Bob Feller Act of Valor Award

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2013 Award Ceremony

The Bob Feller Act of Valor Award, created in 2013, is a set of awards originally presented annually to a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, a current Major League Baseball player, and a United States Navy Chief Petty Officer.[1] In 2015, the Act of Valor Award Foundation added the Jerry Coleman Award to honor a United States Marine Corps Staff Noncommissioned Officer (SNCO), and two more Act of Valor awards for junior Sailor peer-to-peer mentoring organizations. The baseball recipients are honored for their support of United States servicemen and women; the military awardees are honored for achievement that represents the character of Bob Feller. The Award is presented by the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award Foundation[2] in conjunction with Major League Baseball, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, the Cleveland Indians, and with the support of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.[3]

Per the US Navy: "Bob Feller not only excelled on the baseball diamond, he is the only chief petty officer in the baseball Hall of Fame and he was decorated with six campaign ribbons and eight battle stars, while serving on missions in both the Pacific and the North Atlantic."

Winners[edit]

Year National Baseball Hall of Fame Player MLB Player Winner United States Navy Chief Petty Officer Award United States Marine Corps Jerry Coleman Award Peer to Peer Award (Afloat) Peer to Peer Award (Ashore) Refs.
2013 Yogi Berra Justin Verlander Chief Petty Officer Garth Sinclair – – – [4][5]
2014 Tommy Lasorda Nick Swisher Chief Petty Officer Carl Thompson – – – [6][7]
2015 George Brett Jonathan Lucroy Chief Petty Officer Genell Cody Staff Sergeant Rene Segura USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Hopper Information Services Center [8]
2016 Rod Carew Brad Ziegler Chief Petty Officer Christopher Beeding Gunnery Sergeant Marshall Cleveland USS Constitution Training Support Center Great Lakes Chapter of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) [9][10]
2017 Tom Seaver Darren O'Day Chief Petty Officer Edmundo Brantes Staff Sergeant Adam Plambeck Unmanned Patrol Squadron One Nine (VUP-19) Training Support Center Great Lakes Chapter of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) [11][12]
2018 Johnny Bench Sean Doolittle Chief Petty Officer Shawn M. Wingle Gunnery Sergeant Johnathan S. Rose Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 in Port Hueneme, CA Training Support Center Great Lakes Chapter of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) [13]
2019 Randy Johnson Ian Kennedy Chief Petty Officer Jairo N. Guity Gunnery Sergeant Joshua A. MacMillan USS America (LHA6) Junior Enlisted Association (JEA) Training Support Center Great Lakes Chapter of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) [14]
2020 Brooks Robinson Craig Stammen Cheif Petty Officer Lacresha L. Dowdell Master Sergeant Herman A. Kruppa USS America (LHA 6) Junior Enlisted Association (JEA) Training Support Center Great Lakes Chapter of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) [15]


External Sites[edit]

This article incorporates public domain text from the US Navy, http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=77526

  1. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/indians/community/feller-act-of-valor
  2. ↑ https://actofvaloraward.org/
  3. ↑ http://bobfellermuseum.org/act-of-valor-award/
  4. ↑ https://www.radioiowa.com/2013/10/15/first-winners-announced-for-the-bob-feller-act-of-valor-award/
  5. ↑ https://wjla.com/news/local/justin-verlander-yogi-berra-among-winners-of-bob-feller-act-of-valor-award-96481
  6. ↑ https://wtop.com/news/2014/11/lasorda-swisher-honored-with-bob-feller-award/
  7. ↑ https://dodgersway.com/2014/10/09/tommy-lasorda-awarded-bob-feller-act-valor/
  8. ↑ https://www.fox6now.com/sports/im-very-honored-brewers-catcher-jonathan-lucroy-recipient-of-bob-feller-act-of-valor-awards
  9. ↑ https://www.carewmedicalwear.com/the-bob-feller-act-of-valor-awards-foundation-announces-rod-carew-and-brad-ziegler-as-the-2016-baseball-honorees/
  10. ↑ https://halohangout.com/2016/10/07/angels-hall-famer-rod-carew-wins-award/
  11. ↑ https://www.navymemorial.org/press-room-1/2018/7/26/bob-feller-act-of-valor-award-5th-annual-award-ceremony-november-16
  12. ↑ https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-darren-oday-bob-feller-20171003-story.html
  13. ↑ https://www.masnsports.com/byron-kerr/2018/10/doolittle-honored-with-bob-feller-act-of-valor-award.html
  14. ↑ https://navysports.com/news/2019/11/15/navy-baseball-takes-part-in-2019-bob-feller-act-of-valor-award-ceremony
  15. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/brooks-robinson-receives-bob-feller-act-of-valor-award
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