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Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award
The Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award is an accolade presented annually to a print newspaper columnist or reporter in recognition of their achievements covering the game of ice hockey. The award is "to recognize distinguished members of the newspaper profession whose words have brought honor to journalism and to hockey." The Hockey Hall of Fame established the accolade in 1984 and named it after the Montreal-based Canadian newspaper sports journalist Elmer Ferguson. Early in the year, the recipient is chosen by a committee of members from the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. The winner receives the award from the Hockey Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at Brookfield Place (Toronto), BCE Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Each recipient receives a glass plaque that is put on display on two glass columns in the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame. The ceremony associated with the accolade takes place separately to the induction of players into the Hockey Hall of Fame as -- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockey Hall Of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame () is a museum and hall of fame located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League (NHL) records, memorabilia and National Hockey League awards, NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup. Founded in Kingston, Ontario, the Hockey Hall of Fame was established in 1943 under the leadership of James T. Sutherland. The first class of honoured members was inducted in 1945, before the Hall of Fame had a permanent location. It moved to Toronto in 1958 after the NHL withdrew its support for the International Hockey Hall of Fame in Kingston, Ontario, due to funding issues. Its first permanent building opened at Exhibition Place in 1961. The hall was relocated in 1993, and is now in downtown Toronto, inside Brookfield Place (Toronto), Brookfield Place, and a historic Bank of Montreal building. The Hockey Hall of Fame has hosted International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) exhibits and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Damata
Ted Damata (died May 23, 1988) was an American sports journalist for the Chicago Tribune. He was awarded the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1984. Personal life Damata was married to Eleanore Lapenda and together they had four children. Career Damata began his sports writing career with the Chicago Daily News in 1929. From there, he became an assistant sports editor of the Chicago Daily Times, and later came to Chicago Tribune in the 1940s after the Times merged with the Chicago Sun. During his time at the Tribune, Damata formed a relationship with future Ferguson award winner Bob Verdi when the latter was beginning his career. Verdi worked under Damata until his retirement in 1975. In 1984, Damata received the Hockey Hall of Fame's Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award The Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award is an accolade presented annually to a print newspaper columnist or reporter in recognition of their achievements covering the game of ice hockey. The award is "to recognize dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit organization, not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 59 Pulitzer Prizes, including 36 for photography. The AP is also known for its widely used ''AP Stylebook'', its AP polls tracking National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA sports, sponsoring the National Football League's annual awards, and its election polls and results during Elections in the United States, US elections. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters. The AP operates 235 news bureaus in 94 countries, and publishes in English, Spanish, and Arabic. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides twice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsday
''Newsday'' is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI", and formerly it was "Newsday, the Long Island Newspaper". The newspaper's headquarters are located in Melville, New York. Since its founding in 1940, ''Newsday'' has won 19 Pulitzer Prizes. Historically, it penetrated the New York City market. As of 2023, ''Newsday'' is the eighth-largest circulation newspaper in the United States with a print circulation of 86,850. History 20th century Founded by Alicia Patterson and her husband, Harry Guggenheim, the first edition of ''Newsday'' was September 3, 1940, published from Hempstead. Until undergoing a major redesign in the 1970s, ''Newsday'' copied the '' Daily News'' format of short stories and numerous pictures. Patterson was fired as a writer at her father's ''Daily News'' in her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helene Elliott
Helene Elliott is an American sportswriter. She worked for the ''Los Angeles Times'' from 1989 to 2024. She is the first female journalist to receive the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 2005 for bringing "honor to journalism and to hockey". She served as president of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association from 1999 to 2001. Biography She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family. One of the first women to cover the sport, Elliott began her career in the late 1970s when many locker rooms and press boxes were closed to women, except by court order. As such, she often had to wait for hours after games ended to conduct interviews. She has covered almost all major events in ice hockey, including nearly every Stanley Cup Finals since , the "Miracle on Ice" defeat of the Soviet Union national team by the U.S. team in the 1980 Winter Olympics, and the growth of hockey on the West Coast fueled by Wayne Gretzky's arrival to the Los Angeles Kings. In 2006, after m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Walter
Lewis H. Walter (December 14, 1905 – September 29, 1982) was an American sports journalist. A columnist for ''Detroit Times'' and ''Detroit Free Press'', he won the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1984 and is a member of the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He covered the Detroit Red Wings. Walter attended the University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ... and graduated in 1929. He died in 1982. References 1905 births 1982 deaths American sportswriters Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award recipients University of Michigan alumni Sportswriters from Michigan {{US-journalist-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Vipond
