The Ninth Annual Dubsy Award Nominations

It that time of year again for all you loyal Dubsists out there.  It’s time yet again for our Thanksgiving-weekend  tradition here at Dubsism; today is the day we open the nomination period for our coveted awards for various achievements in the world of sport.  For the ninth January in a row, we here at Dubsism will be handing out our coveted awards.  Regardless of where you are reading this, the fact you are here means you likely have read a lot of other sports stuff, and therefore likely have a better idea of to whom to give these awards than do the drunken bunch of keyboard droolers on the staff here at Dubsism.

You can always check out our previous awards should you have any questions as to the reasons for which the awards are given, and if you don’t know, you can also do web search on the people for whom the awards are named.  They are both telling and self-explanatory.

That brings us to the fact that we have a new award, this year, the The Dick Vermeil Award For Great Moments in Crying.

Having said that, here is the Dubsy award nomination ballot. Simply fill in your nominees (be sure to include pertinent facts; links to supporting evidence are always welcome, and depending on the reason for nomination, it may be required by the Dubsism legal department), then copy and paste your ballot into an email addressed to dubsism@yahoo.com.

There are very few criteria for submitting a ballot:

1. One nominee per category per email.
2. Nominees must come from the world of sport, and they must fit the category in which they are nominated.
3. You do not need to nominate a winner in each category
4. Nominees should have a national presence – as much as your local high school coach might be a perfect nominee, if the rest of us never heard of him, it doesn’t do any good. However, we are willing to make exceptions for awesome stories which have links to back them up.

We also will be giving honorable mentions to the best nominees which are pretty damn good, but didn’t win. For those, we will post your name and a link to your blog/webpage if you wish. If you don’t wish, then don’t give it to us…

Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Eastern U.S. time on Friday, December 29th, 2016.

For more information on last year’s winners, click here.

The Ninth Annual Dubsy Awards Nominations

The Mickey Klutts Award for Unfortunate Naming

• Winner:
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Previous  Co-Winners:  Edgar Allan Poe, Wide Receiver, Army and Weston Steelhammer, Safety, Air Force

The Bobby Knight Award for Achievements in Dramatic Public Meltdowns

• Winner:
• Honorable Mention:

Previous Winner: Jim Mora, Former NFL head coach and current TV analyst

The Bevo and Ralphie Award for Mascot Buffoonery

• Winner:
• Honorable Mention:

Previous Winner: Every mascot in this video

The Budd Dwyer Award for Excellence in Career Suicide

• Winner:
• Honorable Mention:

Previous Winner: Trent Baalke, former general manager, San Francisco 49ers

The Ed Hochuli Award for the Best Call

• Winner:
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Previous Winner: Frank Kaminsky, Forward, Charlotte Hornets

The Jason Sehorn Award for Being Completely Overrated

• Winner:
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Previous Winner: LeBron James, Forward Cleveland Cavaliers

The Clinton-Nixon Award for Cover-Up Futility

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Previous Winner: The English South Yorkshire Police

The Charles O. Finley Award for Achievements in Cheap

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Previous Winner: The Florida Panthers

The Joe Kapp Award for Being Run Out of Town

• Winner:
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Previous Winner: Bob Bradley, Former Manager, Swansea City, English Premier League

The Bobby Layne Award for Best Performance While Drunk

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Previous Winner: Bruce Miller, Former Tight End, San Francisco 49ers

The Artis Gilmore Award for Achievements in Hair Boldness

• Winner:
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Previous Winner: Gianmarco Tamberi, Italian High Jumper

The Kyle Orton Award for Achievements in Partying

• Winner:
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Previous Winner: Rob Gronkowski, Tight End, New England Patriots

The Vasily Alexseyev Award for Plus-Sized Achievement

• Winner:
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Previous Winner: Joey Julius, Place Kicker, Penn State

The Jamie Moyer Award for Excellence in Geriatrics

• Winner:
• Honorable Mention:

Previous Winner: Jaromir Jagr, Forward, Calgary Flames

The Vinko Bogotaj Award For Epic Failure

• Winner:
• Honorable Mention:

Previous Winner: The National Hockey League

The Joe Theismann Award For Gruesome Injuries

• Winner:
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Previous Winner: Brian McGrattan, Defenseman, San Diego Gulls (AHL)

The Dick Vermeil Award For Great Moments in Crying:

• Winner:
• Honorable Mention:

This is the initial award, so nominate somebody extra-special.

The Gene Mauch Lifetime Achievement Award

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Previous Winner:  Marv Levy, Former Head Coach, Buffalo Bills

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