As BBC Sport celebrates 60 years of Sports Personality of the Year, we visit the archive list to remember the achievements of all the previous winners.
In 1985, featherweight boxer Barry McGuigan was named Sports Personality of the Year.
He was finally given his world title shot against long-reigning WBA featherweight champion Eusebio Pedrosa at Loftus Road. McGuigan was awarded the victory by a unanimous points decision.
McGuigan, who is a UK citizen although he was born in the Republic of Ireland, became the first winner of the Sports Personality award not born in the United Kingdom.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year will celebrate its 60th show when the 2013 event is broadcast live from Leeds on Sunday 15 December from 19:00 GMT, on BBC One and BBC Radio 5 live.
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