Thomas William Meany (September 21, 1903 – September 11, 1964) was an American
sports writer
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who mostly covered
baseball
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in the
New York City
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area.
Biography
Meany's love of sports began at St. John's Prep in Brooklyn,
[ where he wrote for the school newspaper and played basketball and baseball.
Meany began his professional writing career in 1922, where he was recruited to write for the '']New York Journal
:''Includes coverage of New York Journal-American and its predecessors New York Journal, The Journal, New York American and New York Evening Journal''
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''.New York World-Telegram
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History
Founded by James Gordon Bennett Sr. as ''The Evening Telegram'' in 1867, the newspaper began ...
'', and the '' Morning Telegraph''. He wrote several books, including ''The Magnificent Yankees'' about members of the New York Yankees
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, which was published in 1952. In 1961, Meany joined the New York Mets
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baseball team as a publicity director, and later served as their promotions director.
Meany died at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan
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in 1964; he was survived by his wife, Clara Maxwell.Baseball Writers' Association of America
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(BBWAA).
Books
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References
External links
Tom Meany: 1976 J. G. Taylor Spink Award winner
at the Baseball Hall of Fame
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1903 births
1964 deaths
20th-century American non-fiction writers
American newspaper journalists
American publicists
Baseball writers
New York World
Sportspeople from Brooklyn
Sportspeople from Queens, New York
Sportswriters from New York (state)
Writers from Brooklyn
New York Mets personnel
BBWAA Career Excellence Award recipients