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==Honours== [[File:Betty Cuthbert.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of Betty Cuthbert outside the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]]] *1956 β [[ABC Sports Award of the Year|ABC Sportsman of the Year]] *1960 β Captain of the women's section of the Rome Olympic team. *1964 β [[World Trophy for Australasia]] (Helms Award)<ref name="sahof"/> *1965 β [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) for her services to athletics in New South Wales<ref name=sahof/> *1978β1980 β First female Trustee of the [[Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust]]<ref name="scg">{{cite web|title=VALE Olympic champion Betty Cuthbert AM MBE|url=http://www.sydneycricketground.com.au/latest-news/vale-olympic-champion-betty-cuthbert-am-mbe-/|website=Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust website|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref> *1983 β [[Olympic Order]] (Silver) *1984 β [[Order of Australia|Member of the Order of Australia]] (AM) for her services to sport and the community<ref name=sahof/> *1985 β Inaugural inductee to the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]]<ref name="sahof"/> *1992 β the [[State Transit Authority]] of New South Wales named a [[Sydney RiverCats|RiverCat ferry]] after Cuthbert. *1994 β [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] Legend *1998 β Named a [[National Living Treasure (Australia)|National Living Treasure]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Betty Cuthbert|url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/2003.111/betty-cuthbert|website=National Portrait Gallery website|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref> *2000 β Inaugural inductee of the [[Athletics Australia#Hall of Fame|Athletics Australia Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame|url=http://athletics.com.au/About-Us/Hall-of-Fame|website=Athletics Australia website|access-date=6 August 2017}}</ref> *2000 β [[Australian Sports Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Betty Cuthbert|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0122b.htm|website=Australian Women's Sport Register}}</ref> *2000 β Life Member of the [[Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust]]<ref name=scg/> *2001 β Inducted to the [[Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust]] Walk of Honour<ref name=scg/> *2001 β [[Victorian Honour Roll of Women]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-26 |title=Betty Cuthbert AC MBE |url=https://www.vic.gov.au/betty-cuthbert-ac-mbe |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=State Government of Victoria |language=en-au}}</ref> *2003 β Statue unveiled outside at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dubecki|first1=Larissa|title=Australia's golden girl delighted to get a bronze|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/08/1060145874176.html|access-date=6 August 2017|work=The Age|date=3 August 2003}}</ref> *2007 β NSW Hall of Champions Legend<ref>{{cite web|title=Honour Roll|url=http://www.sports-centre.com.au/nsw_hall_of_champions/honour_roll|website=NSW Sports Centre website|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref> *2010 β Betty Cuthbert had a rose named after her<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.treloarroses.com.au/products/product.asp?pID=5576&cID=8&c=73648 |title=Treloar Roses |publisher=Treloar Roses |access-date=2018-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305204848/http://www.treloarroses.com.au/products/product.asp?pID=5576 |archive-date=5 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *2012 β Inaugural inductee of the [[IAAF Hall of Fame]]<ref name="ESPNHoF">{{cite web |year=2012 |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/7659839/jesse-owens-carl-lewis-first-class-iaaf-new-hall-fame-track-field |title=Track and field getting Hall of Fame |work=ESPN Olympic Sports |publisher=ESPN |access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> *2017 β [[Australian Women's Health Sport Awards]] Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite news|title=Sam Kerr named Women's Health sportswoman of the Year|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/swoop/sam-kerr-named-womens-health-sportswoman-of-the-year/news-story/c19d889c2983c34f1ea123d29066ac1e|access-date=23 October 2017|work=Daily Telegraph|date=18 October 2017}}</ref> *2018 β A bronze sculpture of Cuthbert (and one of [[Marlene Mathews]]) was unveiled at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] in Sydney, Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epa.eu/arts-culture-and-entertainment-photos/sports-organisations-sculpture-photos/bronze-sculptures-of-australia-s-olympic-athletes-betty-cuthbert-and-marlene-mathews-photos-53984331 |title=Bronze sculptures of Australia's olympic athletes Betty Cuthbert and Marlene Mathews Photos and Images | european pressphoto agency |publisher=Epa.eu |access-date=2018-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104015138/http://www.epa.eu/arts-culture-and-entertainment-photos/sports-organisations-sculpture-photos/bronze-sculptures-of-australia-s-olympic-athletes-betty-cuthbert-and-marlene-mathews-photos-53984331 |archive-date=4 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This makes them the first female athletes added to the bronze sculptures in the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] precinct.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scgt.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/latest-news/betty-cuthbert-and-marlene-mathews-our-first-ladies-in-bronze/ |title=Cuthbert and Mathews our first ladies in bronze β Precinct |publisher=Scgt.nsw.gov.au |access-date=2018-01-03 |archive-date=3 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133554/https://www.scgt.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/latest-news/betty-cuthbert-and-marlene-mathews-our-first-ladies-in-bronze/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * The main street of Ermington shopping centre is named Betty Cuthbert Avenue in her honour<ref>Gregory's Street Directory, 59th Edition 1995, Map 310 B2</ref> * Betty Cuthbert Grandstand at [[Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre]] * 2018 β Made a Companion of the Order of Australia for "For eminent service to athletics at the national and international level, particularly as a gold medallist at the Melbourne and Tokyo Olympic Games, and as a role model, fundraiser, and advocate for research into a cure for multiple sclerosis."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-day-honours-2018-the-full-list-20180125-h0o20j.html|title=Australia Day Honours 2018: The full list|date=2018-01-26|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2018-01-25|language=en-US}}</ref>
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