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Arthur Daley
Born(1904-07-31)July 31, 1904
DiedJanuary 3, 1974(1974-01-03) (aged 69)
New York City
Resting placeGate of Heaven Cemetery
Alma materFordham University, 1926
OccupationSportswriter
Spouse(s)Betty Daley
Children4

Arthur John Daley (July 31, 1904 – January 3, 1974) was an American sports journalist. As a reporter and columnist, he wrote for The New York Times for almost fifty years. In 1956, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for reporting and commentary.

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Columnist

Columnist

A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs. They take the form of a short essay by a specific writer who offers a personal point of view. In some instances, a column has been written by a composite or a team, appearing under a pseudonym, or a brand name. Some columnists appear on a daily or weekly basis and later reprint the same material in book collections.

The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times, also referred to as the Gray Lady, is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2022 to comprise 740,000 paid print subscribers, and 8.6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as The Daily. Founded in 1851, it is published by The New York Times Company. The Times has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print, it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the United States. The newspaper is headquartered at The New York Times Building in Times Square, Manhattan.

Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award administered by Columbia University for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher. Prizes are awarded annually in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$15,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category is awarded a gold medal.

Early life and education

Arthur Daley was born on July 31, 1904, in New York City.[1] He attended Fordham Preparatory School and continued his education at Fordham University.[1] He was a multifaceted athlete, participating in baseball, basketball, football, swimming, and track.[2] He wrote for the university newspaper, The Fordham Ram, and served as its sports editor in his senior year.[2]

Career

After graduating in 1926, Daley was hired almost immediately as a field reporter for The New York Times,[1] and for the rest of his life the newspaper would be "his one and only employer".[3] Among his first major assignments was the 1927 heavyweight championship boxing match between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey – the infamous "Long Count Fight".[2] He reported from the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and when he was chosen to repeat that role at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, he became the first Times correspondent to be sent overseas for a sports assignment.[2] In later years, Daley covered Olympics in Rome, Tokyo, Mexico City and Munich.[2]

In 1942, he succeeded John Kieran as the sports columnist for the Times, a position he held for the next 32 years.[2] As the daily writer of "Sports of The Times", he composed over 10,000 columns,[4] with an estimated 20 million words.[3] He also authored numerous books, including a collaboration with Kieran called The Story of the Olympic Games.[3]

His writing earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1956 for "outstanding coverage and commentary on the world of sports"[5] in the category of "Local Reporting, No Edition Time".[1] The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named him "Sportswriter of the Year" in 1963,[6] and inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 1976.[7] Beginning in 1969, he served on the board of directors of the Pro Football Writers Association,[8] and was a recipient of its Dick McCann Memorial Award.[9] In 1972 he was inducted into the Fordham University Athletic Hall of Fame.[10]

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The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times, also referred to as the Gray Lady, is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2022 to comprise 740,000 paid print subscribers, and 8.6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as The Daily. Founded in 1851, it is published by The New York Times Company. The Times has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print, it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the United States. The newspaper is headquartered at The New York Times Building in Times Square, Manhattan.

Gene Tunney

Gene Tunney

James Joseph Tunney was an American professional boxer who competed from 1915 to 1928. He held the world heavyweight title from 1926 to 1928, and the American light heavyweight title twice between 1922 and 1923. A highly technical boxer, Tunney had a five-fight light heavyweight rivalry with Harry Greb in which he won three, lost once, and drew once, though many ringside reporters believed Greb should have won the decision in their second meeting. Tunney also knocked out Georges Carpentier and defeated Jack Dempsey twice; first in 1926 and again in 1927. Tunney's successful title defense against Dempsey remains one of the most famous bouts in boxing history and is known as The Long Count Fight. He retired undefeated as a heavyweight after his victory over Tom Heeney in 1928, after which Tunney was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine.

Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey, nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926. A cultural icon of the 1920s, Dempsey's aggressive fighting style and exceptional punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history. Many of his fights set financial and attendance records, including the first million-dollar gate. He pioneered the live broadcast of sporting events in general, and boxing matches in particular.

