Red Smith (sportswriter)
(1905-1982)
American sportswriter
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Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith (September 25, 1905 – January 15, 1982) was an American sportswriter. Smith’s journalistic career spans over five decades and his work influenced an entire generation of writers. Smith became the second sports columnist ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary in 1976. Writing in 1989, sportswriter David Halberstam called Smith "the greatest sportswriter of the two eras."
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25 September 1905 Green Bay, Wisconsin
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| Died |
15 January 1982 (aged 76) Stamford, Connecticut
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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