Last year he won the first North Lincolnshire Child of the Year award.
On the face of things, Mr Borrell's resignation, barely a year after he won the party's first ever primary to choose a candidate for the prime ministership, was caused by allegations of financial wrongdoing by two officials who worked alongside him when, as a junior finance minister under Mr Gonzalez, he pursued rich and famous tax-evaders.
Speed enjoyed a long and distinguished playing career which included periods with Everton, Newcastle, Bolton, Sheffield United and Leeds, where he won the First Division title in 1992, the year before it became the Premier League.
To his surprise he won first prize in the section for 55-year-olds and older.
Vettel took the first victory for a Red Bull-designed car last year when he won the Italian Grand Prix while driving for junior team Toro Rosso.
Ebert's television career began the year he won the Pulitzer, first on WTTW-TV, the Chicago PBS station, then nationwide on PBS and later on several commercial syndication services.
Woods has won four times at Augusta National, including the first of his 14 major titles in 1997 when he won by a record 12 shots as a 21-year-old to become the first black player to win a major.
Barrett, who joined Wigan from St George Illawarra Dragons in 2006, is halfway through a three-year contract at the JJB Stadium after enjoying an excellent first season with the club when he won the Rugby League Writers' Association Player of the Year award.
Andy Murray joined the group last year, when he won a gold medal in singles at the London Olympic Games and his first major title at the U.S. Open.
"It's frightening to think that he was born after I won my first Masters, " the 37-year-old said after winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational a few weeks ago.
But I think my biggest highlight was last year in Madrid when Alistair won the first World Cup he competed in after returning from injury.
Last year, McIlroy won his second major -- adding the PGA Championship to the U.S. Open title he won the year before -- while also becoming world No. 1 for the first time.
He experienced his first major breakthrough at last year's world championships, where he won the 5, 000 and placed second in the 10, 000.
Jones' breakthrough year was 1923, when he won the U.S. Open for the first of a record four times -- triumphing in an 18-hole playoff after almost throwing away his chances with a disastrous finish to his final round.
After Chelsea he went to Italy and Internazionale, where his new club won the SuperCup and Serie A title in his first year.
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