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Sports Awards and Trophies Named After People
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This is a list of eponyms in sports, i.e. sports awards and trophies named after people.
| | American football - Heisman Trophy, after John Heisman. |
| | American football - Vince Lombardi Trophy (Super Bowl trophy), after Vince Lombardi. |
| | Baseball - Cy Young Award, after Cy Young. |
| | Basketball - Larry O'Brien Trophy (NBA Finals trophy), after Larry O'Brien. |
| | Basketball - Naismith Award, after James Naismith. |
| | Basketball - Wooden Award, after John Wooden. |
| | Basketball - Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, after James Naismith's daughter-in-law Frances Pomeroy Naismith. |
| | Basketball - Wade Trophy, after Lily Margaret Wade. |
| | Football (soccer) - Copa de S.M. El Rey Don Juan Carlos I, after Juan Carlos I of Spain. |
| | Football (soccer) - Johan Cruijff-schaal, after Johan Cruijff. |
| | Football (soccer) - Jules Rimet trophy (first Football World Cup), after Jules Rimet (France). |
| | Football (soccer) - Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, after Lamar Hunt. |
| | Football (soccer) - Pichichi (top-scorer each season in Spain), after Rafael Moreno Aranzadi. |
| | Football (soccer) - SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira, after Cândido de Oliveira. |
| | Golf - Ryder Cup, after Samuel Ryder. |
| | Golf - Solheim Cup, after Karsten and Louise Solheim (United States of America). |
| | Golf - Walker Cup, after George Herbert Walker. |
| | Golf - Curtis Cup, after Harriot and Margaret Curtis. |
| | Golf - Seve Trophy, after Seve Ballesteros. |
| | Ice Hockey - Stanley Cup, after Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby. |
| | Tennis - Davis Cup, after Dwight F. Davis. |
| | Tennis - Roland Garros (French Open championships), after the pioneering French World War I fighter pilot. |
| | Tennis - Coupe Suzanne Lenglen (French Open women's championship trophy), after Suzanne Lenglen (France). |
| | Tennis - Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup (Australian Open women's championship trophy), after Daphne Akhurst (Australia). |
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