 The 2014 award was presented to Sir Trevor Brooking , a record five @-@ time winner of the Hammer of the Year award . Brooking received the award before the 2014 – 15 season curtain @-@ raiser against Tottenham Hotspur on 16 August 2014 . Brooking had already had the Centenary Stand at the Boleyn ground named after him in 2009 . 
