Frank Deford (1938–2017)
Auteur van Alex: The Life of a Child
Over de Auteur
Benjamin Franklin Deford III was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 16, 1938. He graduated from Princeton University in 1962. He began his career at Sports Illustrated as a researcher. He wrote for Sports Illustrated for more than 30 years, appeared on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel for toon meer 22 years, and gave 1,656 weekly commentaries for NPR's Morning Edition. He was a six-time Sportswriter of the Year, a National Magazine Award recipient, a member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame, and the first sportswriter to be given a National Humanities Medal. He wrote both fiction and nonfiction books including two memoirs entitled Alex: The Life of a Child and Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter. He died on May 28, 2017 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Bridgeport Public Library
Werken van Frank Deford
The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball (2005) 209 exemplaren
The Heart of a Champion: Celebrating the Spirit and Character of Great American Sports Heroes (2002) 43 exemplaren
Florida Keys: Paradise With Attitude 1 exemplaar
Sports Illustrated Presents Michael Jordan a Tribute From the Pages of Si (Sports Illustrated Magazine 01/20/99 Special… (1999) 1 exemplaar
Rare THERE SHE IS The Life and Times of Miss America Frank Deford 1st Edition Fine/VG (1971) 1 exemplaar
Portrait in Motion: The Arthur Ashe Diary 1 exemplaar
Let the Games Begin 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Deford, Benjamin Franklin, III
- Geboortedatum
- 1938-12-16
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2017-05-28
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Key West, Florida, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Westport, Connecticut, USA
- Opleiding
- Princeton University, (1962)
- Beroepen
- sportswriter
novelist
radio commentator - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- National Humanities Medal (2012)
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- #18,821
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My issue with this book is that I downloaded it as a Kindle book. There was no proper index. It just described the Chapter number and page without a description. I skimmed through the 46 chapters of varying lengths. There were some chapters I read with interest, others that I paged through quickly.
I actually found the Jimmy The Greek chapter rather poignant. He was such a tragic figure---he was not a smart or sophisticated man and one slip of the tongue ruined not only his career but his life.
I am not a huge fan of Deford. I enjoyed his sports commentaries on TV but did not follow his writing on Sports Illustrated.… (meer)