Since its inception 70 years ago, the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award has been presented to a galaxy of superstars drawn from a grand total of 17 sports.
Athletics tops the list by some distance, Keely Hodgkinson’s success widening its lead over the rest as her sport’s 19th winner.
Formula One leads the chase a long way back with eight, one ahead of football and tennis, three clear of cricket, cycling and boxing.
Rugby Union, sad to say, continues to be lapped among such fellow stragglers as snooker, rowing, motor cycling and showjumping.
It is a sobering thought that over sev...