Can you name the Associated Press female Athlete of the Year?

Year	Athlete	Sport
1931		Swimming
1932		Track & Field
1933		Tennis
1934		Golf
1935		Tennis
1936		Track & Field
1937		Swimming
1938		Golf
1939		Tennis
1940		Tennis
1941		Golf
1942		Swimming
1943		Golf
1944		Swimming
1945		Golf
1946		Golf
1947		Golf
1948		Track & Field
1949		Golf
1950		LPGA
1951		Tennis
1952		Tennis
1953		Tennis
1954		LPGA
1955		LPGA
1956		Diving
1957		Tennis

Year	Athlete	Sport
1958		Tennis
1959		Tennis
1960		Track & Field
1961		Track & Field
1962		Swimming
1963		LPGA
1964		LPGA
1965		LPGA
1966		LPGA
1967		Tennis
1968		Figure Skating
1969		Swimming
1970		Track & Field
1971		Tennis
1972		Gymnastics
1973		Tennis
1974		Tennis
1975		Tennis
1976		Gymnastics
1977		Tennis
1978		LPGA
1979		Tennis
1980		Tennis
1981		Tennis
1982		Track & Field
1983		Tennis
1984		Gymnastics

Year	Athlete	Sport
1985		LPGA
1986		Tennis
1987		Track & Field
1988		Track & Field
1989		Tennis
1990		LPGA
1991		Tennis
1992		Tennis
1993		College Basketball
1994		Speed skating
1995		College Basketball
1996		Swimming
1997		Tennis
1998		LPGA
1999		Soccer
2000		Track & Field
2001		Tennis
2002		Tennis
2003		LPGA
2004		LPGA
2005		LPGA
2006		LPGA
2007		LPGA
2008		WNBA
2009		Tennis
2010		Skiing

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AP Female Athlete (OTY) Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: September 16th, 2009
Category: Sports
Plays: 28,684

Tags: oty, female, press, Associated Press, athlete, associated

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	Qazza2k9:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:09 GMT	4 points
	good quiz, harder than i thought it would be!

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	RonMexico:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:18 GMT	15 points
	I think I guess Evonne Goolagong in the Pokemon quiz.

	voljtw:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:23 GMT	0 points
	Is it just me or did close spelling used to count a whole lot more on Sporcle? I tried every possible spelling of Kersee and Joyner-Kersee I could think of (Kersey, Kershy, Joiner-Kersy, etc) and nothing...seems like being that close used to count. Maybe I'm wrong though.

	montecarlo:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:24 GMT	18 points
	40% of quiz takers accidentally guessed the 1934 answer, and then instantly wondered if she was an ancestor of someone else. (hint: no.)

	jaymc:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:25 GMT	7 points
	Haha, I assume the high placement of Virginia Van Wie is due to people typing "Wie" for Michelle Wie? Also: Maybe accept "Zaharias" for 1932, when she was still just known as Babe Didrikson?

	rockgolf:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:25 GMT	0 points
	For 1932, you should use the same alternative married name as for several later years. It was the same person. You wouldn't require Cassius Clay and Muhammed Ali to be entered separately, would you?

	quiztaker:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:28 GMT	23 points
	Is it just me, or does giving the athlete of the year award to a team make no sense whatsoever?

	Tom_the_Dog:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:28 GMT	4 points
	I think it's being a little harsh not to count "Zaharias" for Babe Didrikson in 1932. Sure, she wasn't married then, but if "Didrikson" works for every instance of her name, shouldn't it also work the other way around?

	rsdwv5:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:29 GMT	17 points
	I spent about 5 minutes typing in every women's soccer player from that 99 world cup team only to find out that the entire team won the award that year.

	rockgolf:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:31 GMT	-1 points
	Also, entering the last name of the 1983 athlete gets you that year but not 1986 - again the same person. I suspect a misspelling in the alternates of '86.

	jaymc:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:31 GMT	4 points
	I could've sworn I typed "US women's soccer team" but I guess not. Maybe I forgot "soccer." I hate whenever those come up (1980 US men's hockey team is another one that's been in a couple quizzes) because I can never get the phrasing exactly right.

	quiztaker:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:32 GMT	1 point
	Also, how has the AP not sripped Marion Jones of her 2000 award yet?, she lost her medals, she should lose the awards that came with them.

