Trophy for NFL Player of the Year awarded to Jim Brown
- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Distributed by
- Sporting News, American, founded 1886
- Subject of
- Brown, Jim, American, 1936 - 2023
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- metal with wood and paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 15 1/4 × 8 13/16 × 12 in. (38.7 × 22.4 × 30.5 cm)
- Description
- The 1957 The Sporting News NFL Player of the Year trophy awarded to Jim Brown. The large trophy consists of a football on a beveled pedestal. The trophy is made of gold-colored metal and features a plaque secured to the front of the base pedestal. The plaque has cut away corners. The etched text reads [1957 Marlboro AWARD / JIMMY BROWN / Player of the Year / NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE / As Selected by / The Sporting News]. The paint is peeled off in several spots on the base. The plaque also has many scratches, abrasions, and places where the metal has faded.
- Place used
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Jock Michael Smith Collection
- Classification
- Awards, Medals, and Insignia
- Type
- trophies (prizes)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Jock Michael Smith Collection
- Object number
- 2016.107.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.