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Robert Addie (born Robert Richard Addonizio, February 6, 1910 – January 18, 1982) was an American
sportswriter Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions. Sports journalism started in the early 1800s when it was targeted to the social elite and transitioned into an integral part of the n ...
who covered baseball for ''
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'' and ''
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''. Addie was known for his red socks, dark glasses, and unabashed sentiment. He never missed a day on the Washington Senators' beat for 20 years until the team left town in 1971. Addie was presented with the
J. G. Taylor Spink Award The BBWAA Career Excellence Award, formerly the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, is the highest award given by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). It is given "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing" and voted on annually by ...
by the
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in 1981. He covered the PGA after baseball moved from Washington and wrote many articles for the Post after his retirement from the paper in 1977. He wrote a book about his sportswriting career entitled ''Sportswriter'' which was published in 1980.


Personal life

His wife was
Pauline Betz Addie Pauline may refer to: Religion *An adjective referring to St Paul the Apostle or a follower of his doctrines *An adjective referring to St Paul of Thebes, also called St Paul the First Hermit *An adjective referring to the Paulines, various reli ...
, four time US Open and one time Wimbledon Champion. He was the father of author
Kim Addonizio Kim Addonizio (July 31, 1954) is an American poet and novelist. Life Addonizio was born in Washington, D.C., United States. She is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie (born Addonizio). She briefly attended ...
and grandfather of her daughter, actress
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.


Further reading

*Addie, Bob. Sports Writer (Lanham Maryland: Accent, 1980).


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Baseball Hall of Fame
1910 births 1982 deaths American sportswriters American writers of Italian descent BBWAA Career Excellence Award recipients 20th-century American non-fiction writers {{US-sportswriter-stub