Maury Allen
Maury Allen (Sportswriter. Born, Brooklyn, NY, May 2, 1932; died, Cedar Grove, NJ, Oct. 3, 2010.) A graduate of City College, Maury Allen joined Sports Illustrated in 1959 following a hitch in the...
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Bozeman Bulger (Sportswriter. Born, Dadeville, AL, Nov. 22, 1877, died, Lynbrook, LI, May 22, 1932.) A lawyer and military officer, Bozeman Bulger was also a leading baseball writer for The Evening...
View ArticleDan Castellano
Dan Castellano (Sportswriter. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 2, 1946.) For 14 seasons, Daniel Frank Castellano was the Mets beat writer for The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. Castellano left the beat (and...
View ArticleHarry Cross
Harry Cross (Sportswriter. Born, New Britain, CT, Sept. 9, 1881; died, New York, NY, Apr. 3, 1946.) Considered to be one of the most authoritative writers of his era, Harry E. Cross was an expert on...
View ArticleJim Crusinberry
Jim Crusinberry (Sports editor. Born, Cascade, IA, Dec. 11, 1879; died, Chicago, IL, July 1, 1960.) On loan from the Chicago Tribune, James Crusinberry became the first full-time sports editor of the...
View ArticleJack Curry
Jack Curry (Sportswriter. Born, Jersey City, NJ, Nov. 25, 1964.) A year after his graduation from Fordham, Jack Curry became a sports reporter for The New York Times in 1987. Curry handled high...
View ArticleDan Daniel
Dan Daniel (Sportswriter. Born, New York, NY, June 6, 1890; died, Pompano Beach, FL, July 1, 1981.) One of the most prolific and respected sportswriters in baseball and boxing, Dan Daniel got...
View ArticleJimmy Dawson
Jimmy Dawson (Sportswriter. Born, New York, NY, Mar. 27, 1895; died, St. Petersburg, FL, Mar. 6, 1953.) Boxing editor of The New York Times for 38 years (1915-53), James P. Dawson was also...
View ArticleJoe Durso
Joe Durso (Sportswriter. Born, New York, NY, June 22, 1924; died, Stony Brook, NY, Dec. 31, 2004.) Known in baseball press boxes as “The Count,” Joseph Paul Durso was an elegant baseball writer for...
View ArticleTil Ferdenzi
Til Ferdenzi (Sportswriter. Born, Ashland, MA, Mar. 8, 1915; died, Lorton, VA, Mar. 12, 2002.) A varsity football halfback and baseball infielder at Boston College, Atilio L. Ferdenzi became a...
View ArticleRed Foley
Red Foley (Baseball. Born, Flushing, NY, Dec. 26, 1928; died, Flushing, NY, July 13, 2008.) As the premier official scorer of his time, Arthur Stephen Foley worked 10 World Series in the 20-year span...
View ArticleJohn B. Foster
John B. Foster (Sportswriter. Born, Norwalk, OH, July 16, 1863; died, Washington, DC, Sept. 29, 1941.) Successor, in 1908, to Henry Chadwick as editor of Spalding’s Baseball Guide, John B. Foster was...
View ArticleJoe Gergen
Joe Gergen (Sportswriter. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Aug. 9, 1942.) Since becoming a Newsday sports columnist in 1975, Joseph Arthur Gergen has three times been named one of the nation’s top five columnists...
View ArticleBill Granger
Bill Granger (Sports editor. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Feb. 9, 1877; died, Kew Gardens, NY, Jan. 17, 1945.) As a callow youth, he spent much of his time supporting himself as a bowling hustler, but William...
View ArticleRed Patterson
Red Patterson (Public relations. Born, Long Island City, NY, Feb. 1, 1909; died, Fullerton, CA, Feb. 10, 1992.) Arthur E. (Red) Patterson had the unique distinction of being the first public...
View ArticleJoan Payson
Joan Payson (Baseball. Born, New York, NY, Feb. 5, 1903; died, New York, NY, Oct. 4, 1975.) A lifelong fan of baseball and horse racing, Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson could afford to indulge her...
View ArticlePhil Pepe
Phil Pepe (Sportswriter. Born, New York, NY, Mar. 21, 1935.) Starting at the World-Telegram in April 1957, Philip Francis Pepe became a top baseball and boxing writer. Pepe went through the merger...
View ArticleJack O’Connell
Jack O’Connell (Sportswriter. Born, New York, NY, Nov. 4, 1948.) Primarily a baseball writer for more than three decades, John William O’Connell became the national secretary-treasurer of the...
View ArticleJack Lang
Jack Lang (Sportswriter. Born, Brooklyn, NY, May 11, 1921; died, Huntington, NY, Jan, 25, 2007.) For nearly three decades, the one voice a retired ballplayer wanted to hear was that of Jack Lang. As...
View ArticleRoscoe McGowen
Roscoe McGowen (Sportswriter. Born, Alta, IA, July 16, 1886; died, North Woodstock, CT, Nov. 5, 1966.) A former telegraph operator with a baso profundo voice, Roscoe Emmitt McGowen lent his...
View ArticleSid Mercer
Sid Mercer (Sportswriter. Born, Paxson, IL, Aug. 4, 1880; died, New York, NY, June 19, 1945.) Starting a sportswriting career with the St. Louis Republic in 1902, James Sidney Mercer became the...
View ArticleLou Niss
Lou Niss (Sports editor. Born, Minsk, Russia, Oct. 5, 1903; died, New York, NY, Apr. 30, 1987.) The last sports editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, Louis Niss was also the first front-office employee hired...
View ArticleFred Lieb
Fred Lieb (Sportswriter. Born, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 6, 1888; died, Houston, TX, June 3, 1980.) From railroad clerk to national president of the B.B.W.A.A., Frederick George Lieb was among the...
View ArticleAbe Yager
Abe Yager (Sports editor. Born, Brooklyn, NY, July 13, 1870; died, Brooklyn, NY, Aug. 22, 1930.) As first sports editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, Abe Yager created the paper’s sports section. Yager,...
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