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For the 2020 BBC Sports Personality of the Year why was the Unsung Hero award made posthumously?

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For the 2020 BBC Sports Personality of the Year why was the Unsung Hero award made posthumously?
posted Jan 31, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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The recipient had been killed 3 months earlier
Matiu Ratana, the recipient, was nominated by East Grinstead Rugby Club where he was a valued and admired head coach, but he was also a Sergeant with the Metropolitan Police where he was killed in September 2020 by a prisoner he was checking for COVID-19 infection.

answer Feb 1, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni
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