Neil Amdur
Neil Amdur (Sports editor. Born, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Dec. 19, 1939.) Following his graduation from the University of Missouri, Neil L. Amdur began his sportswriting career with the Miami (Fla.) Herald...
View ArticleHenry P. Burchell
Henry P. Burchell (Sports editor. Born, New York, NY, Aug. 7, 1875; died, Atlantic Ocean, north of Norfolk, Va., Jan. 17, 1924.) Sports editor of The New York Times for nearly 10 years, Henry Phillip...
View ArticleJoe Carnicelli
Joe Carnicelli (Sports editor. Born, Brooklyn, NY, March 21, 1942.) Joseph Peter Carnicelli, although he spent much of his career as a public relations executive, is distinguished by his service as a...
View ArticleBob Cooke
Bob Cooke (Sports editor. Born, Paterson, NJ, Feb. 24, 1912; died, Riverhead, NY, May 7, 1987.) A hockey player at Yale, Robert B. Cooke became a baseball writer in 1938, covering mainly the Brooklyn...
View ArticleGuido Cribari
Guido Cribari (Sports editor. Born, Mt. Vernon, NY, July 12, 1915; died, Bronxville, NY, Oct. 8, 2008.) A chance meeting in a barbershop led Guido Cribari to a 50-year career in the newspaper...
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 ArticleGeorge H. Daley
George H. Daley (Sports editor. Born, New York, NY, Dec. 26, 1869; died, New York, NY, Feb. 8, 1938.) Considered the longest-serving sports editor in New York newspaper history, George Herbert Daley...
View ArticleGerry de la Ree
Gerry de la Ree (Sports editor. Born, Oradell, NJ, Sept. 7, 1924; died, Saddle River, NJ, Jan. 2, 1993.) For nearly three decades, Giroux de Forest de la Ree was the adhesive that held together the...
View ArticleAl Del Greco
Al Del Greco (Sports editor. Born, Lodi, NJ, 1906; died, Hackensack, NJ, Sept. 16, 1970.) A colorful character with a colorful style, Alfred Del Greco was the sports columnist for the Bergen Evening...
View ArticleLen Elliott
Len Elliott (Sports editor. Born, Dover, NJ, July 15, 1902; died, Livingston, NJ, Sept. 25, 1978.) A leading authority among writers on college football and golf, Leonard M. Elliott was sports editor...
View ArticleBill Farnsworth
Bill Farnsworth (Sports editor. Born, Milbury, MA, June 7, 1885; died, New York, NY, July 10, 1945.) Part of the triumvirate of Hearst newspaper stars who dominated the boxing business in New York in...
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 ArticleGene Fowler
Gene Fowler (Sportswriter. Born, Denver, CO, Mar. 8, 1890; died, Los Angeles, CA, July 2, 1960.) A newspaperman in his native Denver, Gene Fowler joined the sports staff of the New York American in...
View ArticleRichard Kyle Fox
Richard Kyle Fox (Sports editor. Born, Belfast, Ireland, Aug. 12, 1846; died, Red Bank, NJ, Nov. 14, 1922.) Among the major influences that made sports a significant part of the American culture,...
View ArticleEd Frayne
Ed Frayne (Sports editor. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 8, 1892; died, Van Nuys, CA, Nov. 26, 1944.) Returning from California in November 1926, Edward J. Frayne became sports editor of the New York...
View ArticlePaul Gallico
Paul Gallico (Sports editor. Born, New York, NY, July 26, 1897; died, Monte Carlo, Monaco, July 15, 1976.) Among the most renowned sportswriters of the “Golden Age of Sports” was Paul William...
View ArticleIke Gellis
Ike Gellis (Sports editor. Born, New York, NY, Jan. 5, 1908; died, Nyack, NY, Apr. 28, 1988.) Although Isaac Gellis never considered himself a writer of sports or anything else, he was an...
View ArticleJoe Gootter
Joe Gootter (Sports editor. Born, Lodz, Poland, Oct. 16, 1911; died, Paterson, NJ, Nov. 2, 1996.) Warmth and humor are not character traits normally associated with sports editors, but Joe Gootter...
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 ArticleVic Ziegel
Vic Ziegel (Sportswriting. Born, New York, NY, Aug. 16, 1937; died, The Bronx, NY, July 23, 2010.) As a versatile, tough, and incisive writer with an impish sense of humor, Victor Ziegel came out of...
View ArticleErnie Palladino
Ernie Palladino (Sportswriter. Born, White Plains, NY, Apr. 13, 1955.) While an undergraduate at Fordham, Ernest Andrew Palladino began his career with the old Daily Argus of Mount Vernon, N.Y., in...
