Tag Archives: New York Press
Fred 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 best-known New York baseball writers of the 1920s. Lieb spent six years in his youth as a clerk for the Norfolk and Western Railroad, but […]
Bill Hanna
Bill Hanna (Sportswriter. Born, Kansas City, MO, 1862; died, Newfoundland, NJ, Nov. 20, 1930.) For nearly four decades, William B. Hanna covered sports for New York newspapers, starting with The World in 1892. W.B. Hanna was a byline that was to appear in four other papers in the morning field, starting with the Press in […]
Nat Fleischer
Nat Fleischer (Sportswriter. Born, New York, NY, Nov. 3, 1887; died, New York, NY, June 25, 1972.) Considered the world’s foremost boxing authority during his lifetime, Nathaniel Stanley Fleischer started out to be a schoolteacher. Fleischer taught in New York City schools for four years (1908-12) after graduating from City College. Then the sportswriting urge […]
Dan 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 sidetracked on his way to becoming a doctor. Born Daniel Margovitz, his name became a byline that said simply “By Daniel.” While a […]
