Paralympic horse riding champion Lee Pearson CBE resides in the village, having won 10 Paralympic Gold medals, and in 2004 was awarded BBC Midlands Sports Personality of the Year.
The 2010 race was run as the Vote A P Gold Cup as part of a successful campaign to encourage racegoers to vote for Tony McCoy in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
Dean Barrick was popular amongst the club's fans, and was voted BBC Radio Nottingham Sports Personality of the year in 2005 having led the club to the FA Trophy final.
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Steele went on to be named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1975, the first cricketer to win the accolade since Jim Laker in 1956.