I should imagine the reason it was called Personality at the time

(early Sixties) was because they wanted one name that would 'cater' for either a male or female winner - and Idont think the pc term 'sportsperson' was used very widely then

Posted By: Yellalee on December 14th 2008 at 19:38:35

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BBC sports personality of the year....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 14, 19:27:55
- should be Nicole Cooke (General Chat) - blindasabat, Dec 14, 20:01:58
  - why hoy? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:08:18
- but motor racing isn't sport so it kind of devalues the whole heap of shit a bit if he wi (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 19:52:52
  - I think you meant motor racing isn't a sport that I like, so therefore I refuse to accept (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:54:42
    - no, i meant it is not a sport (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 19:57:00
      - why? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:57:55
        
        sitting down in a car driving around in circles (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:00:46
        
        Fine, except the best engine, and most money didn't win... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:02:54
        
        i don't think i suggested football or horseracing were a sport (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:04:56
        
        OK - Tombs... do you think football and horse racing are sports? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:05:36
        
        horseracing not a chance it's as ficed as bruce forsythes barnet. football is i'd debate (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:11:25
        
        Agreed on your last point - but that is sport in general, no? (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:14:13
        
        dunt neatly explain away why we still follow city though do ut? (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:20:19
        
        I loved watching the clikkit today (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:22:48
        
        Hello? Anyone there? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:11:12
        
        agreed..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 14, 20:02:52
        
        but he wasnt in the best car (n/m) (General Chat) - grimsbycanary3, Dec 14, 20:08:25
        
        good (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:13:44
        
        well the experts say that ferrari were much faster (General Chat) - grimsbycanary3, Dec 14, 20:43:11
        
        ahhhhh vienna (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:44:08
        
        and it is manifestly tedious to watch (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:07:43
        
        F1 on a sunday..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 14, 20:13:40
        
        I agree - you can do that easily. (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:15:22
        
        If Rooney moved to West Ham, he wouldnt win the Premier League... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:04:10
        
        If A P McCoy rode a nag, he wouldnt win a Grand National... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:04:47
        
        i could win a F1 race if i had the best car (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:23:02
        
        haha. I loved when Top Gear did a F1 feature with Hammond driving it (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:26:14
        
        so would i in a nissan micra (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:31:25
        
        sounds like football (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 20:02:30
- It's Adlington, nailed on (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Dec 14, 19:38:01
  - Great bristols too (n/m) (General Chat) - Duck, Dec 14, 19:44:13
    - lovely nose too (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:46:24
    - I still think she looks 'wrong'... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:45:24
  - she fits the BBC model better. (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Dec 14, 19:40:39
    - it's down to the viewers anyway (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:41:36
      - I'd say he's very fit. Runs 6 miles every day before breakfast. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 14, 19:42:52
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:43:29
- Don't want him to win (General Chat) - Duck, Dec 14, 19:37:35
  - give it to adlington (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:38:44
- Held on a broadcasting network that shows barely any sport (General Chat) - pants, Dec 14, 19:35:55
  - they had the Olympics (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:45:55
    - Someone from the olympics will win then (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 14, 19:54:04
      - as they probably deserve to (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:59:08
        
        agreed (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:01:22
      - not because of the beeb tho (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:58:49
      - BBC cooking a viewer vote? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:55:24
        
        are you for real? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:00:47
        
        Just stinks that a network that largely shows hardly any sport (General Chat) - pants, Dec 14, 20:00:42
        
        you are crazy (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:02:34
        
        come on pants, it's hardly comparable (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 20:02:06
        
        I guess that's my point, it's an embarrassing indictment of an award (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 14, 20:05:59
        
        Why? It's not the BBC Sport, Sports Awards? (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:10:44
        
        why? It's not about the tv coverage of the sport (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 20:07:22
        
        spot on mate (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:09:28
        
        the bloke's fucking loopy (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:03:13
  - sorry - i might have missed your point there.... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:41:26
  - what does that have to do with anything? (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:36:57
- wow you think? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:34:48
- no, he's 2/1 or more (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:34:33
  - 4/1 sorry (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:35:15
    - apology accepted (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:35:47
      - i laid Lewis at 1.75 so really it's those backers I should be apologising to (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:37:25
        
        nice one (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:38:05
        
        yep, thought it should be more like 2/1 (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:39:07
        
        not if the bbc employees are betting on the market! (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:40:11
        
        Looks like I was right (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:43:16
  - 4/1 (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:35:09
- He's bound to win even thow he participates in the dullest "sport" on earth (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 14, 19:33:49
  - The F1 season this year was fantastic all the way through (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 14, 19:36:56
    - Tis to me Tricky but then it's all about opinions. I'd favour (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 14, 19:40:28
      - yebbut I bet you drive a car now tho (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 14, 19:51:46
    - Exactly - anything but dull. Most exciting bit of sport this year for me. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:39:15
      - yup, same for me, although I did miss the entire Olympics (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 14, 19:41:35
        
        Yeah - i missed both of Bolt's runs. But if jumping up and down in front of your TV (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:44:47
      - erm federer nadal? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:40:44
        
        best sport of the century (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:47:08
        
        agreed (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:04:24
    - agree with that (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:37:17
  - 4/1 a good price then (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:35:25
- what does it mean though? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 14, 19:32:31
  - Yep, that's exactly what it is. Why they don't call it that is beyond me. (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 14, 19:35:42
    - I should imagine the reason it was called Personality at the time (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:38:35
      - Then "Person" would have been better wuntit? Still, it's semantics really init. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 14, 19:41:35
    - because personality incorporates a lot more (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:36:24

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