Runner Up
Note: Prior to 1973 the runner up for this award was not the Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy or Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy winners. Finalists were first announced in 1957.
- 1972 – Mack Herron (RB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- 1971 – Leon McQuay (RB), Toronto Argonauts
- 1970 – Tommy Joe Coffey (WR), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- 1969 – George Reed (RB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
- 1968 – George Reed (RB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
- 1967 – Tommy Joe Coffey (WR), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- 1966 – Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
- 1965 – Garney Henley (DB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
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- 1964 – Dick Shatto (RB), Toronto Argonauts
- 1963 – Joe Kapp (QB), BC Lions
- 1962 – Tommy Joe Coffey (WR), Edmonton Eskimos
- 1961 – Jackie Parker (QB), Edmonton Eskimos
- 1960 – Cookie Gilchrist (RB), Toronto Argonauts
- 1959 – Bernie Faloney (QB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- 1958 – Dick Shatto (RB), Toronto Argonauts
- 1957 – Hal Patterson (DB/OE), Montreal Alouettes
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