It was assigned to the player that had the best goal-per-match ratio (the matches
effectively played plus the number of rounds in which the player was suspended).
In recent years it was called 'ERG sportsman dell'anno'.
Serie A Serie B
1959-60 Sivori (Juventus) not assigned
1960-61 Sivori (Juventus) Fanello (Alessandria)
1961-62 Altafini (Milan) Cappellaro (Alessandria)
1962-63 Manfredini (Roma) Ferrario (Monza)
1963-64 Nielsen (Bologna) Taccola (Prato)
1964-65 Orlando (Fiorentina) Depaoli (Brescia)
1965-66 Vinicio (L.R. Vicenza) Bui (Catanzaro)
1966-67 Riva (Cagliari) Francesconi (Sampdoria)
1967-68 Prati (Milan) Muiesan (Bari)
1968-69 Riva (Cagliari) Depaoli (Brescia)
1969-70 Riva (Cagliari) Bettega (Varese)
1970-71 Boninsegna (Internazionale) Benvenuto (Arezzo)
1971-72 Boninsegna (Internazionale) Chinaglia (Lazio)
1972-73 Pulici P. (Torino) Corradi (Genoa)
1973-74 Chinaglia (Lazio) La Rosa (Palermo)
1974-75 Pulici P. (Torino) Bresciani (Foggia)
1975-76 Pulici P. (Torino) Musiello (Avellino)
1976-77 Graziani F. (Torino) Rossi P. (L.R. Vicenza)
1977-78 Rossi P. (L.R. Vicenza) Ambu (Ascoli)
1978-79 Giordano (Lazio) Damiani (Genoa)
1979-80 Bettega (Juventus) Zanone (L.R. Vicenza)
1980-81 Pruzzo (Roma) Antonelli (Milan)
1981-82 Pruzzo (Roma) De Rosa G. (Palermo)
1982-83 Platini (Juventus) Giordano (Lazio)
1983-84 Zico (Udinese) Pacione (Atalanta)
1984-85 Platini (Juventus) Bivi (Bari)
1985-86 Pruzzo (Roma) Garlini (Lazio)
1986-87 Virdis (Milan) Rebonato (Pescara)
1987-88 Maradona (Napoli) Marronaro (Bologna)
1988-89 Serena A. (Internazionale) Schillaci (Messina)
1989-90 Van Basten (Milan) Silenzi (Reggiana)
1990-91 Vialli (Sampdoria) Baiano (Foggia)
1991-92 Van Basten (Milan) Ganz (Brescia)
1992-93 Signori (Lazio) Bierhoff (Ascoli)
Players: (67)
3 Pulici P. (B)
Pruzzo (A)
Riva (A)
2 Bettega (1 A and 1 B)
Boninsegna (A)
Chinaglia (1 A and 1 B)
De Paoli (B)
Giordano (1 A and 1 B)
Platini (A)
Rossi P. (1 A and 1 B)
Sivori (A)
Van Basten (A)
1 Altafini (A)
Ambu (B)
Antonelli (B)
Baiano (B)
Benvenuto (B)
Bierhoff (A)
Bivi (B)
Bresciani (B)
Bui (B)
Cappellaro (B)
Corradi (B)
Damiani (B)
De Rosa G. (B)
Fanello (B)
Ferrario (B)
Francesconi (B)
Ganz (B)
Garlini (B)
Graziani (A)
La Rosa (B)
Manfredini (A)
Maradona (A)
Marronaro (B)
Muiesan (B)
Musiello (B)
Nielsen (A)
Orlando (A)
Pacione (B)
Prati (A)
Rebonato (B)
Schillaci (B)
Serena (A)
Signori (A)
Silenzi (B)
Taccola (B)
Vialli (A)
Vinicio (A)
Virdis (A)
Zanone (B)
Zico (A)
Teams: (67)
6 Lazio (3 A and 3 B)
Milan (5 A and 1 B)
5 Juventus (A)
4 L.R. Vicenza (2 A and 2 B)
Roma (A)
Torino (A)
3 Brescia (B)
Cagliari (A)
Internazionale (A)
2 Alessandria (B)
Ascoli (B)
Bari (B)
Bologna (1 A and 1 B)
Foggia (B)
Genoa (B)
Palermo (B)
Sampdoria (1 A and 1 B)
1 Arezzo (B)
Atalanta (B)
Avellino (B)
Catanzaro (B)
Fiorentina (A)
Messina (B)
Monza (B)
Napoli (A)
Pescara (B)
Prato (B)
Reggiana
Udinese (A)
Varese (B)
Note: Chinaglia, Bettega, Rossi P. and Giordano won the award both in serie A and
in serie B. Bettega won it playing for two different teams, Giordano won it
first in serie A and then in serie B, Rossi P. won it two years in a row:
the first in serie B and the second in serie A. Depaoli won two awards as
a serie B player. Bierhoff was the first foreigner that won Chevron Award
for serie B. In serie B no one was able to win the title twice on end.
Prepared and maintained by Alberto Novello for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Alberto Novello
(alberto81@tin.it)
Last updated: 27 Sep 2000
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