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Jack Graney Award

The Jack Graney Award is presented annually by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, an honour presented just twelve times in the twenty-four years since its inception, to a representative of the media who has made a significant contribution to the game of baseball to Canada through their life's work.

"When I made the jump into sports writing, my dad made me promise that I would not become like the guy in 1941 who left Ted Williams off an MVP ballot because he didn't like him. I still remember in 1995 when I was filling out my MVP ballot, and I moved a player from second to sixth because I thought he was a jerk. Then I remembered what my father told me and I moved him back to second. You should try to judge players by what they do, not the way they treat you." - Bob Elliott (Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, 12/17/2010, 'Bob Elliott captures Ball Hall's Jack Graney Award', Press Release)

Jack Graney Award In Chronological Order
Year	Jack Graney Award Winners	Affiliation
1987	Neil McCarl	Toronto Star
1988	Milt Dunnell	Toronto Star
1990	Austin "Dink" Carroll	Montreal Gazette
1991	Joe Crysdale	CKEY-FM
1991	Hal Kelly	CKEY-FM
1996	Dave Van Horne	The Sporting News & CIQC-FM
2001	Tom Cheek	Toronto Blue Jays
2002	Ernie Harwell	Detroit Tigers
2003	Allan Simpson	Baseball America
2004	Jacques Doucet	Montreal Expos
2005	Len Bramson	TBS Sports
2009	Ian MacDonald	Montreal Gazette
2010	Bob Elliott	Toronto Sun & Canadian Baseball Network
2011	W. P. Kinsella	Author (Shoeless Joe)
Year	Jack Graney Award Winners	Affiliation
Jack Graney Award

The years on the Jack Graney Award chart above which are "missing"; 1989, 1992-1995, 1997-2000, 2006-2008, aren't missing at all - the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame is so selective that some years they chose not to honor anyone.

Did you know that the Jack Graney Award is named in honor of former Major League ballplayer Jack Graney, one of the first Canadian baseball players to enjoy success in the major leagues, and one of the first notable Canadian baseball broadcasters?

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