View ArticleDan Parker
Dan Parker (Sports editor. Born, Waterbury, CT, July 1, 1893; died, Waterbury, CT, May 20, 1967.) Among the longest-serving sports editors and columnists ever in New York, Daniel Francis Parker was...
View ArticleWilliam T. Porter
William T. Porter (Sports editor. Born, Newbury, VT, Dec. 24, 1809; died, New York, NY, July 19, 1858.) Responsible more than anyone else for bringing sports into the realm of popular culture and...
View ArticleJimmy Powers
Jimmy Powers (Sports editor. Born, Cleveland, OH, Feb. 9, 1903; died, Bal Harbour, FL, Feb. 11, 1995.) Jimmy Powers was one of the most influential members of the New York sporting press during the...
View ArticleLou O’Neill
Lou O’Neill (Sports Editor. Born, Ravenswood, NY, Dec. 15, 1906; died, Rego Park, NY, Jan. 23, 1978.) On the 50th anniversary of his start in the newspaper business, over 400 friends of Louis Francis...
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 ArticleMax Kase
Max Kase (Sports editor. Born, New York, NY, July 21, 1898; died, Yonkers, NY, Mar. 19, 1974.) Max Kase was known during his years as sports editor of the New York Journal-American for his newsy...
View ArticleRay Kelly
Ray Kelly (Sports editor. Born, New York, NY, Feb. 18, 1898; died, Bronxville, NY, Jan. 8, 1967.) The biggest classical music fan ever to run a sports department at a major New York newspaper,...
View ArticleBob Kennedy
Bob Kennedy (Sports editor. Born, Stamford, CT, Jan. 16. 1943.) At one time the longest-serving sports editor in the metro New York area, Robert Francis Kennedy has headed the sports department of...
View ArticleWillie Klein
Willie Klein (Sports editor. Born, Newark, NJ, June 24, 1913; died, Edison, NJ, Feb. 26, 2001.) Willie Klein’s story could perhaps be entitled “local boy makes good.” In the depths of the Depression...
View ArticleWalter St.Denis
Walter St. Denis (Sports editor. Born, Pembroke, Ont., Mar. 19, 1877; died, New York, NY, Feb. 15, 1947.) When boxing returned to New York as a legal sport in 1911, the Frawley Law did not permit...
View ArticleHal Sharkey
Hal Sharkey (Sports editor. Born, Plainfield, NJ, June 2, 1895; died, Montclair, NJ, Mar, 27, 1939.) A golf writer who is considered at least partly responsible for laying the foundation for the...
View ArticleBill Slocum, Sr.
Bill Slocum, Sr. (Sportswriter. Born, Winsted, CT, Dec. 17, 1883; died, New York, NY, May 6, 1943.) Among the most prominent baseball writers and sports editors of his era, William Joseph Slocum...
View ArticleBernard Thomson
Bernard Thomson (Sports editor.) Born, Point Fortune, PQ, Nov. 27, 1873; died, New York, NY, Feb. 26, 1937.) Among the most colorful lives ever by a New York sports editor was lived by a man...
View ArticleJoe Vila
Joe Vila (Sports editor. Born, Boston, MA, Sept. 16, 1866; died, New York, NY, Apr. 27, 1934.) Among the more significant and influential sportswriters and sports editors of the first third of the...
View ArticleJoe Williams
Joe Williams (Sportswriter. Born, Memphis, TN, Dec. 12, 1889; died, Parsippany, NJ, Feb. 14, 1972.) Among the finest sports columnists ever in New York, Joseph Peter Williams, Sr., was also a...
View ArticleWilbur Wood
Wilbur Wood (Sports editor. Born, Kansas City, KS, Jan. 1, 1892; died, Hollywood, FL, Mar. 18, 1968.) Among the most important boxing writers of his era, Wilbur Wood became the last sports editor of...
View ArticleStanley Woodward
Stanley Woodward (Sports editor. Born, Worcester, MA, June 5, 1895; died, White Plains, NY, Nov. 29, 1965.) One of the most colorful and respected sports editors in the annals of New York journalism,...
View ArticleLen Wooster
Len Wooster (Sports editor. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 9, 1874; died, East Meadow, NY, May 25, 1958.) For almost half a century, Leonard F. Wooster was on the staff of the Brooklyn Daily Times....
View ArticleRoss Wynkoop
Ross Wynkoop (Sports editor. Born, Midland Park, NJ, Feb. 27, 1898; died, New York, NY, Apr. 25, 1958.) Rossman H. Wynkoop was the first sports editor of the Bergen Evening Record of Hackensack,...
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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