{"id":21960,"date":"2025-01-22T00:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T00:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/?p=21960"},"modified":"2025-02-02T23:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T23:04:09","slug":"swag-sports-personalities-of-the-years-1974-to-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/swag-sports-personalities-of-the-years-1974-to-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"SWAG Sports Personalities of the years 1974 to 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) has been recognizing and rewarding outstanding sports men and women since 1974.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>These are all the best sports men and women over the years compiled by Sammy Heywood Okine aka General One, former Deputy General Secretary of the Association.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Azumah-nelson-3-750x536-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Azumah-nelson-3-750x536-1.jpeg 725w, https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Azumah-nelson-3-750x536-1-300x196.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Professor Azumah Nelson, former WBC champion is on record to have won most of the best sports personality as he held the world title for a long time. Ike Bazooka Quartey former WBA welterweight champion and long jumper Ignatius Gaisah have also won three times respectively.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1974 &#8211; D.K. Poison&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1975 &#8211; D.K. 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