Tiger Woods: The 1996 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year The Anatomy of a Swing A breakdown of Tiger Woods' swing shows that it's picture perfect Take our interactive Tiger Woods quiz You'll need Shockwave to view it The career of Tiger Woods, as covered by Sports Illustrated  Sportsman of the Year from 1954-1995 1954 Roger Bannister 1955 Johnny Podres 1956 Bobby Morrow 1957 Stan Musial 1958 Rafer Johnson 1959 Ingemar Johansson 1960 Arnold Palmer 1961 Jerry Lucas 1962 Terry Baker 1963 Pete Rozelle 1964 Ken Venturi 1965 Sandy Koufax 1966 Jim Ryun 1967 Carl Yastrzemski 1968 Bill Russell 1969 Tom Seaver 1970 Bobby Orr 1971 Lee Trevino 1972 Billie Jean King and John Wooden 1973 Jackie Stewart 1974 Muhammad Ali 1975 Pete Rose 1976 Chris Evert 1977 Steve Cauthen 1978 Jack Nicklaus 1979 Terry Bradshaw and Willie Stargell 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team 1981 Sugar Ray Leonard 1982 Wayne Gretzky 1983 Mary Decker 1984 Edwin Moses and Mary Lou Retton 1985 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1986 Joe Paterno 1987 Athletes Who Care 1988 Orel Hershiser 1989 Greg LeMond 1990 Joe Montana 1991 Michael Jordan 1992 Arthur Ashe 1993 Don Shula 1994 Bonnie Blair and Johann Koss 1995 Cal Ripken Jr.