Distinguished Service Awards
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The Distinguished Service Award (DSA) is given annually to those individuals who have made outstanding contributions to national or international sports through instruction, research or service. The DSA is separate from the Academy's Awards of Sport and each recipient also receives the coveted Order of the Eagle Exemplar for their achievements.
Each nominee must possess an extensive background in sports. This means that the individual must have had significant dealings in either instruction, research or service in sports for more than 10 years.
Instruction means that the individual must have been engaged in the act or process of imparting or acquiring knowledge in the area of sports on two continents.
Research means that the individual must have been engaged in the organized and systematic inquiry of investigation into sports to discover or revise facts, theories or publications in the discipline spanning two or more continents.
Service means that the individual must have been engaged in the organized and systematic supply of sports required by the public on two or more continents for more than 20 years.
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1984: Amadou Lamine Ba Sang-Ho Cho Jean Borotra Willi Daume H.E. Ahmed Abdullah Abu Hussain Colonel F. Don Miller Branco Mikulic Mikio Oda William E. Simon Ydnekatchew Tessema Kurt Tittel Peter V. Ueberroth Ben Weider 1985: John Brown John F. "Jack" Cramer Donna de Varona A.O. Duer Edmond F. Enos Chris Evert-Lloyd Manuel Ricardo Gonzalez Guerra Professor Wildor Hollmann Ludovit Komadel, M.D. William M. "Billy" Mills 1986: Dr. A/Halim Mohammed Abdel Halim Dr. Un-Yong Kim Li Menghua A. De O. Sales Dr. Otto Szymiczek 1987: Patty Berg (Female Contributor to Sport) Billy Mills (Male Contributor to Sport) 1988: Julie Krone Tom McMillen 1989: Herman L. Masin Tan Sri Datuk Seri Hamzah Abu Samah 1990: Frank Deford Prof. Dr. Csaba Istvanfi Dr. August Kirsch Dr. Roswell Merrick Mr. Al Neuharth Nikolai Rusak Joe Weider 1991: Dr. Bob Goldman Kipchoge Keino Dr. Paavo V. Komi Joe Newton Augustine L. Nieto Dr. Bruce Ogilve Dr. George Sheehan Dean Smith Dr. Victor Togozkin Dr. Carl A. Troester, Jr. 1992: Bobby Allison Chris Hamilton Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich Robert Stephen Simon 1993: Lee Haney Don Shula 1994: George Brett Steve Cauthen Harold Clark Jimmy Connors Dan Earnhardt Peggy Fleming Dan Gable Greg Lemond John McDonell Martina Navratilova Pat Summitt Lee Travino 1995: Al Cartwright Olan Cassell George G. Dales Anson Dorance G. Andrew Fleming Hardy Katz Philip H. Knight Andre Van Lierde Tommy Lasorda Stephen Negoesco Michael O'Hara Eddie Robinson John Schuerholz 1996: Dr. Alpha Alexander Fred L. Allman, Jr., M.D. Charles H. Battle, Jr. Donald L. Gambril Fekrou Kidane Pfilip G. Hunt Roy F. Kramer Michael B. Lenard Benita Fitzgerald Mosely Gene F. Policinski Sally G. Rosandich Dr. Harvey Schiller George M. Steinbrenner III |
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