James French Vipond (July 11, 1916 – December 4, 1989), was a Canadian sports journalist. A columnist for ''The Globe and Mail'', he won the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1984 and is a member of the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He joined the newspaper in 1938 and retired in 1979 to become the Ontario Athletics Commissioner. Vipond also served in World War II with the Royal Canadian Air Force, becoming a flight lieutenant and later being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He died in 1989 from Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems wit ....Vipond leaves lasting legacy: IN EditionRick Matsumoto Toronto Star. Toronto Star oronto, Ont05 Dec 1989: C5. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vipond, Jim 1916 births 1989 deaths Canadian sports journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil O'Meara
Basil Edmund "Baz" O'Meara (June 5, 1892 – October 25, 1971), was a Canadian sports journalist. A columnist for the ''Montreal Star'', he won the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1984 and is a member of the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1979, he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. O'Meara began his career at the ''Ottawa Free Press'' in 1910.Sports writer covered action for 50 years Meara, Baz O. The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Oct 26, 1971; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail. pg. 37 He was the sports editor of the ''Ottawa Journal'' during the 1920s, and mentored his successor Bill Westwick William George Westwick (August 2, 1908June 19, 1990) was a Canadian sports journalist. He wrote for the ''Ottawa Journal'' from 1926 to 1973, was mentored by Basil O'Meara, then served as the paper's sports editor from 1942 until retirement. .... He joined the ''Star'' in 1929 and retired at the age of 76 around 1968. Although cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Nichols (journalist)
Giuseppe Fappiano (July 16, 1905 – December 23, 1984), known as Joseph C. Nichols, was an American sports journalist. A columnist for ''The New York Times'', he won the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1984 and is a member of the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame The Hockey Hall of Fame () is a museum and hall of fame located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League (NHL) records, memorabilia and National Hockey Le .... He joined the ''Times'' in 1923 as a copy boy, and became a reporter in 1925. Besides hockey, he also covered boxing and thoroughbred racing. He retired in 1975 and died of a heart attack in 1984. References 1905 births 1984 deaths 20th-century American non-fiction writers American sports journalists Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award recipients {{US-journalist-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Laney
Albert Gillis Laney (January 11, 1896 – January 31, 1988) was an American sportswriter who specialized in tennis and golf but also covered baseball, boxing and American football. Biography Laney was born on January 11, 1896 in Pensacola, Florida, the son of an attorney and one of six children. He served as a lieutenant in World War I and saw action at The Battle of the Argonne Forest. After World War I, Laney became a correspondent at the New York Evening Mail. In 1924 he went to Europe and joined the Paris Herald, as the European edition of the New York Herald was known. During his period in Europe he also started working for the ''New York Herald Tribune''. In the summer months he would travel between Paris and England to cover the Wimbledon tennis tournament, the Davis Cup and the British golf tournaments. In 1930 he returned to the United States to join the ''Tribune's'' sports staff, where he covered baseball, tennis and golf. He retired when the ''Tribune'' ceased publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trent Frayne
Trent Gardiner Frayne (September 13, 1918 – February 11, 2012) was a Canadian sportswriter whose career stretched over 60 years. Pierre Berton described Frayne as “likely Canada's greatest sportswriter ever." Early life "Billy" Frayne, as he was known as a youth, was the only child born to father Homer, who was a railroader for the Canadian Pacific Railway and mother Ella Trent in Brandon, Manitoba. Career He began his journalism career with the '' Brandon Sun'' at the age of 15 covering minor hockey and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba three years later to accept a job with the Canadian Press and the ''Winnipeg Tribune'' in 1938. He shared lodgings with ''Winnipeg Free Press'' columnist Scott Young and befriended ''Tribune'' columnist Ralph Allen. He covered his first World Series in 1941 and interviewed Joe DiMaggio. He left Winnipeg in 1942 for Ontario leaving his childhood nickname behind in favour of his given name of Trent. He followed Young and Allen to Toronto and join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Fitzgerald (journalist)
Thomas Joseph Fitzgerald (April 6, 1912October 11, 1983) was an American sports journalist. He worked for ''The Boston Globe'', reported regularly on the Boston Bruins for more than 30 years, and wrote as a golf correspondent for the Masters Tournament and the U.S. Open. He was the first president of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association and the first sportswriter to receive the Lester Patrick Trophy for service to ice hockey in the United States. He was a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee for ten years and was the first journalist to be chairman of the committee. His hockey journalism career was posthumously recognized with the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame. Early life Thomas Joseph Fitzgerald was born on April 6, 1912, in Boston, to Irish-American parents Mary Anne Reegan and Thomas Fitzgerald, who worked as a shipping superintendent. He grew up in the Dorchester neighborhood and played ice hockey in Franklin Park. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
