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Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison (Sportswriter. Born, McKeesport, PA, Aug. 4, 1895; died, New York, NY, Oct. 6, 1931.) A prominent sportswriter in the 1920s, James Renwick Harrison covered the “Murderers Row” 1927 Yankees for The New York Times. Harrison wrote for the campus daily (the Spectator) at Columbia and became its managing editor as a senior in [...]
Dan 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 titular head of the sports department at the Daily Mirror for 37 years (1926-63). A physically large man (6’4”, 250 pounds), Parker was often [...]
