Sentence examples for title of player from inspiring English sources

The February issue of the magazine of the American Contract Bridge League announces that Jeff Meckstroth of Tampa, Fla., has won the unofficial title of Player of the Decade.

On the international field there is nothing ahead now for 36-year-old Brad Thorn but if in the end the title of player of the tournament became a dispute between such remarkable back-row performers as McCaw and Dusautoir, Imanol Harinordoquy and Jerome Kaino, the gnarled old second-rower won himself a special place.

After winning the title of "Player of the Millennium" from Reading in 1999, he was voted the top "all-time cult hero" for both Reading and Cardiff in a 2004 BBC poll; with similar polls taking place at each Premier League and Football League club, he was the only player to appear in the top three for two different sides.

Four Super League players were short-listed for the title of international player of the year.

"I've only the last year or two been talked about as one of the players who should or could win majors and you certainly don't want the title of best player not to have won a major.

(Odds 30/1) Steve Stricker: Along with Westwood, Stricker is vying for the title of best player never to win a major.

Sidney Crosby's comeback is front and center in the N.H.L., but prominent in the background are the struggles of Alex Ovechkin, who less than two years ago was neck and neck with Crosby for the title of best player in hockey.

And in that same poll, among those who gave their vote to Veron for the title of world player of the year were Sven-GÀran Eriksson and the Swedish coaching duo Tommy Soderberg and Lars Lagerback.

A new generation of basketball fans knows only this earthly, diminished Jordan, and it seems to have decided that he holds up poorly compared to the man who now claims the title of best player on the planet: Steph Curry.

If he beats Tomas Berdych in the final this afternoon – as he should do on rising form and proven pedigree – the amazing Spaniard will be closing in on Roger Federer for the unofficial and hotly contested title of best player in the history of the game.

Currently a contender for the title of "Greatest Player, Period", the former two-time Cat's Premiership champ and current Gold Coast Suns captain Gary Ablett effectively beat the Saints off his own boot in round one, amassing 34 possessions (19 contested) and kicking four goals – three in the last quarter – to begin his season with a big bang.