NFL/NFC Rookie of the Year

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Presented by the UPI to the top rookie in the NFL and NFC, the award was discontinued after the 1996 season.

1955 - Alan Ameche, FB Baltimore
1956 - Lenny Moore, HB Baltimore
1957 - Jim Brown, FB Cleveland
1958 - Jimmy Orr, FL Pittsburgh
1959 - Boyd Dowler, FL Green Bay
1960 - Gail Cogdill, FL Detroit
1961 - Mike Ditka, TE Chicago
1962 - Ronnie Bull, FB Chicago
1963 - Paul Flatley, FL Minnesota
1964 - Charley Taylor, HB Washington
1965 - Gale Sayers, HB Chicago
1966 - Johnny Roland, HB St. Louis
1967 - Mel Farr, RB Detroit
1968 - Earl McCullough, FL Detroit
1969 - Calvin Hill, RB Dallas
1970 - Bruce Taylor, DB San Francisco
1971 - John Brockington, RB Green Bay
1972 - Chester Marcol, PK Green Bay
1973 - Charle Young, TE Philadelphia
1974 - John Hicks, G New York
1975 - Mike Thomas, RB Washington
1976 - Sammy White, WR Minnesota
1977 - Tony Dorsett, RB Dallas
1978 - Bubba Baker, DE Detroit
1979 - Ottis Anderson, RB St. Louis
1980 - Billy Sims, RB Detroit
1981 - George Rogers, RB New Orleans
1982 - Jim McMahon, QB Chicago
1983 - Eric Dickerson, RB LA Rams
1984 - Paul McFadden, PK Philadelphia
1985 - Jerry Rice, WR San Francisco
1986 - Reuben Mayes, RB New Orleans
1987 - Robert Awalt, TE St. Louis
1988 - Keith Jackson, TE Philadelphia
1989 - Barry Sanders, RB Detroit
1990 - Mark Carrier, S Chicago
1991 - Lawrence Dawsey, WR Tampa Bay
1992 - Robert Jones, LB Dallas
1993 - Jerome Bettis, RB LA Rams
1994 - Bryant Young, DT San Francisco
1995 - Rashaan Salaam, RB Chicago
1996 - Simeon Rice, DE Arizona