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Joe 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 long-time sports editor. Williams became sports editor and lead columnist of the Telegram when it was purchased by the Scripps-Howard chain in 1927. He had […]
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 […]
George 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 edited sports pages for over 40 years at three major dailies. Daley graduated Union College in 1892 as a civil engineer but found […]
