The Arthur Ashe Courage Award (sometimes called the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage or Arthur Ashe for Courage Award) is an award that is part of the ESPY Awards. Although it is a sport-oriented award, it is not limited to sports-related people or actions.

List of recipients

Year	Recipients
1993	Jim Valvano
1994	Steve Palermo
1995	Howard Cosell
1996	Loretta Claiborne
1997	Muhammad Ali
1998	Dean Smith
1999	Billie Jean King
2000	Dave Sanders (posthumously)
2001	Cathy Freeman
2002	Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett, and Jeremy Glick (posthumously)
2003	Pat Tillman and Kevin Tillman
2004	George Weah
2005	Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah and Jim MacLaren
2006	Roia Ahmad and Shamila Kohestani
2007	Trevor Ringland and David Cullen from Peace Players International
2008	Tommie Smith and John Carlos

See also

• Associated Press Athlete of the Year
• Best Male Athlete ESPY Award
• Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year
• L'Équipe Champion of Champions Award
• Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
• United Press International Athlete of the Year Award

Notes

References

• Enumeration of past winners from HickokSports.com
• ESPY.TV
• 2007 announcement