The Long Count Fight

The Long Count Fight

The Long Count Fight, or the Battle of the Long Count, was a professional boxing 10-round rematch between world heavyweight champion Gene Tunney and former champion Jack Dempsey, which Tunney won in a unanimous decision. It took place on September 22, 1927, at Soldier Field in Chicago. "Long Count" is applied to the fight because when Tunney was knocked down in the seventh round the count was delayed due to Dempsey's failure to go to and remain in a neutral corner. Whether this "long count" actually affected the outcome remains a subject of debate.

1932 Summer Olympics

1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held during the worldwide Great Depression, with some nations not traveling to Los Angeles; 37 nations competed, compared to the 46 in the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, and even then-U.S. President Herbert Hoover did not attend the Games. The organizing committee did not report the financial details of the Games, although contemporary newspapers claimed that the Games had made a profit of US$1,000,000.

1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad and commonly known as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona at the 29th IOC Session on 26 April 1931. The 1936 Games marked the second and most recent time the International Olympic Committee gathered to vote in a city that was bidding to host those Games. Later rule modifications forbade cities hosting the bid vote from being awarded the games.

John Kieran

John Kieran

John Francis Kieran was an American author, journalist, amateur naturalist and radio and television personality.

Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award administered by Columbia University for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher. Prizes are awarded annually in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$15,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category is awarded a gold medal.

Personal life

With his wife Betty, Daley lived in Old Greenwich, Connecticut; the couple had four children and fifteen grandchildren.[2] A son, Robert, and a granddaughter, Suzanne, followed in Daley's footsteps by also working as writers for the Times.[3]

Daley died of a heart attack on January 3, 1974, on West 42nd Street as he walked toward his Times Square office.[2] With a crowd of sporting world celebrities in attendance, his Roman Catholic funeral Mass was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral.[4] He is interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.[2]

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Old Greenwich, Connecticut

Old Greenwich, Connecticut

Old Greenwich is an affluent coastal village in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 6,611.

Suzanne Daley

Suzanne Daley

Suzanne M. Daley is an American journalist who is the associate managing editor for international print for The New York Times. She was national editor from 2005 to 2010. In early 2010 she returned to reporting with responsibility for special assignment feature writing across Europe.

Times Square

Times Square

Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is formed by the junction of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. Together with adjacent Duffy Square, Times Square is a bowtie-shaped space five blocks long between 42nd and 47th Streets.

Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, New York)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, New York)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, as a Roman Catholic burial site. Among its famous residents is baseball player Babe Ruth, whose grave has an epitaph by Cardinal Francis Spellman and is almost always adorned by many baseballs, bats and caps. Adjacent to the Garden Mausoleum is a small train station of the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Division named Mount Pleasant, where four trains stop daily, two northbound and two southbound. Several baseball players are buried here.

Hawthorne, New York

Hawthorne, New York

Hawthorne is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 4,586 at the 2010 census.

Books

Daley was the author of several books, including:[3]

  • The Story of the Olympic Games, with John Kieran (1941; r.1977)
  • Kings of the Home Run (1962)
  • Pro Football's Hall of Fame (1965)
  • Sports of the Times: the Arthur Daley years, collected columns (1975)

Source: "Arthur Daley (sportswriter)", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2021, March 23rd), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Daley_(sportswriter).

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References
  1. ^ a b c d Fischer, Heinz Dietrich; Fischer, Erika J. (2002). Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1917–2000. Munich: K.G. Saur. p. 51. ISBN 9783598301865.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Smith, Red (January 4, 1974). "Arthur Daley, Sports Columnist, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Arthur J. Daley, Class of 1922". Fordham Preparatory School. 2015. Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Notables Attend Rites for Daley". The New York Times. January 4, 1974. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "The 1956 Pulitzer Prize Winner Arthur Daley". Pulitzer.org. The Pulitzer Prizes — Columbia University. 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  6. ^ "NSMA National Awards". National Sports Media Association. 2019. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "NSMA Hall of Fame". National Sports Media Association. 2019. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  8. ^ "Pope Heads Football Writers". The New York Times. January 11, 1969. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  9. ^ "Daley of Times to Get Pro Football Award". The New York Times. January 11, 1970. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  10. ^ "Fordham Names 5 To Hall of Fame". The New York Times. April 16, 1972. Retrieved January 1, 2017.

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