RTÉ Sports Hall of Fame Award

RTÉ Sports Hall of Fame Award
CountryIreland
Presented byRTÉ Sport
First awarded2006; 19 years ago (2006)
Most recent winnerMichael Carruth (2024; boxing)
WebsiteOfficial website

The RTÉ 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 and in association with the Irish Sports Council. The winner is selected by a judging panel appointed by RTÉ Sport.

The most recent winner, in 2024, was Michael Carruth.

Winners

By year

RTÉ/Irish Sports Council Hall of Fame Award winners
Year Nat. Winner Sport Rationale Note
2006  IRL Billy 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 Johnny 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 Maeve 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 Mick 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 Dennis 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 Jack 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 Jack 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 Paul 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 Brian 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 Henry 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]
2016  IRL Anthony Foley Rugby union He captained the Munster team that won their first ever Heineken Cup in 2006 and won 62 caps for Ireland from 1995 to 2005. Foley died suddenly in October 2016. [11]
2017  IRL Ken Doherty Snooker As an amateur, Doherty won the Irish Amateur Championship twice, the World Under-21 Amateur Championship and the World Amateur Championship. Turning professional in 1990, Doherty has won a total of 6 ranking tournaments including the 1997 World Snooker Championship. [12]
2018  IRL Ray Houghton Association football Scored at the 1988 European Championship [13]
2019  IRL Sonia O'Sullivan Track and field Won an Olympic silver medal in the 5,000 metres event. [14]
2021  IRL John Treacy Athletics Won a medal at the Olympics before working at Sport Ireland [15]
2022  IRL Jimmy Barry-Murphy Gaelic football Winner of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with Cork GAA [16]
2023  IRL Jason Smyth Athletics Smyth retired this year having never lost a competitive para athletics event throughout his entire career. [17]
2024  IRL Michael Carruth Boxing The welterweight boxer won a Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona [18]

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. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Michael Conlan named RTÉ Sport Person of the Year". RTÉ Sport. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  11. ^ "RTÉ produce moving tribute video as Anthony Foley inducted into Hall of Fame". The 42. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  12. ^ "The darlin' of Dublin - Ken Doherty enters Hall of Fame". RTÉ Sport. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Johnny Sexton is the RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year". RTÉ Sport. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Shane Lowry is RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year 2019". RTÉ Sport. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  15. ^ "The RTÉ Sport Awards 2021 winners revealed". RTÉ. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Taylor wins RTÉ Sport Sportsperson award for third time". RTÉ. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  17. ^ "The RTÉ Sport Awards 2023 winners revealed". About RTÉ. 18 December 2023.
  18. ^ "The RTÉ Sport Awards 2024 Winners Revealed". About RTÉ. 16 December 2024.