Bert Bell Award

The Bert Bell Award for the Professional American football Player of the Year is presented by the Maxwell Football Club. This award is named in honor of Bert Bell (1895-1959), Commissioner of the National Football League and founder of the Maxwell Club.

Previous winners

Year	Player	Team
1959	John Unitas	Baltimore Colts
1960	Norman Van Brocklin	Philadelphia Eagles
1961	Paul Hornung	Green Bay Packers
1962	Andy Robustelli	New York Giants
1963	Jim Brown	Cleveland Browns
1964	John Unitas	Baltimore Colts
1965	Pete Retzlaff	Philadelphia Eagles
1966	Don Meredith	Dallas Cowboys
1967	John Unitas	Baltimore Colts
1968	Leroy Kelly	Cleveland Browns
1969	Roman Gabriel	Los Angeles Rams
1970	George Blanda	Oakland Raiders
1971	Roger Staubach	Dallas Cowboys
1972	Larry Brown	Washington Redskins
1973	O.J. Simpson	Buffalo Bills
1974	Merlin Olsen	Los Angeles Rams
1975	Fran Tarkenton	Minnesota Vikings
1976	Ken Stabler	Oakland Raiders
1977	Bob Griese	Miami Dolphins
1978	Terry Bradshaw	Pittsburgh Steelers
1979	Earl Campbell	Houston Oilers
1980	Ron Jaworski	Philadelphia Eagles
1981	Ken Anderson	Cincinnati Bengals
1982	Joe Theisman	Washington Redskins
1983	John Riggins	Washington Redskins
1984	Dan Marino	Miami Dolphins
1985	Walter Payton	Chicago Bears
1986	Lawrence Taylor	New York Giants
1987	Jerry Rice	Miami Dolphins
1988	Randall Cunningham	Philadelphia Eagles
1989	Joe Montana	San Francisco 49ers
1990	Randall Cunningham	Philadelphia Eagles
1991	Barry Sanders	Detroit Lions
1992	Steve Young	San Francisco 49ers
1993	Emmitt Smith	Dallas Cowboys
1994	Steve Young	San Francisco 49ers
1995	Brett Favre	Green Bay Packers
1996	Brett Favre	Green Bay Packers
1997	Barry Sanders	Detroit Lions
1998	Randall Cunningham	Minnesota Vikings
1999	Kurt Warner	St. Louis Rams
2000	Rich Gannon	Oakland Raiders
2001	Marshall Faulk	St. Louis Rams
2002	Rich Gannon	Oakland Raiders
2003	Peyton Manning	Indianapolis Colts
2004	Peyton Manning	Indianapolis Colts
2005	Shaun Alexander	Seattle Seahawks