Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy
The Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player of the Mann Cup competition.[1]
The trophy is named after Michael Edward Francis "Mike" Kelley who was the owner and manager of the Hamilton Tigers lacrosse club in the early 1930s - and later the president of the Ontario Lacrosse Association and Canadian Lacrosse Association.
For some unknown reason, Kelley's name was misspelled and perpetuated as "Kelly" until the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame was notified in 2014 of the error by the grandson of Mike Kelley. The Canadian Lacrosse Association and Canadian Lacrosse Foundation were notified during the 2015 Mann Cup series and corrections to the spelling would be made moving forward.
The Mann Cup is the senior men's lacrosse championship of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion.[2]
| Year | Player | Team | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 1 | ||
| 1942 | Mimico-Brampton Combines | 1 | |
| 1943 | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 | |
| 1944 | Ike Hildebrand | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 |
| 1945 | Vancouver Burrards | 1 | |
| 1946 | . | St. Catharines Athletics | 1 |
| 1947 | 1 | ||
| 1948 | Doug Favell Sr. | 2 | |
| 1949 | Vancouver Burrards | 1 | |
| 1950 | Lloyd "Moon" Wootton | 1 | |
| 1951 | Lloyd "Moon" Wootton | Peterborough Timbermen | 2 |
| 1952 | Peterborough Timbermen | 1 | |
| 1953 | Ross Powless | Peterborough Trailermen | 1 |
| 1954 | Lloyd "Moon" Wootton | Peterborough Trailermen | 3 |
| 1955 | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 | |
| 1956 | 1 | ||
| 1957 | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 | |
| 1958 | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 | |
| 1959 | Jack Bionda | New Westminster O'Keefes | 1 |
| 1960 | 1 | ||
| 1961 | Vancouver Burrards | 1 | |
| 1962 | Jack Bionda | New Westminster O'Keefes | 2 |
| 1963 | Vancouver Carlings | 1 | |
| 1964 | Brooklin Merchants | 1 | |
| 1965 | Les Norman | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 |
| 1966 | Peterborough Lakers | 1 | |
| 1967 | John Davis | Brooklin Redmen | 2 |
| Vancouver Carlings | 1 | ||
| 1968 | Brooklin Redmen[3] | 1 | |
| 1969 | Brooklin Redmen | 1 | |
| 1970 | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 | |
| 1971 | Bob McCready | 1 | |
| 1972 | Paul Parnell | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 2 |
| 1973 | Pat Baker | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 1974 | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 | |
| 1975 | Vancouver Burrards | 1 | |
| 1976 | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 | |
| 1977 | Vancouver Burrards | 1 | |
| Vancouver Burrards | 1 | ||
| 1978 | Peterborough Red Oaks | 1 | |
| 1979 | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 | |
| 1980 | Brampton Excelsiors | 1 | |
| 1981 | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 | |
| 1982 | Peterborough Lakers | 1 | |
| 1983 | Victoria Pay Less | 1 | |
| 1984 | Peterborough Lakers | 1 | |
| 1985 | Brooklin Redmen | 1 | |
| 1986 | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 | |
| 1987 | Brooklin Redmen | 1 | |
| New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 | ||
| 1988 | Coquitlam Adanacs | 1 | |
| 1989 | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 | |
| 1990 | Paul Gait | Brooklin Redmen | 1 |
| 1991 | Geordie Dean | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 2 |
| 1992 | John Tavares | Brampton Excelsiors | 1 |
| 1993 | John Tavares | Brampton Excelsiors | 2 |
| 1994 | Darris Kilgour | Six Nations Chiefs | 1 |
| 1995 | Paul Gait | Six Nations Chiefs | 2 |
| 1996 | John Tavares | Six Nations Chiefs | 3 |
| 1997 | Gary Gait | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 |
| 1998 | Pat O'Toole | Brampton Excelsiors | 1 |
| 1999 | Gary Gait | Victoria Shamrocks | 2 |
| Paul Gait | Victoria Shamrocks | 3 | |
| 2000 | Brooklin Redmen | 1 | |
| 2001 | Andy Ogilvie | Coquitlam Adanacs | 1 |
| 2002 | Josh Sanderson | Brampton Excelsiors | 1 |
| 2003 | Andrew Turner | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 |
| 2004 | John Grant Jr. | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 2005 | Anthony Cosmo | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 |
| 2006 | Dan Carey | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 2007 | John Grant Jr. | Peterborough Lakers | 2 |
| 2008 | Anthony Cosmo | Brampton Excelsiors | 2 |
| 2009 | Shawn Williams | Brampton Excelsiors | 1 |
| 2010 | Shawn Evans | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 2011 | Anthony Cosmo | Brampton Excelsiors | 3 |
| 2012 | Mike Thompson | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 2013 | Cody Jamieson | Six Nations Chiefs | 1 |
| 2014 | Brandon Miller | Six Nations Chiefs | 1 |
| 2015 | Corey Small | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 |
| 2016 | Dan Dawson | Six Nation Chiefs | 1 |
| 2017 | Shawn Evans | Peterborough Lakers | 2 |
| 2018 | Shawn Evans | Peterborough Lakers | 3 |
| 2019 | Mike Poulin | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
Source:[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Historical Stats of the Mann Cup". Bible-of-Lacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ^ "The Glory of the Mann Cup". InsideLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ^ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/Ontario-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees.txt
- ^ "Mike Kelley Award". cla.pointstreaksites.com. Canadian Lacrosse Association. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
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