United Press International NFL Most Valuable Player

United Press International gave an NFL Most Valuable Player award from 1948 through 1969, excepting 1949–50, and 1952.^[1] When the NFL's merger with the American Football League formed the National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC) in 1970, UPI began awarding individual NFC and AFC player of the year awards.^[2]

Season	Player	Team	Position	Ref[1]
1948	Pat Harder	Chicago Cardinals	Fullback	[3]
1949	No award
1950
1951	Otto Graham	Cleveland Browns	Quarterback
1952	No award
1953	Otto Graham (2)	Cleveland Browns	Quarterback	[4]
1954	Joe Perry	San Francisco 49ers	Fullback	[5]
1955	Otto Graham (3)	Cleveland Browns	Quarterback
1956	Frank Gifford	New York Giants	Halfback
1957	Y. A. Tittle	San Francisco 49ers	Quarterback	[6]
1958	Jim Brown	Cleveland Browns	Fullback	[7]
1959	Johnny Unitas	Baltimore Colts	Quarterback
1960	Norm Van Brocklin	Philadelphia Eagles	Quarterback	[8]
1961	Paul Hornung	Green Bay Packers	Halfback
1962	Y. A. Tittle (2)	New York Giants	Quarterback
1963	Jim Brown (2)	Cleveland Browns	Fullback
1964	Johnny Unitas (2)	Baltimore Colts	Quarterback
1965	Jim Brown (3)	Cleveland Browns	Fullback
1966	Bart Starr	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback
1967	Johnny Unitas (3)	Baltimore Colts	Quarterback
1968	Earl Morrall	Baltimore Colts	Quarterback
1969	Roman Gabriel	Los Angeles Rams	Quarterback