# 1963 MVP's **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 21, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1963-mvps/463 "2000-01-21T19:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bigballer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@bigballer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigballer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1963-mvps/463/1 "2000-01-21T19:48:00Z")
I was just reading some of the archives and I came across a mistake. In 1963 Jim Brown was not the NFL MVP. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1963-mvps/463/2 "2000-01-22T01:36:00Z")
Which column? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1963-mvps/463/3 "2000-01-22T16:11:00Z")
Maybe the OP was referring to the second part of this column? [url=http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_115.html]Seven batters step up to the plate, the inning ends, no runs score. How? (06-Jul-1990) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1963-mvps/463/4 "2000-01-22T16:12:00Z")
Maybe the OP was referring to the second part of this column? [Seven batters step up to the plate, the inning ends, no runs score. How? (06-Jul-1990)](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_115.html) ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1963-mvps/463/5 "2000-01-23T06:16:00Z")
Didn’t he win the 1963 Thorpe award? Which award didn’t he win, if you say that someone else won the MVP? . ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1963-mvps/463/6 "2000-01-23T01:12:00Z")
The MVP of the NFL in 1963 was Y.A. Tittle, who had led the Giants to their third straight NFL Eastern Division championship. The Giants also lost that year for the third straight time. Brown was the MVP in 1958 and 1965. Tittle wore #14 ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2000, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1963-mvps/463/7 "2000-01-23T05:46:00Z")
Is this list accurate: [http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/6925/nflmvp.html](http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/6925/nflmvp.html) . ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2000, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1963-mvps/463/8 "2000-01-23T07:21:00Z")
The list looked accurate to me. The problem with the NFL is that there is no one MVP award which is sanctioned by the league as baseball, basketball, and hockey have. The Pro Football Hall of Fame only credits MVPs to players who won the Associated Press award.