Bob Dellinger Media Award

The Bob Dellinger Award is presented annually by Amateur Wrestling News to recognize the wrestling writer of the year and is the only media award listed in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. 

It is named in honor of Bob Dellinger, the winner of the first three awards and a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, and a man who blazed a trail for wrestling media worldwide.

Nancy Hellickson

Year: 1974
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Russ Hellickson

Year: 1974
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Wayne Bishop

Year: 1973
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

John Doak

Year: 1972
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Tom Tomashek

Year: 1971
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Jerry Pogue

Year: 1970
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Irv Moss

Year: 1969
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Hal Brown

Year: 1968
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Ross Nevel

Year: 1967
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Bob Moorer

Year: 1966
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Phil Parrish

Year: 1965
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Doug McDonald

Year: 1964
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Russ Smith

Year: 1963
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Robert Dellinger

Year: 1962
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Robert Dellinger

Year: 1961
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

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