Name a Philadelphia sports great and there's a good chance he or she has won the John Wanamaker Award.
Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving, Joe Frazier, Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, the Flyers and Bobby Clarke and Bernie Parent, Reggie White, the Eagles and Donovan McNabb, Chuck Bednarik and Dawn Staley are all Wanamaker winners.
The last two Wanamaker winners were Ryan Howard (2007) and Jimmy Rollins ('08), both National League Most Valuable Players.
The award is presented to "the athlete, team or organization that has done the most to reflect credit upon Philadelphia and to the team or sport in which they excel."
