- Longtime baseball writer who covered the St. Louis Cardinals.
- Won the 1979 J.G. Taylor Spink Award, presented by the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Credited with giving baseball player Stan Musial his nickname "Stan the Man".
- He was credited for nicknaming Stan Musial "Stan the Man".
- Author of 20 sports books and also wrote for " The Sporting News."
- After bypass surgery he was told to retire but he never did.
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