{"id":19387,"date":"2014-07-07T18:49:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T17:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/issue_content\/miscellaneous-matters-2\/"},"modified":"2020-12-04T10:48:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T10:48:29","slug":"miscellaneous-matters-3","status":"publish","type":"issue_content","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/archive\/article\/january-1959\/18\/miscellaneous-matters-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Miscellaneous matters"},"content":{"rendered":"
Popularity poll<\/strong><\/p>\n In the Daily Express <\/em>“Sportsman of the Year” contest, which is generally regarded as the most authoritative, Stirling Moss finished in third place closely followed by Mike Hawthorn. The international swimmer Ian Black took the title and another swimmer, Judy Grinham took the Sportswoman of the Year title. Pat Moss finished well up, in her position of European Ladies Touring Champion.<\/p>\n Although racing drivers, Stirling Moss in particular, do well in this contest they have not yet won the title. In spite of the ballyhoo in the daily papers over the World Championship and Hawthorn’s subsequent retirement his name does not seem to have registered with the general public. It is strange to reflect that the popularity of the two swiimmers is almost entirely due to T.V. on which they perform frequently; and swimming could hardly be called a spectator sport.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n