Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy

The Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player of the Mann Cup competition.[1]

Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy
MVP award of the Mann Cup
CountryCanada
First awarded1941; 83 years ago (1941)
Last awarded2023
Current holderIroquois Cody Jamieson (2nd award)
Highlights
Most awardsCanada Lloyd Wootton
Canada John Tavares
Canada Paul Gait
Canada Anthony Cosmo
Canada Shawn Evans
(3 awards each)
MSL team with
most awards
Peterborough Lakers (17)
WLA team with
most awards
New Westminster Salmonbellies (16)

The trophy is named after Michael Edward Francis "Mike" Kelley who was the owner and manager of the Hamilton Tigers lacrosse club in the early 1930s - and later the president of the Ontario Lacrosse Association and Canadian Lacrosse Association.

For some unknown reason, Kelley's name was misspelled and perpetuated as "Kelly" until the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame was notified in 2014 of the error by the grandson of Mike Kelley. The Canadian Lacrosse Association and Canadian Lacrosse Foundation were notified during the 2015 Mann Cup series and corrections to the spelling would be made moving forward.

The Mann Cup is the senior men's lacrosse championship of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion.[2]

Year Player Team No.
1941 Blackie Black Richmond Farmers 1
1942 Bert Large Mimico-Brampton Combines 1
1943 Bill Wilkes New Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1944 Ike Hildebrand New Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1945 Frank Lee Vancouver Burrards 1
1946 Doug Favell Sr. St. Catharines Athletics 1
1947 Bob Lee New Westminster Adanacs 1
1948 Doug Favell Sr. Hamilton Tigers 2
1949 Don Matheson Vancouver Burrards 1
1950 Lloyd "Moon" Wootton Owen Sound Crescents 1
1951 Lloyd "Moon" Wootton Peterborough Timbermen 2
1952 Lou Nickle Peterborough Timbermen 1
1953 Ross Powless Peterborough Trailermen 1
1954 Lloyd "Moon" Wootton Peterborough Trailermen 3
1955 Geordie Johnson Victoria Shamrocks 1
1956 Derry Davies Nanaimo Timbermen 1
1957 Jack Northup Victoria Shamrocks 1
1958 Norm Mckay New Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1959 Jack Bionda New Westminster O'Keefes 1
1960 Dave "Porky" Russell Port Credit Sailors 1
1961 Bill Barbour Vancouver Burrards 1
1962 Jack Bionda New Westminster O'Keefes 2
1963 Gordie Gimple Vancouver Carlings 1
1964 Bob Allan Brooklin Merchants 1
1965 Les Norman New Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1966 John Davis Peterborough Lakers 1
1967 John Davis Brooklin Redmen 2
John Cervi Vancouver Carlings 1
1968 Joe Tomchishen Brooklin Redmen[3] 1
1969 Bill Squire Brooklin Redmen 1
1970 Paul Parnell New Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1971 Bob McCready Brantford Warriors 1
1972 Paul Parnell New Westminster Salmonbellies 2
1973 Pat Baker Peterborough Lakers 1
1974 Ken Winzoski New Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1975 Ron Pinder Vancouver Burrards 1
1976 Dave Durante New Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1977 Doug Hayes Vancouver Burrards 1
Mike Smith Vancouver Burrards 1
1978 Tim Barrie Peterborough Red Oaks 1
1979 Ivan Thompson Victoria Shamrocks 1
1980 Barry Maruk Brampton Excelsiors 1
1981 Wayne Goss New Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1982 Jim Wasson Peterborough Lakers 1
1983 John Crowther Victoria Pay Less 1
1984 John Grant Sr. Peterborough Lakers 1
1985 Wayne Colley Brooklin Redmen 1
1986 Geordie Dean New Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1987 Jim Meredith Brooklin Redmen 1
Eric Cowieson New Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1988 Bill Thomas Coquitlam Adanacs 1
1989 Ben Hieltjes New Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1990 Paul Gait Brooklin Redmen 1
1991 Geordie Dean New Westminster Salmonbellies 2
1992 John Tavares Brampton Excelsiors 1
1993 John Tavares Brampton Excelsiors 2
1994 Darris Kilgour Six Nations Chiefs 1
1995 Paul Gait Six Nations Chiefs 2
1996 John Tavares Six Nations Chiefs 3
1997 Gary Gait Victoria Shamrocks 1
1998 Pat O'Toole Brampton Excelsiors 1
1999 Gary Gait Victoria Shamrocks 2
Paul Gait Victoria Shamrocks 3
2000 Nick Trudeau Brooklin Redmen 1
2001 Andy Ogilvie Coquitlam Adanacs 1
2002 Josh Sanderson Brampton Excelsiors 1
2003 Andrew Turner Victoria Shamrocks 1
2004 John Grant Jr. Peterborough Lakers 1
2005 Anthony Cosmo Victoria Shamrocks 1
2006 Dan Carey Peterborough Lakers 1
2007 John Grant Jr. Peterborough Lakers 2
2008 Anthony Cosmo Brampton Excelsiors 2
2009 Shawn Williams Brampton Excelsiors 1
2010 Shawn Evans Peterborough Lakers 1
2011 Anthony Cosmo Brampton Excelsiors 3
2012 Mike Thompson Peterborough Lakers 1
2013 Cody Jamieson Six Nations Chiefs 1
2014 Brandon Miller Six Nations Chiefs 1
2015 Corey Small Victoria Shamrocks 1
2016 Dan Dawson Six Nation Chiefs 1
2017 Shawn Evans Peterborough Lakers 2
2018 Shawn Evans Peterborough Lakers 3
2019 Mike Poulin Peterborough Lakers 1
2020 Not awarded due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021 Not awarded due to Covid-19 pandemic
2022 Curtis Dickson Langley Thunder 1
2023 Cody Jamieson Six Nations Chiefs 2

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References

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  1. ^ "Historical Stats of the Mann Cup". Bible-of-Lacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
  2. ^ "The Glory of the Mann Cup". InsideLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
  3. ^ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/Ontario-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees.txt [bare URL plain text file]
  4. ^ "Lacrosse Canada : Website by RAMP InterActive". www.lacrosse.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-17.