Exploring the Most Valuable Player Concept Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

Tony Branoff became the first sophomore selected as MVP of the Michigan football team after leading the 1953 squad in scoring, handling punting duties and throwing a 66-yard touchdown pass.

Shih Chih-wei was the first player of the La New Bears to receive a monthly Most Valuable Player award in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan.

Tony Rio, placed on probation in 1958 for being part of a football gambling ring, went on to become the MVP of the 1959 Michigan football team.

despite a slight build at 155 pounds, Jack Wheeler was the MVP of the undefeated 1930 Michigan football team and finished second in voting for the Chicago Tribune Silver Football.

with 203 total yards and four touchdowns, Wali Lundy was named the Most Valuable Player of the American football 2002 Continental Tire Bowl.

team MVP Gerald Ford (pictured) recalled that Michigan's 1934 "Punt, Pass and Prayer" offense lost punter John Regeczi and passer "Hard Luck Bill" Renner and "all we had left was the prayer".

Henry Hill attended the University of Michigan on an academic scholarship and became the MVP of the 1970 football team as a walk-on.

Eric Selleck was the first hockey player to be a SUNYAC Rookie of the Year and MVP in consecutive years.

1974 Michigan football MVP Steve Strinko suffered a degenerative knee injury and later formed an organization to provide medical assistance to others injured in college athletics.

1954 Michigan football MVP Fred Baer and 1953 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Lattner played in the same backfield for Fenwick High School in the Chicago Catholic League in 1949.

Michigan Wolverines football player Jim Pace not only won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference, but also won the Big Ten 60-yard indoor dash title.

quarterback Jack Crabtree of the Oregon Ducks football team was named Most Valuable Player of the 1958 Rose Bowl even though his team lost the game.

Youngstown, Ohio, native Sylvester "Buster" Stanley won the 1993 Michigan football MVP and Dick Katcher awards.

Upper Peninsula native Reuben Kelto was selected as the MVP of the 1941 Michigan football team that was ranked fifth in the final AP poll.

1949 Michigan football MVP Dick Kempthorn later flew more than 100 missions as a jet fighter pilot in the Korean War and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Exploring the Most Valuable Player Concept

1 In this context, sometimes the "P" in "MVP" is something other than "Player." So, for example, ________ uses MVP to mean Most Valuable Professional.

2 The ________ also awards its own Most Valuable Award.

3 In the ________ they also have the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award (regular season) and the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (playoffs).

4 The term "Most Valuable Player" is typically only used in ________, the United States and South Korea.

5 In ________, a Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests.

6 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award and ________

7 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, World Series Most Valuable Player Award, and ________

8 Initially used in professional sports, the term is now also commonly used in amateur sports, as well as in other completely unrelated fields of endeavor such as ________ and music awards.

9 National Hockey League Hart Memorial Trophy (regular season) and ________ (playoffs)

10 ________ and Super Bowl MVP Award

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