Ron Fimrite (January 6, 1931 – April 30, 2010) was an American humorist, historian, sportswriter and author who was best known for his writing for ''

Sports Illustrated ''Sports Illustrated'' (''SI'') is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954. Founded by Stuart Scheftel, it was the first magazine with a circulation of over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellen ...

''. Fimrite began his career at the ''

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'' in 1955, moving to the ''

San Francisco Chronicle The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and M. H. de Young, Michael H. ...

''. He was nicknamed "The Sporting Tiger" and was part of a famous circle of ''San Francisco Chronicle'' columnists that included

Herb Caen Herbert Eugene Caen (; April 3, 1916 February 1, 1997) was a San Francisco humorist and journalist whose daily columnist, column of local goings-on and insider gossip, social and political happenings, and offbeat puns and anecdotes—"A continuo ...

, Art Hoppe,

Stanton Delaplane Stanton Hill ("Stan") Delaplane (12 October 1907 – 18 April 1988) was an American travel writer, credited with introducing Irish coffee to the United States. Called "last of the old irreplaceables" by fellow-columnist Herb Caen, he worked for ...

and Charles McCabe. He became a sports columnist for ''Sports Illustrated'' in 1971. He authored numerous books about sports.

Books

*''Golden Bears: A Celebration of Cal Football's Triumphs, Heartbreaks, Last-Second Miracles, Legendary Blunders and the Extraordinary People Who Made It All Possible'', 2009 *''Winged O: The Olympic Club of San Francisco 1860-2009'' *''Sports Illustrated: Moments of Glory: Unforgettable Games'', 2000 *''The World Series: A History of Baseball's Fall Classic 1993, 1996, 1999'' *''A Series for the Fans: 1995 World Series'' *''Birth of a Fan: A Collection of Original Works'', 1993 *''Three Weeks in October, the 1989 World Series, and the Loma Prieta Earthquake'' *''The Square: The Story of a Saloon'', 1989

References

1931 births 2010 deaths San Francisco Chronicle people Baseball writers Sportswriters from California University of California, Berkeley alumni People from Healdsburg, California Sports Illustrated people {{US-journalist-1930s-stub