	Ben:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:32 GMT	3 points
	Fixed the 1932 answer!

	TrueNorth:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:38 GMT	3 points
	"Van Dyken" needs to be accepted for Amy Van Dyken. "Dyken" is accepted despite it not being her last name.

	SilverCup:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:40 GMT	-1 points
	jaymc, you probably did like me and put US olympic soccer team, which doesn't count apparently, even though it's a female only quiz so it's not like we meant the men's team....

	jaymc:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:42 GMT	1 point
	Nah, because 1999 wasn't an Olympic year. They won the Women's World Cup.

	TrueNorth:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:43 GMT	2 points
	Silver Cup: The soccer team was the World Cup team, not the Olympic team.

	swellwrench:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:53 GMT	2 points
	Well, at least it accepts their "last name" of simply "team" :)

	Leeny:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:54 GMT	-1 points
	"team" works for the US women's soccer team (and also the mens ice hockey team on the other quiz)

	happyhammer:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 17:54 GMT	19 points
	I put Ronaldo in for Diving. I was disappointed it wasn't right :(

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	William:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 18:04 GMT	6 points
	can't believe how many people thought Michelle Wie was the female athlete of the year. She has won so many tournaments, right?

	montecarlo:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 18:18 GMT	1 point
	william, i think you should petition the site and have them either redact the extra point from everyone's score total or force people to sign an affidavit admitting that, yes, they were guessing michelle wie. while were at it, sporcle needs to permanently ban everyone who accidentally guessed dom dimaggio as having a very long hitting streak.

	y2jdilemma:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 19:12 GMT	1 point
	I guessed Michelle Wie. Not because shes awesome, but because I needed to guess and LPGA player from 06 and 07. And I dont know ANY others. Oh well. Take it however you want.

	y2jdilemma:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 19:13 GMT	2 points
	And another thing...I got FloJo when starting to type Joyner-Kersee. But it doesnt except just Kersee. Strange.

	iceman1731:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 19:39 GMT	2 points
	No Mia Hamm?

	bmo1616:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 19:45 GMT	5 points
	I think a man would have a better shot at winning Female Athlete of the Year than Michelle Wie ever will.

	davebesag:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 20:21 GMT	-4 points
	I can't believe that I'm one of only 0.6% of people who have got Fanny Blankers-Koen (it even gave the year!). She's one of the most famous female athletes of all time.

	cntower:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 20:23 GMT	0 points
	mia hamm should work for US womens soccer team

	Morbo:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 21:24 GMT	6 points
	Goolagong is fun to say.

	Chirs:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 23:14 GMT	1 point
	They should accept Mia Hamm for 1999 soccer.

	ted:	Sep 17th, 2009 at 02:01 GMT	-3 points
	Would be cool if you accepted JJK for Joyner-Kersee.

	JohnJF:	Sep 17th, 2009 at 02:26 GMT	0 points
	Apparently, the fact that I know enough about sports to know that Michelle Wie had no chance of being on this list was a detriment to me. Poppycock, methinks.

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	btroup1:	Sep 17th, 2009 at 03:36 GMT	0 points
	Why no Slaney for the runner who was crying on the ground in 1984 at the hands of Zola Budd?

	mccat:	Sep 17th, 2009 at 05:50 GMT	1 point
	The spelling was tough on a lot of them. Not knowing for sure if they were the right answers, it was hard to know whether to keep trying variants or give up. I missed several by giving up too soon.

	davebesag:	Sep 17th, 2009 at 08:51 GMT	1 point
	@btroup1 : Do you mean why isn't she called Slaney in the quiz? She was still called Mary Decker until 1985. Personally, I think Mary Decker or Mary Decker Slaney should be accepted. I did answer Decker correctly but missed Goolagang as Cawley hadn't worked. Tennis quizzes accept both for her and I think this quiz should.

	caramba:	Sep 18th, 2009 at 14:24 GMT	0 points
	@Besag I would have got Blankers-KOhn if it accepted Blankers (see complaints about Zaharias)