Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko Black te BBC Sports Personality of the Year i te tau 1958 i te 17 noa iho ona tau, a, ko ia tonu te toa taiohi o te tohu. I whiwhi ia i te honore a te BBC ma te wikitoria i nga mētara koura e toru i nga huihuinga 400- me te 1500-mita, tae atu ki te 200-mita butterfly, i te 1958 European Championships
i Budapest, Hungary. I taua tau ano, i wikitoria ia i tetahi mētara koura me nga mētara hiriwa e rua mo Scotland i te 1958 British Empire me Commonwealth Games i Cardiff, Wales; koura i roto i te pepapātū 220-yard, hiriwa i te 440-yard freestyle, me te hiriwa i te 4 × 220-yard freestyle relay.