RTÉ Sports Hall of Fame Award

The RTÉ/Irish Sports Council Hall of Fame Award is an award given annually as part of the RTÉ Sports Awards ceremony each December. The award is given to a sportsperson who has made a major impact on the world of sport during their lifetime. The winner is selected by RTÉ Sport.

The most recent winner, in 2015, was Henry Shefflin.

Winners

By year

RTÉ/Irish Sports Council Hall of Fame Award winners

Year	Nat.	Winner	Sport	Rationale	Note
2006	IRL	Coleman, BillyBilly Coleman	Car rallying	In a twenty-year rallying career, the Millstreet Maestro became Ireland's most successful rally driver of all time.	[1]
2007	IRL	Giles, JohnnyJohnny Giles	Football	The legendary Manchester United and Leeds United midfielder won his first Irish international cap before he was 19. He went on to captain the Irish side before he embarked on a management career that took in spells as player-manager of Ireland, as well as spells as boss of West Bromwich Albion and Shamrock Rovers.	[2]
2008	IRL	Kyle, MaeveMaeve Kyle	Athletics	After competing in the Melbourne, Rome and Tokyo Olympics, and took the bronze in the 400m at the 1966 European Indoor Athletics Championships. She was also a competitive hockey player, gaining 58 Irish caps as well as being named in the World All Star team in 1953 and 1959.	[3]
2009	IRL	O'Dwyer, MickMick O'Dwyer	Gaelic football	One of the most respected and much loved figures in Gaelic games, he has been involved in Gaelic football at the highest level for over 50 years, winning four All-Ireland medals as a player before leading Kerry to eight All-Ireland titles from ten final appearances in a 12-year period.	[4]
2010	NIR	Taylor, DennisDennis Taylor	Snooker	Marking 25 years since his 1985 World Snooker Championship win in which he beat the world No. 1 Steve Davis on the black ball in a final often described as one of the sports greatest.	[5]
2011	NIR	Kyle, JackJack Kyle	Rugby union	Kyle helped Ireland to their first ever Grand Slam win in 1948 and a further two Triple Crowns in 1948 and 1949 and the Five Nations Championship in 1951.	[6]
2012	ENG	Charlton, JackJack Charlton	Football	During his 10-year reign as manager, the Republic of Ireland qualified for two FIFA World Cups, a UEFA European Championship and peaked at No.6 in the FIFA World rankings.	[7]
2013	IRL	McGrath, PaulPaul McGrath	Football	The cultured defender, who enjoyed long stints with both Manchester United and Aston Villa, also represented the Republic of Ireland at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 1988.	[8]
2014	IRL	O'Driscoll, BrianBrian O'Driscoll	Rugby union	During a stellar career in which he became the most-capped player in rugby union history, O'Driscoll captained Leinster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, winning the RBS Six Nations twice and the Heineken Cup three times along the way.	[9]
2015	IRL	Shefflin, HenryHenry Shefflin	Hurling	He won a record ten All-Ireland medals on the field of play as well as thirteen Leinster medals and six National Hurling League medals before his retirement in 2014.	[10]

References

1. "Shefflin named RTÉ Sports Person of the Year". RTÉ Sport. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
2. "Harrington named RTÉ Sports Person of Year". RTÉ Sport. 26 December 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
3. "Harrington wins Sportsperson of the Year". RTÉ Sport. 22 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
4. "Rugby stars dominate RTÉ Awards". RTÉ Sport. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
5. "McDowell named Sportsperson of the Year". RTÉ Sport. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
6. "McIlroy, Leinster and Trap win RTÉ awards". RTÉ Sport. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
7. "Katie Taylor named RTÉ Sports Person of the Year". RTÉ Sport. 24 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
8. "Tony McCoy crowned RTÉ Sports Person of the Year". Irish Independent. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
9. "Brian O’Driscoll held back tears after receiving a surprise Hall of Fame award last night". The Score. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
10. "Michael Conlan named RTÉ Sport Person of the Year". RTE Sport. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.