The Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary award, primarily ceremonial, is given to a celebrity or notable who aspired at one time to become a cartoonist, but whose path led them to an entirely different career. This list reflects the cumulative data that currently exists:
1961 Arne Rhode
1962 Carol Burnett
1963 Hugh Hefner
1963 Jonathan Winters
1964 Chuck Mccann
196? Cliff Arquette
1967 Jackie Gleason
1970 Orson Bean
1972 Bobby Day
1973 Robert Lansing
1974 Jane Powell
1975 Rita Moreno
197? Boyd Lewis
1979 Linda Gialanella
1980 Ginger Rogers
1981 Claire Trevor
1990 John Updike
1991 Al Roker
1992 Tom Wolfe
1993 Pete Hamill
1996 Denis Leary
1998 Morley Safer
2013 Weird Al Yankovic
2018 Jake Tapper
Rocky Graziano accepts his No.1 Award.
This primarily ceremonial award was given to the sports personality of the year. Sculpted by Bill Crawford, it was presented at Sports Night. Our list reflects the cumulative data that currently exists:
1968 Ralph Houk
1970 Gil Hodges
1971 Jack Dempsey
1971 Joan Whitney Payson
1972 Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1974 Rocky Graziano
1974 Monte Irwin
197? Casey Stengel
197? Pearl Bailey
197? Yogi Berra
197? Dave Debusschere
197? Reggie Jackson
197? Willis Reed
1984 Phil Rizzuto
This award is presented to a person who has made a unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning. The winner was selected by the NCS Board and later by King Features Syndicate, in honor of “Popeye” creator, Elzie Segar.
1971 Milton Caniff
1972 Otto Soglow
1973 Dik Browne
1974 Russell Patterson
1975 Bob Dunn
1976 Bill Gallo
1977 Mort Walker
1978 Hal Foster
1979 (posthumous) Al Capp
1980 Charles Schulz
1981 Johnny Hart
1982 Bil Keane
1983 John C. Murphy
1984 Fred Lasswell
1985 Jim Davis
1986 Brant Parker
1987 Mike Peters
1994 Fred Lasswell
1996 Thomas Armstrong
1999 Mort Walker
2020 Patrick McDonnell
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