when did walter payton name added to man of the year award

Walter Payton won the Man of the Year award in 1977.

Interpreted as:
When did Walter Payton name added to man of the year award in a regular season?
NAMEWPMOYSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
1977
CHI CHI
14
1,852
339
5.5
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2

Games

NAMEDATEWPMOYSEASONTMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
12/18/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
@
NYG NYG
47
15
3.1
0
23
6
3.8
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
12/11/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
vs
GB GB
163
32
5.1
2
0
0
0
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
12/4/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
@
TB TB
101
33
3.1
1
0
0
0
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
11/24/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
137
20
6.9
1
107
4
26.8
1
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
11/20/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
275
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
11/13/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
vs
KC KC
192
33
5.8
3
29
1
29.0
0
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
11/6/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
@
HOU HOU
79
18
4.4
0
15
2
7.5
0
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
10/30/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
205
23
8.9
2
5
1
5.0
0
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
10/23/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
vs
ATL ATL
69
24
2.9
0
3
1
3.0
0
10Walter Payton
W. Payton
10/16/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
122
24
5.1
0
5
1
5.0
0
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
10/10/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
vs
LA LA
126
24
5.3
0
1
1
1.0
0
12Walter Payton
W. Payton
10/2/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
vs
NO NO
140
19
7.4
2
53
4
13.3
1
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
9/25/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
@
STL STL
36
11
3.3
0
20
4
5.0
0
14Walter Payton
W. Payton
9/18/1977
1
1977
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
160
23
7.0
2
2
1
2.0
0
Average0.1132.324.25.51.019.21.910.00.1
Total11,8523395.5142692710.02

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