<page_title> List of IIHF World Championship directorate award winners </page_title> <section_title> Directorate awards </section_title> <table> <cell> 1959 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Bill Cleary (USA) <col_header> Forwards </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1959, Bill Cleary won the IIHF directorate award for forward.