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Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher
If you want to follow the strictest sense of the award, the Triple Crown of FIRST could only be winning three separate events.
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This is true, but since the awards we're talking about are in different fields, I think we can let it slide. (The robots have little or nothing to do with Chairman's, after all.)
The Champion/Chairman's/WFA combination was pretty much what I was thinking. It also leads to some interesting data:
HOT (67) is the only team to have the Championship Triple Crown, as they've won the Championship (2005), won Chairman's (2005), and had a mentor receive the WFA (Dave Verbrugge, 2002).
The TechnoKats (45) are almost there (1998 Champions, Andy Baker won WFA in 2003). They could complete it next week with a Chairman's win. 71 is in the same boat (Champions 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, and Bill Beatty won WFA in 2001).
65 can't seal the deal this season, but they're also close (Champions 2003, Ken Patton WFA in 1999).
I just compared WFA winners with their team's awards--did I miss anyone who is also close?