George Steinbrenner - Honors

Honors

Steinbrenner was awarded The Flying Wedge Award, one of the NCAA’s highest honors.

In 1992, Steinbrenner was presented with Tampa's most prestigious civic service award, the Tampa Metro Civitan Club's Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award.

In 2000, Steinbrenner was honored as Grand Marshal at the German-American Steuben Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York City. At this largest German-American event in the country, he was greeted by tens of thousands who celebrated him as an outstanding American of German heritage.

The Steinbrenner Band Hall at the University of Florida was made possible by a gift from George and Joan Steinbrenner in 2002. The facility was completed in 2008 and serves as The Pride of the Sunshine's rehearsal hall and houses offices, instrument storage, the band library and an instrument issue room.

A new high school in Lutz, Florida, which opened for about 1600 students in August 2009, is named George Steinbrenner High School. Steinbrenner was a generous contributor to the Tampa Bay area.

Legends Field, the Yankees' Spring Training facility in Tampa, was renamed George M. Steinbrenner Field in March 2008 in his honor by his two sons, with the blessing of the Hillsborough County Commission and the Tampa City Council. The entrance to the new Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has also been named for Steinbrenner and his family. A life-size bronze statue of Steinbrenner was placed in front of the stadium in January 2011.

Steinbrenner appeared on the 2011 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot.