johnson, track and field
  • 1985 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey
  • 1984 - Gaetan Boucher, speed skating
  • 1983 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey
  • 1982 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey
  • 1981 - Susan Nattrass, shooting
  • 1980 - Terry Fox, Marathon of Hope
  • 1979 - Sandra Post, golf
  • 1978 - Graham Smith, swimming
  • 1978 - Ken Read, skiing
  • 1977 - Guy Lafleur, hockey
  • 1976 - Sandy Hawley, horse racing
  • 1975 - Bobby Clarke , hockey
  • 1974 - Ferguson Jenkins, baseball
  • 1973 - Sandy Hawley, horse racing
  • 1972 - Phil Esposito, hockey
  • 1971 - Hervé Filion, harness racing
  • 1970 - Bobby Orr, hockey
  • 1969 - Russ Jackson, football
  • 1968 - Nancy Greene, skiing
  • 1967 - Nancy Greene, skiing
  • 1966 - Elaine Tanner, swimming
  • 1965 - Petra Burka, figure skating
  • 1964 - Roger Jackson, rowing
  • 1964 - George Hungerford, rowing
  • 1963 - Bill Crothers, track and field
  • 1962 - Don Jackson, figure skating
  • 1961 - Bruce Kidd, track and field
  • 1960 - Anne Heggtveit, ski
  • 1959 - Barbara Wagner, figure skating
  • 1959 - Bob Paul figure skating
  • 1958 - Lucille Wheeler, skiing
  • 1957 - Maurice Richard, hockey
  • 1956 - Marlene Streit, golf
  • 1955 - Beth Whittall, swimming
  • 1954 - Marilyn Bell, swimming
  • 1953 - Doug Hepburn, weightlifting
  • 1952 - George Genereux, shooting
  • 1951 - Marlene Streit, golf
  • 1950 - Bob McFarlane, football, track and field
  • 1949 - Cliff Lumsden, swimming
  • 1948 - Barbara Ann Scott, figure skating
  • 1947 - Barbara Ann Scott, figure skating
  • 1946 - Joe Krol, football
  • 1945 - Barbara Ann Scott, figure skating
  • 1941 - Theo Dubois, rowing
  • 1940 - Gérard Côté, marathon
  • 1939 - Bob Pirie, swimming
  • 1938 - Bob Pearce, rowing
  • 1937 - W. Marshall Cleland, equestrian sports
  • 1936 - Phil Edwards, track and field