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The National Football League Most Valuable Player Award (NFL MVP) is given by various entities, most notably the Associated Press (AP),[1] to the player who is considered most valuable in the league. The AP NFL MVP has been shared three times, in 1960, 1997, and 2003.[2] Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning all won the award three times in their careers, the most of any NFL players. In the early afternoon, EST, on January 2, 2009, the AP released its second list of the Associated Press Most Valuable Players of the day. It listed winners from 1961 to the current winner, Peyton Manning.[3] Presently the Associated Press is maintaining that the MVP award began in 1961.[4] It is possible that this is a reaction to an article published at Pro Football Weekly [5] that suggests the AP awards as listed by the AP were incorrect. As recently as the morning (EST) of January 2, 2009,[6][7] the AP listed the 1957 MVP as Jim Brown, the 1958 MVP as Gino Marchetti, the 1959 MVP as Charlie Conerly, and the 1960 co-MVPs as Norm Van Brocklin and Joe Schmidt. The Pro Football Weekly.com article disputes the 1958, 1959, and 1960 winners. Since, as the PFW article points out, the AP began using the term "MVP" in 1961, it seems the pre-1960 winners are no longer considered "MVPs" but "Players of the Year".[5]
[edit] Associated Press NFL POY/MVP Award
[edit] Pro Football Writers Association NFL MVP Award[edit] Joe F. Carr TrophyThe NFL awarded the Joe F. Carr Trophy (named after the league president, 1921-39) to the league's MVP from 1938 to 1946.
[edit] United Press International NFL POY AwardUnited Press International gave an NFL Player of the Year Award from 1948 through 1969, excepting 1949-50, and 1952. In 1970 UPI instituted separate awards for the NFC and AFC. In 1975 UPI added a Defensive Player of the Year Award for both the NFC and AFC.
[edit] Newspaper Enterprise Association NFL MVP AwardThis award ran from 1955 through 1996 and was a poll of NFL players.[11] The award winner is presented with the Jim Thorpe Trophy (not to be confused with collegiate football's Jim Thorpe Award). Beginning in 1997 the Jim Thorpe Trophy was presented by the Jim Thorpe Association, with the winner determined by a "vote of NFLPA representatives".[12]
[edit] The Sporting News NFL MVP AwardBeginning in 1954 “The Sporting News” NFL MVP is still in existence. From 1970-79 The Sporting News chose AFC and NFC players of the year, returning to an NFL-wide choice in 1980.[13]
[edit] Miller Lite NFL Player of the YearAward discontinued after 2006.[14]
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