Snell In Top 10
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LONDON, Dec. 22. Miss Dawn Fraser (Australia) and P. G. Snell have been named sportswoman and sportsman of the year by the international sports magazine, “World Sports.”
The top 10 placings in each group were:— Men: Snell, athletics, 80 votes, 1; D. Schollander (U.S.A.), swimming, 75, 2; A. Bikila (Ethiopia), athletics, 74, 3; R. Hayes (U.S.A.), athletics, 46, 4; J. Anquetil (France), cycling, 42, 5; L Zhabotinsky (U.S.S.R.), weightlifting, 20, 6; R. Emerson (Australia), tennis, 17, 7; A. Oerter (U.S.A.), athletics, and J. Surtees (Britain), motor-racing, 16 (equal), 8; A. Palmer (U.S.A.), golf, 12, 10. Women: Fraser, swimming, 86, 1; M. Rand (Britain), athletics, 53, 2; L. Skoblikova (U.S.S.R.), speed skating, 46, 3; S. Dijkstra (Netherlands), ice-skat-ing, 43, 4; A. Packer (Britain), athletics, 35, 5; T. Press (U.S.S.R.), athletics, 30, 6: I. Press (U.S.S.R.), athletics, 27, 7; V. Caslavska (Czechoslovakia), gymnastics, and S. Stouder (U.S.A.), swimming, 26 (equal), 8; B. Cuthbert (Australia), athletics, 23, 10.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30631, 23 December 1964, Page 15
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