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.

Ron Good

Year: 1989
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Mike Chapman

Year: 1988
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Doug McDonald

Year: 1987
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Scot Davis

Year: 1986
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Paul Schulz

Year: 1985
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

James Butler

Year: 1984
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Norman Palovcsik

Year: 1984
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Rob Sherrill

Year: 1983
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Stee Matthies

Year: 1982
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Ron Seaman

Year: 1981
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Wayne Bishop

Year: 1980
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Don Sayenga

Year: 1978
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Doris Dellinger

Year: 1977
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

Mike Chapman

Year: 1976
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

J. Carl Guymon

Year: 1975
Award: Bob Dellinger Media Award
Chapter: National

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